Karagin
12/06/13 01:06 AM
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ATN the political side falls into locals not wanting the rigs and wells in their area and they fight to keep it out, add in how other businesses don't want new companies showing up etc...that is in the US, in Saudi everything is owned by the king and his family, they parcel out things and drilling there is up to them lock stock and barrel.
Karagin
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Cray
12/06/13 06:36 AM
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Unless you make the vehicle truly maintenance free there will always be a logistics trail, and the trail will also include the food and other needs of the crew, since I am not seeing AI run vehicles or mechs in the game, I guess the logistical part will always be there and gloss over that BT gives it will always be there.
I provided a link earlier in this thread to the beta rules that address food, fuel, munitions, and spare parts as part of a force's monthly operating costs and tonnages. Players asked for details on how to measure the tons of food and supplies they had to carry, and Interstellar Operations will have them.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Cray
12/06/13 06:42 AM
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In general, is it really that much more difficult to physically reach oil in the United States than Saudi Arabia?
Yes, because the US's huge oil reserves are in the form of oil shale, not pure, sweet light crude. There are regulatory issues, but the driving faster is "monetary / economic," just like BT's production of hydrogen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale_economics
Likewise, Canada's vast tar sands aren't cheaper, either:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_sands#Economics
There's lots of oil in them thar hills, but it costs a lot to get it because it's not your average, friendly dead dinosaur juice. Lots of extra processing is required. Meanwhile, stick a straw in a Saudi sand dune (or BT Okefenokee's swamps) and you get low-sulfur petroleum squirting out.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
Edited by Cray (12/06/13 06:43 AM)
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Karagin
12/06/13 11:44 AM
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Great so with this be a a detailed rule set or a glossed over one?
Karagin
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Cray
12/06/13 03:55 PM
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Great so with this be a a detailed rule set or a glossed over one?
I gave you the link to the open beta test. Judge for yourself (since our opinions often seem to differ). You can download the operations and creation chapters (and the beta star system generaton chapter, if you're curious), and review the hundreds of feedback comments from players who tried out the rules.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
Edited by Cray (12/06/13 04:02 PM)
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