All Things Vargr

[Condottiere]

Vargr: Military Organization

V. Sub packs tend to maximize at around twenty two members.

W. Which scrapes along the expected minimum size of a pack.

X. The difference is the type of leadership each enjoys.

Y. Since you could, also, subdivide a sub pack into teams.

Z. But that's about as far as you can split the hair of a dog.

 

[kilemall]

Relentless. Utterly relentless.

 

[Condottiere]

Vargr: Military Organization

1. Vargr don't really have historians.

2. They do, however, have annals.

3. Compiled by annalists.

4. Which means, they know about wars and battles.

5. Not necessarily the precise details of what happened, and why.

6. Military history tends to be intuited, from the bare facts.

7. Lots of obscure autobiographies of Vargr commanders tend to illuminate what they feel is their contribution to any war or conflict.

8. Which tends to emphasize their accomplishments,

9. And minimize, or excuse, their mistakes.

 

[Condottiere]

Starships: Engineering and Ye Starter Jump Drive

Imperium - Alpha
. technological level eleven
. ten tonnes
. two hundred parsec tonnes
. twenty power points
. hundred diameters
. fifteen megastarbux
. manufactured for millenia, spare parts easy to obtain

Hierate - Fatcat
. technological level eleven
. twelve and a half tonnes
. two hundred parsec tonnes
. twenty power points
. hundred diameters
. eleven and a quarter megastarbux
. larger, so easier for Aslan mechanics to repair

Solomani - Venture
. technological level nine
. ten tonnes
. one hundred twenty parsec tonnes
. twelve power points
. hundred diameters
. nine megastarbux
. it worked, minimum cost

Vargr - Scooper Doopper Doo
. technological level eleven
. ten tonnes
. two hundred parsec tonnes
. twenty six power points
. hundred diameters
. eleven and a quarter megastarbux
. for all intents and purposes, power is free

Zhodani - Softlani
. technological level eleven
. ten tonnes
. two hundred parsec tonnes
. twenty power points
. hundred fifty diameters
. eleven and a quarter megastarbux
. allows enough time for planetary flight controllers to scan starship; anything exiting nearer is either a military vessel, or unauthorized

 

[Condottiere]

Vargr: Military Organization

A. Vargr polities do tend to have a surprising appreciation for archaeology.

B. Plus, lots of private sponsorship.

C. Why?

D. Are they interested in discovering their past?

E. To be more precise, industrial archaeology.

F. Digging up that highly advanced weapon system.