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@r/mike - wow! gimme a few days (a few lifetimes) to sort through it all.
my read has also focused on doubling, some admirals endorsed, some condemned. i wish we had some diagrams, you know, how this all sorted out once the cannon got hot.
i have implemented some basic squad commands. the ships don't quite form lines, they sort of "group" but generally on the same tack. not our optimal situation, but as soon as the cannon start singing, navigation in re squadron formation vs. navigation in re bringing the guns to bare becomes an orthogonal concern.
in other words, to keep line and at the same time to helm about for a broadside are independent concerns. indeed they are orthogonal concerns in that the "angle" between the two desires is not helpful for either. but this is why this particular problem is so interesting...
rather than make a "release" i'd like to post an interim "squad sim" so you can see how different the whole sim obtains when the ships organize by groups.
i'll pass the url shortly - it will be some branch on the usual .../signal.blah. it might be a day or two before it rolls out.
bix
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