Re: Ship Stats Question

Karl,

The 2 on that page both fit the same idea.  Our RL cutters are slower
(faster than fishing boats the threat when they were built) but slower
than
smugglers the current threat.  I think if the CG was designing a patrol
class vessel today they would tend to be lightly armed but faster and if
possible with some sort of disabling armament.	(We have been doing alot
of
experimentation with disabling vessels from the air without damaging the
crew.  So far no really effective methods).

Thanks for the input.

Bob Makowsky

----- Original Message -----
From: K.H.Ranitzsch <KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Ship Stats Question

From: "Bob Makowsky" <rmako@coqui.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
> I just returned from a short paid vacation aboard a Coast Guard 210ft
> Cutter.  While aboard bored (we are the aviation support and spend our
time
> sleeping, eating and flying in that order) I was wondering about the
mission
> and roles of such a vessel and how they would work in the GZG verse.
>
> Cutter is 210 ft long
> Compliment 9-12 officers 60-70 enlisted
> Armament 1 25mm cannon 2 .50 HMG
> 1 HH-65 Dolphin SSR Helicopter
> 1 RHI w 5 crew and GPMG
>
> Our main threat is lightly armed fast smugglers and slow moving
fishing
> trawlers (they tend to think more of thier livelyhood than of the
future
and
> so have some tendency to ignore spawning aviodance, size rules).
>
> I think of this as some sort of Customs type setup in GZG parleance.
>
> Any ideas?

I have the 'Rio Grande' class Coast Guard 'Corvette' in my Latin
American
Fleet:
http://home.t-online.de/home/kh.ranitzsch/lira/lirashipdb_ct.html#ct_rio
_gra
nde

Mainly armed with needle beams as the primary purpose is to catch rather
than kill ships.

Greetings
Kal rHeinr