Sir Humphrey - The problems with Brabazon were as much with the concept as the engineering. I don't think there will ever be a mass market for a vast and luxurious Trans-Atlantic flying boat; it can never be fast enough to compete on speed but never as decadent as a cruise ship, it's in an unhappy middle ground.
That said it was so outlandish it would be a wonder to behold.
Arilou - The balance between being 'realistic' and following the vote is a tough one to be sure. Given how much enthusiasm there has been though I think I probably have to go with the latter, I can't ignore the will of my readers can I?
Pwn*Star - Fight the good (sort of) fight sir, Garner can make it back over 10% and then onto the White House! (If he can stuff enough ballot boxes
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Hawkeye1489 - I'm using the electoral college map from here;
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Then setting it to the 1936 map to get the correct distribution. Which reminds me I have to ask Nathan Madien which one he used in his AAR, I believe it was slightly cleverer?
TheExecuter - Noted.
Faeelin - Equally noted.
Nathan Madien - The solid south is looking fairly shaky, clearly they still haven't forgiven the Democrats for the catastrophe that was Al Smith. Wise people.
trekaddict - Indeed sir, there was a report done on the Hood vs modern gunnery (mentioned in this very AAR in Chapter XXV) so the Admiralty knew there was a problem with the armour, there was just never the time nor budget to implement the necessary fixes. Particularly with the Hood spending so much time 'flying the flag' on port visits and high profile cruises.
Fortunately the (very) light damage she's suffered in game will allow the Admiralty to give her a good few months in drydock getting a thorough upgrade.
Funkatronica - Virgin territory for the Dems there, if it stay that way it's going Blue.
GeneralHannibal - California is the most voted in state thus far, it is the big battleground at the moment with 22 electoral college votes at stake. Yours has been added to the pile.
Anazagar - Another fresh and untarnished state. If this keeps up it'll make things a lot easier when I'm filling in the electoral college map!
Duritz - I wouldn't have thought you'd be involved in filthy free market capitalism!
I hope you immediately re-distributed all your winnings to those who made losing bets, to ensure fairness and equality for all.
Sir Humphrey - Definitely. Studies were done of 14", 15" and 16" options and the RN preference was for 3 x triple 15". (This is because you can't get 9 x 16", heavy armour and 28kts out of 35,000 tonnes, and all the designs were for treaty limits. Equally even during design everyone knew the quad 14" turrets would be a nightmare, which they duly were.)
Then of course the government then tried to save cash by pushing for 14" in the treaty, much to the annoyance of the Admiralty, and the OTL KG V emerged.
What comes out in TTL I leave for the coming re-armament updates.
Latest Opinion Poll
Hull-Barkley (Democrats) - 45% (N/C)
Landon-Vandenberg (Republican) - 45% (-1%)
Garner-White (State's Rights) - 10% (+1%)
It's now a statistical dead heat between the front runners as Landon lacklustre campaigning over recent days starts to hurt his chances. With the candidates scattered to the corners of the country trying to pick up previously ignored states the rule books is being torn up as banker states become battlegrounds both parties feel they can win.
In better news for Garner a big push from his campaign team, both in his home state and other swing states, has seen him rise back above 10%. With the two main parties split by only fractions of a percent Garner could become the King Maker in November, and there can be little doubt he will extract a high price from both candidates for his support.
