[gurps] TL10 ocean going

[Captain Joy]

On Feb 29, 2008, at 3:45 PM, HK piter wrote:

> Submarines will be king (especially in open waters).  Like he said,  
> supercavitation will probably be used on the smaller vessels (but  
> not the larger ones).

Interesting; what speeds do you see for the small supercavitating  
submercibles?  And just how small is small?

> With weather like that hydrofoils are *OUT* (their fragile foils  
> will be broken in those huge swells).

Weather is not appreciably different than Earth.

> Certainly fast bulk carriers will be WiGE designs.  That technology  
> is really good when carrying capacity, speed and efficiency are  
> needed.

Got it.  So WiGE for most ships (especially the large industrial  
ones) and supercavitation for small fast vessels?

> Again making small supercavitating subs and larger non-SC subs the  
> majority of your craft.

Okay then, what speeds do you see for the larger WiGE ships?  And  
just how big do you see them getting?

Thanks everybody.  This feedback is nice.
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