06-10-2013, 03:58 PM
Quote:The Southampton Shipyards are a massive assemblage of floating steel where most of the Bretonian naval fleet is constructed. The yard is organized around an enormous structure known by most employees as "The Bridge." The Bridge is a well recognized object of pride for most Bretonians, symbolizing the brilliance and dedication of the Bretonian people. Though Southampton is largely controlled by Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing (BMM) and the Bretonia Armed Forces, it is frequented by almost anybody who has business in New London space.
Question: Is it possible the model of Southampon Shipyard to be improved, modified to properly fit its role as currently the only military ships building facility?
Reasons to request this:
-The lore suggests that the shipyard is working to its limits, building both new and older ships. Sadly the current model is not representing that. Here is quote from the Lore of "Bretonia during 818"
Quote:To try and boost their numbers BMM is working at well over normal capacity in Southampton to produce new ships, whilst bringing any available old decommissioned warships back into service, salvaging parts from the Southampton debris field. At the same time, the BAF is converting many civilian vessels into military craft and a sizeable Space Volunteer Corps of over 20,000 civilian fighters has been formed to supplement the regular BAF as auxiliaries to defend their homeland.-Bretonia is concentrating all of its resources to this shipyard. With reinforcements from Liberty the flow of raw materiels to this base is huge. Sadly all that cant be noticed with the empty drydocks of the shipyard. Its the same just like during Kusari War.
Proposal: If such an improvement to this base model is possible, we in WC will create some proposal scenarios of what exactly to be changed and how the base to be modified to look better and to "scream: We are working to the limits to build you dozens of ships per day".
Still, here are some small ideas of what can be requested:
~ 3 more building platforms, 1 bigger and 2 smaller.
- raw material platform, containing cargo pods, a lot of them.
- few transport ships, both from liberty and bretonia, docking to the cargo platform, delivering goods.
- an additional "command center" for the base, the current one is really small.
- few weak weapon platforms around the base, to represent its highly defended.
- ships in the platforms:
- 1 battleship in the "new bigger" platform
- 2 destroyers and 1 gunboat in each of the current 3 platforms
- 4 templars and 2 challengers in each of the 2 new platforms
- The carrier prototype in one of the platforms (I heard its been added already but just in case)
- 1 gunship prototype near the carrier.
I already discussed with Jinx if such a change can be possible and he told me it is. Nevertheless we need Aeternus's agreement and permission before we plan anything so here is the thread.
Opinions are welcome but please consider the current lore and RP around Bretonia and how that can reflect on Southampton Shipyard.