Announcement and First Look

[crumplezone]

HMS Cavalier, would be a better bet for me, her missiles could be used to good effect

Missiles on a WW2 destroyer?

It was retrofitted in 1957 with modernisation and had some surface to air missiles.

Armament:

3 x QF 4.5 in L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
2 x Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV, or;
4 x QF 2 pdr L/39 guns Mk.VIII on quad mount Mk.VII (Caprice only)
4 x anti-aircraft mountings;
Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III
QF 2 -pdr Mk.VIII, single mount Mk.XVI
Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III
Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V
2 x pentuple (Ca) / quadruple (Ch, Co, Cr) tubes for 21 in torpedoes Mk.IX
4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges 4 x Seacat sea to air missiles
6 x Squid anti submarine launchers

[Kromaatikse]

Wasn't there an old E-boat fitted with Deltic engines at one point?

As for me, I have a *real* air-raid shelter to go to (apartment built during the latter stages of the Cold War, ~100 miles from the Russian border). Just need to pick up a camping stove to heat up my soup and beans tins, and remember to take my mokkula to read the news with...

[bigvern]

Just checked the RSC site and the bits of Facebook you can see without signing up to, but for such a high profile exercise, there's no mention at all of the announcement on either.

Oh well, guess we will have to wait until 1900, or the chosen few start reporting to find out what it's all about...

[Kariban]

Wasn't there an old E-boat fitted with Deltic engines at one point?

More than one fast patrol boat class used them, iirc. Even served in Vietnam.

( The US Navy obviously hadn't got any ideas about stealth back then )

[crumplezone]

The announcement was on facebook about 3days ago by Paul Jackson, hardly what I'd call no mention and there isn't much point in announcing a anouncement for a update announcement on the main page when you going to reveal information on Thursday night to be honest.

[msey0002]

One thing I'd expect is the official website to be kept fully up to date

[1975Supra]

I am surprised that Railsimulator.com, being a tech company, aren't using something like UStream to do a live podcast of the announcement. That and no Google plus page yet tut tut

This is getting like Apple's product announcement... ooh thats it, Railworks on OS X... that's the announcement...

Gives me an idea, keep an eye on this forum ...

Dave

[phill70]

HMS Cavalier, would be a better bet for me, her missiles could be used to good effect

Missiles on a WW2 destroyer?

It was retrofitted in 1957 with modernisation and had some surface to air missiles.

Armament:

3 x QF 4.5 in L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
2 x Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV, or;
4 x QF 2 pdr L/39 guns Mk.VIII on quad mount Mk.VII (Caprice only)
4 x anti-aircraft mountings;
Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III
QF 2 -pdr Mk.VIII, single mount Mk.XVI
Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III
Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V
2 x pentuple (Ca) / quadruple (Ch, Co, Cr) tubes for 21 in torpedoes Mk.IX
4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges 4 x Seacat sea to air missiles
6 x Squid anti submarine launchers

Well that should be enough to see you lot off

[Kariban]

That and no Google plus page yet tut tut

Just because it's there, doesn't mean you have to use it

[Acorncomputer]

I am surprised that Railsimulator.com, being a tech company, aren't using something like UStream to do a live podcast of the announcement. That and no Google plus page yet tut tut

They are Hi Tech .. it is just that some of us are not

No point in using HI Tech media to make important announcements if many people are going to miss it. The launcher screen could be used a bit more for information though as this is seen every time RW is started and is updated in real time if the computer is connected to the internet regardless of whether you are online to Steam or not.

[RW2011]

No no no no... You want the altogether more British "Protect and Survive":
Rik.

Hahahahahahaha, what complete rubbish, i remember those things being distributed.
But the government never told anyone, that the whole UK is in a "blast zone".
Which overlap taking in to account, the most likely targets.
So building a shelter out of doors and books was\is futile.

[TheTazman]

Us low tech people would prefer the old Power Point Presentation.

I am surprised that Railsimulator.com, being a tech company, aren't using something like UStream to do a live podcast of the announcement. That and no Google plus page yet tut tut

They are Hi Tech .. it is just that some of us are not

No point in using HI Tech media to make important announcements if many people are going to miss it. The launcher screen could be used a bit more for information though as this is seen every time RW is started and is updated in real time if the computer is connected to the internet regardless of whether you are online to Steam or not.

[Kromaatikse]

Deltic engines are actually fairly quiet by marine standards. Put a big silencer on them and the exhaust noise goes away; they then have very low vibration and magnetic signature (which are important to minesweepers).

My point was that notionally that E-boat is still lying around the docks somewhere...

[Acorncomputer]

Us low tech people would prefer the old Power Point Presentation.

What's that

[richrockster]

Us low tech people would prefer the old Power Point Presentation.

What's that

Give me acetate slides thankyouverymuch

FWIW - I'm very curious what is going to be announced, but I really suspect it'll be something that means the final nail in the coffin for my ageing PC... Adn don't get me started on that one...