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My Submarine game is officer centric, unlike my other military games, which have troupe style play. Thing is, the crew are respected, and are consulted, but all non-emergency decisions are by officers.
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One of the things I really like about Black is his characters. They are, well, characters. :D
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@NeilNjae - good question. The Submarine service was full of people who would not make the regular navy, both in the RN and the USN. I am not sure how much was cause and how much effect, but the sub services required out of the box thinking and indi…
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@Richard Abbot - I also read non-fiction submarine books, especially when I was researching my game, and many of the older generation of submarine fiction authors, like Ned Beach, Alexander Fullerton, and Harry Homewood, were submariners - and the g…
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That makes perfect sense, @Apocryphal!
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@Apocryphal - Is Ucker == Euchre? I did not know.
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@Michael_S_Miller - Absolutely! The internal RN conflicts are extremely interesting to me as well.
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@Apocryphal - Do you run out of things to do in a D&D game? I ran a campaign for 20 years, and this is no different. If you are creative, you never run out of things to do. As for home waters, I ran my subs out of Surabaya, Java; Perth, Australi…
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220 meters is far more than 500 feet, @Apocryphal. @Michael_S_Miller - I believe that both US and British subs in service more or less routinely exceeded their designed depths, which were rather conservative. I have always wondered if these officia…
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It's of particular interest to me, as I designed a submarine RPG once upon a time.
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Excellent! Thank you!
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I myself find Janis strange and Shirley eccentric. Lord I love the English language!
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Thank you! As a former technical writer I love these, but I know better than to think I speak for more than myself!
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(Quote) Thank you! I try to entertain. :D (Quote) 'Ready Aye Ready' - the one with the Sikh and the soldier, right? I'm familiar with it! Chickory and coffee go very well together, but most coffee substitutes are foul indeed! :D (Quote) I can fair…
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(Quote) You might enjoy the late Alexander Fullerton, who wrote non-series RN submarine novels set in WWII. All of his books resolve without reservation for future expansion, and he was a superb writer. He lived it, as a submariner in the war, and k…
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Personally, I liked this tactic - I was never sure whether there was going to be this anticipated encounter or not, which was in a way much like real life... :D
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As always my questions are deeply stupid, but hopefully they will help kickstart discussion. Please feel free to post your own questions! Please! We'll discuss payment later!
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She is home, and in great spirits! Very happy! I will be posting my questions in a few minutes - thank you all for being patient!
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Thank you, Neil! I expect she will be home today!
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Thank you very much, Paul! She was looking chipper and confidant today! That was good to see!
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Thanks, Chris! You're the only one here who has met her, and she remembers you! And thank you Richard! We are hopeful, though this is the first of three operations to correct the problem, so we will be going through this again soon! :D
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I will need a bit more time on this - my wife is in the hospital recovering from an unanticipated major surgery, and I am spending a great deal of time there. She will hopefully be coming home tomorrow, so it will only be a few days to get my questi…
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Is Syenite's "suggestion" to have a child by Alabaster a sign of acceptance by the order, a punishment, or a loyalty test? Yes Skin tones: what colour skin do you imagine for the characters we've met in the books? I assume they are all …
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I buried mine in the back yard, in an unmarked grave! ;D
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My mineral name is Gangue. I hang around worthwhile minerals but am myself useless, and generally get in the way. The only reason I am ever discussed is how to remove me cheaply and easily. :D
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@Michael_S_Miller - I'm sure the discomfort is intentional, but that doesn't make me like it! I mean punching me in the nose may make me feel what some protagonist felt, but it's still a punch in the nose and unpleasant as hell. :D
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@RichardAbbott - Oh! I thought I had missed something important! Thanks! :D
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Awesome! Glad you are enjoying it! :D
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@RichardAbbott - Is Damaya the same person as Essun? I didn't see that!
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I am having a lot of trouble with the narration, for basically the same reason as @Apocryphal - the writer is telling me what I did, but I didn't do that and I wouldn't have done that! I become acutely conscious that I am reading a book, not experie…