Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing QE afloat, and visiting her at Portsmouth Navy Days 2017/18 (ish). All we need is Lockheed-Martin to keep the F-35 on schedule.
I feel submarines are closer to Traveller ships, much more constricted, unlike the expansive new generation of ships' interiors.
Martin.
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> It seems like CVF is far enough along that at least one of them will
> actually touch salt water, unlike the last CVA-01 QE and PoW, which is a
> good thing. I really want to see those CVFs splitting water.
>
> BAE has taken over a lot of US Navy efforts in the past few years. Several
> former co-workers of mine are now working for BAE writing training for US
> Navy gun mounts, manufactured by BAE subsidiaries here in the US.
>
> This is related to TNE because spaceships are just alternate reality real
> ships, and in the game we get to make sure they actually get "built"
> instead of cancelled.
>
> Dave
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