User talk:Fegaxeyl

Purchasing foreign freighters
Just been reading the Navy section of Essex and the buying of old foriegn ship and refitting them might be some Woodbridge would be intrested in. Maybe if we put in a joint bid we could get more boats for a smaller price Verence71 15:40, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

That would be a brilliant deal. Who would we be buying from, though? Fegaxeyl 15:45, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

The Nordic Union might be a possibility Verence71 18:14, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

Sweden is supposed to be a leader in metalworking, so it's likely they'll have some old freighters needing retirement that we can buy. New Britain might have some older vessels too, and it said that its navy was downsized so they might even have some decent warships that could prove useful if they survive a journey from South Africa to East Anglia. Fegaxeyl 19:02, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

I'm thinking that it more likely that New Britain would sell any old freighters to neighbouring countries to improve their reputation in the region Verence71 19:34, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

There might still be old gunships under New British control, but that's not really what the Essex Navy is looking for - we want big freighters for conversion. Then let's call the Nordic Union and see what they've got for sale! Fegaxeyl 20:58, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

In time I suppose we could construct something along these lines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_class_minesweeper adapted for other purposes Verence71 18:23, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Three problems with that: one, Essex already has vessels around that size (though a handful of them at most); two, our nations probably don't have the metal reserves for that unless we start to scrap cars en masse, and it's unlikely we have the engineering expertise to build a boat from scratch either; and three, Essex is looking for ships that have the ability to carry diplomatic and military teams, carry cargo, and transport oil so that rather than being fairly specialised like smaller vessels they are very general and useful all-rounders, valuable on long-range exploration and trade missions. Essex and Woodbridge would presumably both be capable of building these vessels, but to do so would require a prohibitive resource investment and huge amounts of time. Though experience would be gained in constructing ships of these sizes, Essex would rather buy foreign vessels of the necessary sizes cheap and perform the necessary modifcations in drydock much faster and cheaper. Time and money would be saved. Of course there is nothing stopping us from building vessels of the River-class, but they aren't what Essex currently wants in her navy. Fegaxeyl 19:28, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Point taken :) Verence71 19:55, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

I'll drop a line to the proprietor of the Nordic Union page to see if they could sell our nations any old freighters, say... ten or so, for our first order? I'm not sure what our nations could trade in return though. Fegaxeyl 19:58, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

This is the response received:
 * The Swedish Minister of Trade, Ewa Björling, expresses her gratitude for the offer, and informs that at they can sell the 10 freighters. The initial price is around NUK 60 million per vessel, but the price can be changed after further negotiations (regarding the economic situation in Essex and Woodbridge). In return, the government of Essex and Woodbridge can deliver the payment partially in form of currency and partially in form of manufactured goods, such as chemicals, pharmacutical goods as well as foodstuffs. Björling, however, informs that as the Swedish merchant fleet is relatively small, they urge both countries to ask neighbouring Norway for any additional vessels, as Norway is one of the major shipbuilding nations in Europe and in the world. However, she adds that she hopes that Essex and Woodbridge in the common years will choose Sweden for lucrative trade agreements of goods such as heavy machinery, automobiles, telecommunications and lumber.
 * Along with the Swedish offer, the Norwegian government, represented by Minister of Industry and Trade, Trond Giske, who currently has among the world's largest merchant fleet (1,408 vessels), is willing to give both Essex and Woodbridge 2 freighters each as a sign of goodwill, and hopes that this will open for increased trade between, and opens for further sales of further freighters, but also other goods such as fish, oil or natural gas.
 * Realismadder 22:30, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Want to take up the offer, Verence? Fegaxeyl 06:59, April 27, 2010 (UTC)

I'm up for it :) Verence71 11:11, April 27, 2010 (UTC)

Airships
The main thing that killed airship travel was two things: Safety concerns (which were unfounded since the Hindenburg was the last airship to use Hydrogen), and Airplanes, because they could hold more passengers and the trip took a 3rd of the time. I don't have a problem with airships, and was actually hoping that there would be a way to re-introduce them, so I have no problem. Germany actually has something called Blue Gas that they were going to use for airship fuel because its the same density as air so using it up wouldn't affect ballast, this could be a major Prussia industry with the return of airships.Oerwinde 17:35, April 25, 2010 (UTC)