All Things Vargr

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Vargr: Military Organization

L. Next up would be exactly the capacity of the industrial base, and the size of spacecraft, that Vargr polities can actually build.

M. That really can't be answered, but I suspect that the bottleneck would actually be certain ship components, such as weapon systems and engineering.

N. In space, with enough time, you can keep adding on modules.

O. Capacity for maintenance and repairs, at the other end, would be a bottleneck.

P. Commonalty is not a given in Vargrspace

 

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Vargr: Military Organization

Q. What has that got to do with with any semblance of a Vargr planetary navy?

R. Do they buy off the shelf, assuming suitable components are available, or order customized parts?

S. Then, parts availability for maintenance and repair.

T. If it's customized, at best you'll get a limited production run, and then the production line either is scrapped, or broken up and stored away.

U. Which is why the preference would be, as far as possible, off the shelf, dual use, commercial components.

 

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V. Vargr industrial base probably predominates around light industries.

W. Stuff that's fairly easy to manufacture, and doesn't require intensive investment.

X. Electronics falls within that, and possibly high end chip manufacturing.

Y. Or, maybe not.

Z. I don't see Vargr walking around in bunny suits.

 

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Vargr: Military Organization

1. I think we are need to appreciate the industrial aspect in their military complex.

2. You can't really build or maintain a navy without it.

3. A thirty five hundred tonne spinal mount is way larger than eight default corsairs.

4. To make large spacecraft components, you need to build massive factories.

5. You can bypass this with engineering.

6. You can build any number of any sized power plants, distribute them throughout the hull, and connect them in a power grid.

7. On a lesser scale, manoeuvre drives.

8. Jump drives, as long as each separate module allocates five tonnes to the overhead.

9. I think that Tee/Five caps this at nine times nine.