Re: Re: [FT] OU Defence Force Website now error checked and corrected

--- aebrain@austarmetro.com.au wrote:

> > Not bad, but there are no real capital ships.
> 
> a) The OUDFN's budget barely stretches to having all
> those zillions of patrol boats, there's not a lot of

Eh?  How many are there?  Of course, in my background
I incorporate the numbers from Indy's fleet
rosters--the major powers (Big 4) have 800 or so
combatants.

> The OU diplomatic service means that should nation A
> claim rock B (claimed by the OU) then nation C or
> even C, D and E might well come in and dispute it.
> Lots of excuses for minor conflicts, even amongst
> allies.

Oh.  So it's not really meant for that line-of-battle
slugging matches.  

> I've deliberately tried to make the background data
> accomodate these designs without any contradiction.
> And from Derek's page, it appears he has returned
> the courtesy even before I did this.

OK.  I have a tendency to skim through background
material and focus just on the ship designs.  So it's
a particular shipbuilding program, not the fleet.

John

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