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<blockquote data-quote="Dougal DeKree" data-source="post: 764921" data-attributes="member: 1353">Part2Part 2: The worries of Mr. S.Sibirius: &quot;So, according to MY plans, we need a new Minister of Construction. Now, what about the Military Shipyards and fleets.&quot;Minister of Defence: (gulping) &quot;Your...your excellency?&quot;S: &quot;Minister, I want to ask you something: Are we expecting an Invasion?&quot;MoD: &quot;No, according to our Secret Services, there is nothing...&quot;S: &quot;...AND WHY DON´T WE HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO BUILD TROOP TRANSPORTS AND FILL THEM WITH OUR SOLDIERS???&quot;MoD: &quot;You know, there are inexpensive and...&quot;S: &quot;I don´t believe it, I order 10 dozen of Battleships to be build and get transports? Are you nuts?&quot;MoD: &quot;Well it seems that we´ve set the priorities wrong, eehm...&quot;S: &quot;Minister of Finance, I hereby increase the Grants for the Military to 40%, and you, my dear MoD: From tomorrow on I want to see the Yards rotating, and don´t you dare not to have a Battleship for me to throw a bottle of champaign at, in a few months!&quot;MoD: &quot;As you order, your excellency.&quot;S: &quot;Good, so, here on Sol Prime build some new Shipyards, after that 5 cruisers to defend them, then I want a new yacht, and afterwards you start building Battle...&quot;MoD: &quot;Um, your excellency, that are 4 wishes at once...&quot;S: &quot;So what?&quot;MoD: &quot;That really isn´t possible. After cruisers, shipyards and your yacht have been built, we can start planning to build Battleships, because the planning staff can´t handle so many requests at...&quot;(another bang, sounding suspiciously similar to the last one)S: (deeply breathing) &quot;Good. I see, some people in the planning office have to be visited. Let´s get to Research, what do we have here?&quot;Minister of Research: (enthusiastic) &quot;Excellency, I am proud to report that we have finished the research on the new Plasma Cannon, which has an incredible Power and..:&quot;S: &quot;Finally! Good News! Plasma Cannon, very interesting. Show me the plans.&quot;MoR: &quot;...Plans? I´m sorry but I don´t have them here.&quot;S: &quot;Alright, alright, so show me a model or a holo-picture.&quot;MoR: &quot;Um, we don´t have those, either.&quot;S: &quot;Come on, there has to be a picture, so that I can take a look at the thing!&quot;MoR: &quot;Well, no. But, do you remember the old Laser Guns on our ships?&quot;S: &quot;Yes...?&quot;MoR: &quot;Well, the new Guns essentially look the same. They only have a small silver ring at the front and some nice looking, twinkling crystals at the back which glow when they are charged. Besides, there isn´t really much to see...&quot;S: (sighs again) &quot;Ok, forget it. So let´s mount those things on our cruisers.&quot;Vice-MoD: &quot;Sorry your excellency, that´s not possible.&quot;S: &quot;Why is that not possible? Who are you, anyway?&quot;VMoD: &quot;I´m the Vice-Minister of Defence.&quot;S: &quot;So where´s the real Minister?&quot;VMoD: &quot;You just executed him, your excellency.&quot;S: &quot;Oh. Right. Now then, explain, dear new Minister of Defence, why can´t the new, fantastic Plasma Cannons be fitted into my cruisers?&quot;VMoD: &quot;Oh, the new Cannons also require Energy couplings, static Compensation Field Generators, Cooling System, specialised Computer Systems and so on. Everything has to be rebuild for the new Cannons. Building a new ship is much easier.&quot;S: &quot;Oh well, ok. The new Battleships are already ordered, anyway... or nearly ordered, after the other THREE Orders have been completed! (new MoD herns) Let the Plasma Cannons be fitted on the Battleships. What else has been researched?&quot;MoR: &quot;We have achieved breakthroughs with Ships Armament, Sensors, Shields and Ship Drives, your excellency!&quot;S: &quot;Whoa, so many! Did we aquire any technologies from other empires?&quot;MoR: &quot;No, actually we researched all of them by ourselves, things are going very well at the moment.&quot;S: &quot;Fine, fine. There aren´t any pictures of those technologies, right?&quot;MoR: &quot;Oh, no, but there really isn´t much to see. The new armor is slightly darker than the last one, the sensors have slightly bigger dishes, the shield generators still are small black boxes, just a bit bigger, and the drives are filled with different fuel now.&quot;S: &quot;What kind of fuel?&quot;MoR: &quot;Anti-Matter.&quot;S: &quot;Isn´t that dangerous? Where do we get all this anti-matter from?&quot;MoR: &quot;You see...we have it stored, because we already knew 3 years ago that we would develop this drive sometime in the future.&quot; S: (looking perplexed) &quot;Ah. Good. Can we install anything of it into the cruisers?&quot;MoD: &quot;Well, it looks like we can´t. We´d have to dismantle the complete hull for the new armor.&quot;S: &quot;But the shields, that´s only a small box! How small is it?&quot;MoR: &quot;The new Class-5-Generator has an edge-length of 6 meters.&quot;S: &quot;6 meters??? You call that a ´small´ box?&quot;MoR: &quot;Well, the Class-1-Generator had a length of only 10 centimeters, so the name was ok. Somehow, the term &quot;small&quot; stuck with it. Sorry, your excellency.&quot;S: &quot;Ok, ok. So can the box be installed into the cruisers?&quot;MoD: &quot;The biggest room measures 5.5 meters in height, so we would have to remove some decks, install new girders, I think that´s too..:&quot;S: &quot;Forget it. What about sensors?&quot;MoD: &quot;Well the new sensor dishes would disturb the general view of the cruisers, the last dishes were specially designed for this ship class and so.&quot;S: (snarling again) &quot;Can you at least build in a new commando chair?&quot;MoD: &quot;Well, the chairs are welded to the floor and I don´t think...&quot;(the usual bang)...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dougal DeKree, post: 764921, member: 1353"] [b]Part2[/b] Part 2: The worries of Mr. S. Sibirius: "So, according to MY plans, we need a new Minister of Construction. Now, what about the Military Shipyards and fleets." Minister of Defence: (gulping) "Your...your excellency?" S: "Minister, I want to ask you something: Are we expecting an Invasion?" MoD: "No, according to our Secret Services, there is nothing..." S: "...AND WHY DON´T WE HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO BUILD TROOP TRANSPORTS AND FILL THEM WITH OUR SOLDIERS???" MoD: "You know, there are inexpensive and..." S: "I don´t believe it, I order 10 dozen of Battleships to be build and get transports? Are you nuts?" MoD: "Well it seems that we´ve set the priorities wrong, eehm..." S: "Minister of Finance, I hereby increase the Grants for the Military to 40%, and you, my dear MoD: From tomorrow on I want to see the Yards rotating, and don´t you dare not to have a Battleship for me to throw a bottle of champaign at, in a few months!" MoD: "As you order, your excellency." S: "Good, so, here on Sol Prime build some new Shipyards, after that 5 cruisers to defend them, then I want a new yacht, and afterwards you start building Battle..." MoD: "Um, your excellency, that are 4 wishes at once..." S: "So what?" MoD: "That really isn´t possible. After cruisers, shipyards and your yacht have been built, we can start planning to build Battleships, because the planning staff can´t handle so many requests at..." (another bang, sounding suspiciously similar to the last one) S: (deeply breathing) "Good. I see, some people in the planning office have to be visited. Let´s get to Research, what do we have here?" Minister of Research: (enthusiastic) "Excellency, I am proud to report that we have finished the research on the new Plasma Cannon, which has an incredible Power and..:" S: "Finally! Good News! Plasma Cannon, very interesting. Show me the plans." MoR: "...Plans? I´m sorry but I don´t have them here." S: "Alright, alright, so show me a model or a holo-picture." MoR: "Um, we don´t have those, either." S: "Come on, there has to be a picture, so that I can take a look at the thing!" MoR: "Well, no. But, do you remember the old Laser Guns on our ships?" S: "Yes...?" MoR: "Well, the new Guns essentially look the same. They only have a small silver ring at the front and some nice looking, twinkling crystals at the back which glow when they are charged. Besides, there isn´t really much to see..." S: (sighs again) "Ok, forget it. So let´s mount those things on our cruisers." Vice-MoD: "Sorry your excellency, that´s not possible." S: "Why is that not possible? Who are you, anyway?" VMoD: "I´m the Vice-Minister of Defence." S: "So where´s the real Minister?" VMoD: "You just executed him, your excellency." S: "Oh. Right. Now then, explain, dear new Minister of Defence, why can´t the new, fantastic Plasma Cannons be fitted into my cruisers?" VMoD: "Oh, the new Cannons also require Energy couplings, static Compensation Field Generators, Cooling System, specialised Computer Systems and so on. Everything has to be rebuild for the new Cannons. Building a new ship is much easier." S: "Oh well, ok. The new Battleships are already ordered, anyway... or nearly ordered, after the other THREE Orders have been completed! (new MoD herns) Let the Plasma Cannons be fitted on the Battleships. What else has been researched?" MoR: "We have achieved breakthroughs with Ships Armament, Sensors, Shields and Ship Drives, your excellency!" S: "Whoa, so many! Did we aquire any technologies from other empires?" MoR: "No, actually we researched all of them by ourselves, things are going very well at the moment." S: "Fine, fine. There aren´t any pictures of those technologies, right?" MoR: "Oh, no, but there really isn´t much to see. The new armor is slightly darker than the last one, the sensors have slightly bigger dishes, the shield generators still are small black boxes, just a bit bigger, and the drives are filled with different fuel now." S: "What kind of fuel?" MoR: "Anti-Matter." S: "Isn´t that dangerous? Where do we get all this anti-matter from?" MoR: "You see...we have it stored, because we already knew 3 years ago that we would develop this drive sometime in the future." S: (looking perplexed) "Ah. Good. Can we install anything of it into the cruisers?" MoD: "Well, it looks like we can´t. We´d have to dismantle the complete hull for the new armor." S: "But the shields, that´s only a small box! How small is it?" MoR: "The new Class-5-Generator has an edge-length of 6 meters." S: "6 meters??? You call that a ´small´ box?" MoR: "Well, the Class-1-Generator had a length of only 10 centimeters, so the name was ok. Somehow, the term "small" stuck with it. Sorry, your excellency." S: "Ok, ok. So can the box be installed into the cruisers?" MoD: "The biggest room measures 5.5 meters in height, so we would have to remove some decks, install new girders, I think that´s too..:" S: "Forget it. What about sensors?" MoD: "Well the new sensor dishes would disturb the general view of the cruisers, the last dishes were specially designed for this ship class and so." S: (snarling again) "Can you at least build in a new commando chair?" MoD: "Well, the chairs are welded to the floor and I don´t think..." (the usual bang) ... [/QUOTE]

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