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Post by rat on Dec 2, 2014 4:14:34 GMT
Янтарь, спасибо за перевод!
Важные примечания к нему: на западной границе действует "реконсквад". Реконюнит, то есть весь Разведпункт, не только там.
Я не понял, что за пропавшую экспедицию мы ищем на юге?
Продолжай болтать с Минервой. Нам любой контакт с ними сейчас важен.
Поимка диверсантов переносится на следующий ход.
С Кавказа нужна определенность по оружию: сколько магазинов и патронов к автоматам они покупают, готовы ли продавать свои НСВ и патроны для них. За болты извинись, скажи, что у нас план производства на ход уже был сверстан, пусть постарается пораньше делать заказ. Не позднее среды, чтобы мы в пятницу успели его заказ вписать в ход на производство, и через неделю отправить к ним. Что с покупкой грузовиков и двигателей с газогенераторами для ремоторизации тракторов ими, с продажей нам металла, шин и хлопка, машинного масла? Расскажи им, что железо мы хотим закупать в объеме 3-5 тонн в неделю постоянно, и в течении пары месяцев нарастить закупки до 6-8 тонн в неделю. Кроме этого, нас интересуют все остальные металлы, перечисленные ему мной. Расскажи ему о наших неудачных попытках договорится с Минервой о границе, об полетах разведчиков над нашей территорией, об угрозах. Не рассказывай о сбросе Минервой грузов нам, о том, что переговоры с Минервой идут по радио, о действиях нашей разведки на территории Минервы.
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Post by sebastiangrey on Dec 2, 2014 3:41:58 GMT
Ah, see, that comment about Tenzin busting the siege and end results got my hopes up.
And then you so cruelly dashed them with a non-answer. Well played, sir.
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Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2014 3:38:07 GMT
Ok, so your Drones are flying over the Russia-ish area more. You see their scouts vacate and head to the northwest.
Continue talking with them and Turkmen.
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Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2014 3:31:11 GMT
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Post by theleakingpen on Dec 2, 2014 3:19:43 GMT
If you find anyone else, thats good for me. We have our soldiers moving over from the east, building up a staging area to make some actual assaults into the mountains, people montioring radio frequencies to try and find out what frequencies the drones are on, both to see them coming and to drop them out of the sky, working on manufacturing hte devices to do so, misleading one ally/enemy, and waiting for moves from the other in case they need a crushing. Sounds like a busy week to me. Is it a new week in game yet?
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Post by deltav on Dec 2, 2014 3:02:50 GMT
Minerva's biggest problem is that the vast bulk of their population are scientists and academics unfit for fighting--the kind that will urge for surrender or negotiation. The head of their defense, Sebastian Grey, is a current member of the US military, so we can expect to see overlapping field of fire, minefields in varying degrees of nastiness, drone surveillance, hardened automatic turrets, mortars, booby traps, pitfalls, and if he has a really nasty turn of mind caltrops and punji sticks. Poison gas and flamethrowers are also a strong possibility, which is why I'd like to let the other factions test his defenses first. The problem is, once the shell is breached, Minerva will quickly fall. A fortress is only as good as it's defenders. Since you are in time zone +11, you have a chance of being from an area that can get really cold, so you'd know how bad that can be for the unprepared. (if you aren't from a cold land, the answer is: Very, VERY, bad.) I see that the admin says we have about three weeks more than I thought, so that's good. If the game time (not our time) runs into spring, and we're still in the game, you can tell the farmers to follow any plan you like--I'll leave that up to you.  We have armed thugs to ah, convince them to obey you. |
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Post by sebastiangrey on Dec 2, 2014 2:22:17 GMT
Well, then, let's task some HAWS to collect on the Rushkies. The GPS anti-rad patches are completely brilliant, by the way; I would have never thought of that. The only issue with the Turkmen guards I can see is that simply having diverse security teams wouldn't work; the reason they worked in Iraq & co is because nobody was from the region they were patrolling, but still all considered themselves roughly citizens of the same country. It made it so that nobody would be playing favorites for their tribe, family, etc... or could be accused of doing the same. Because the Turkmen have more ties among themselves than they do with us, we couldn't rely on them being any more honest than an invading army would, even though the army is pulled from multiple states within one country. Might as well just go with tribal squads, but have some sort of chip to hang over the heads of the leaders of those tribes. And I'm not going to dismiss the possibility that I'm a mastermind, but why may I be one, exactly? I've just been playing this s*** by ear. And... the outcome of this will have some sort of effect on the comic? |
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Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2014 2:12:27 GMT
Ok, for now, you've just rounded the northern tip of the Caspian Sea. Draw out a route if you can. I tell you this because there will be things in between here and there, Minerva's not going to just let you come all the way to the front door unchallenged. So make sure you tell me your plans in case you run in to opposition.
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Post by deltav on Dec 2, 2014 2:07:38 GMT
Sorry. From Astrokhan around the north end of the Caspian Sea across southern Kazakhstan (possibly dipping into northern Uzbekistan depending on what the spies determine to be the best route). The not-yet-established forward base will be as close to Minerva as our trucks can get without having to completely build a road. If that turns out to be Minerva's front gate, then ten to fifteen miles short of that. Most likely somewhere in Kyrgyzstan--hopefully at least as far as Lake Issyk-Kul.
We try to complete the compounds closest to the Turkmen first, so the supply lines get shorter with time, not longer.
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Post by deltav on Dec 2, 2014 1:32:38 GMT
This concludes the Turkmen negotiations to date
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Post by deltav on Dec 2, 2014 1:31:36 GMT
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Dear neighbor!
Faction I play for is described as trades and I want to offer you to establish trade relations. We have access to prewar artifacts from the desert and would like to exchange some of them. Also we can act as middlemen between you and Temples. I also welcome any suggestions from you. If you want to trade with us please answer)
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Greetings in the name of the Prophet.
We would be interested to examine what you have found in the wastelands to the south, and we would also be interested in horses to help solve a transportation problem we are having.
You may discuss the details with the Envoy we have sent, or you may send a delegation of your own. We would be pleased either way.
By the hand of the Great Caliph of the Sons of Mohammed.
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Children of Desert welcome you.
Gifts that the Desert gives us are numerous and can offer much for wise man. We will be glad to exchange them with you. Our horses are as fast as wind and as hardy as bulls and can become good companions for your warriors.
But the desert is a severe place. Our men are used to it, but our women and children need food. Our engineers ask for fuel for their machines.
We will send an ambassador to you soon to discuss all details of an agreement that will become a start of true friendship between our great nations.
Let the Sands be tender to you.
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In the Name of the Prophet.
Brothers,
Have you decided yet which goods you want, and which goods you wish to trade?
The Prophet smile upon you.
Minister of Trade.
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Children of Desert welcome you.
Gifts we sent to you recently can give a sign of what we can offer you. Prewar plates and dishes made of silver and porcelain, jewelry, different toys and board games. Books and magazines with medical and technical information and information about our world before the Collapse. Pre-war machinery and electronics, produced with accuracy that is too hard to achieve today. We have many different kinds of it, but not many of each kind. Tell us what goals you want to archive and we will find something to help you.
We are glad to inform you that out nation have established trading relations with our eastern neighbors, who call themselves the Temples. They have stores of refined copper and iron. They would be interested for trading for any technology that might aid common goal of food and shelter. Farming equipment, any plastics still in good condition for irrigation, things of that nature and any communication equipment.
Also we would like to offer you 25 horses this time. Also we have well trained carrier falcons you can use to deliver messages. They are not as fast as radio, but it is really hard to catch them. You also might be interested in camels we have. and camels They are not as fast as horses but more tough.
For that number of animals we ask for 250 kilos of food that can be kept for a long time in dry climate and 100 liters of biofuel.
We also are ready to exchange artifacts and animals for explosives. It can be of any kind, but stable.
We are open to trading discussion.
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In the Name of the Prophet
To the Reverend Mother and our Brothers, greetings.
We don't use biofuels since we have petroleum, but the diesel we produce is very similar.
We are preparing everything you wished for (except for the diesel oil instead of biofuel), and they will be ready for you upon your return. Please bring the horses, and all the falcons and camels you can spare. As for the treasures from the
Southern Wastes, more printed materials would be appreciated, especially "How-to" books and manuals, communications tech, and weapons. We have heard rumors of a very powerful weapon called a "skuud" or "skuut" and would like some of them if you can find them.
We also propose to set up caravansaris along the roads between our nations. We will put walls around them so that the caravans may protect themselves from storms and marauders.
We look forward to a profitable trading partnership with you.
May the Prophet smile upon our nations.
Minister of Trade of the Sons of Mohammed.
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Hello good hosts !
We don't need biofuel, maybe you have misunderstand us ? We do need diesel for vehicles.
We are gathering the horses, camels and falcons. Books we're also gathering some and we are copying the others (so we may trade them to other people too).
We will try to seek for those Skuud you want, but it'll take more time as we gathered our men for war. A lot of people are preparing for war, so it'll take time to send people to the South Desert.
If you're proposing, then why not ?
Thank you, and may the Desert sands be tender to you !
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Post by deltav on Dec 2, 2014 1:20:17 GMT
This concludes the Russian section of our negotiations to date. I will do the smaller Turkmen section, and after that, post each separate message as it comes in.
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Post by deltav on Dec 2, 2014 1:14:24 GMT
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Here is a full list of goods and prices we thought about thus far.
Materials:
Wood - 1 per kilo
Charcoal - 5 per kilo (price may change)
Weapons:
Hunting crossbow - 1100
Crossbow arrow - from 1 to 100, depending on the type
Smoothbore pump-action rifle - 2750
Cartridge 12/70 on black powder with steel shot - 2
Cartridge 12/70 on black powder with steel grapeshot - 3
Cartridge 12/70 on black powder with a steel bullet - 4
AK-74 from pre-Collapse reserves - 3960
30-rounds magazine for AK-74 - 330
AK-74 cartridge on smokeless powder - 4
Kalashnikov machinegun from pre-collapse reserves - 9000
Tripod for it - 7000
Machinegun round on smokeless powder - 8
Anti-tank 14,5 caliber gun - 18000
AT round on smokeless powder - 80
Machinery:
Gas lamp - 1100
Portable gas generator - 8250
Power saw or a small portable motor (with gas generator) - 13750
Two-wheeled tractor - 16500
Equipment trailer for the tractor (cultivator, plow, winch, trailer, compressor, electrostatic generator, pump) - 5500
115 HP engine with gas generator - 250,000
Vehicles (leasing or renting possible)
Cross-country vehicle GAZ-71 - 1'000'000
Tractor DT-75 - 2'000'000
Excavator - 8'000'000
We can also produce building materials such as particle boards and fiberboards, cement, reinforcement rods (sorry, I'm not sure how those iron rods that are used as a skeleton for cement blocks are called in English), heating furnaces with gas as a byproduct (can be used for lighting or small fires to make food), ventilation equipment. Also some industrial machinery as press, grinders, conveyor belts, mining elevators. We will calculate their prices if you will be interested.
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Spare parts for your machinery will also be priced on demand.
I'm not going to in details too much and talk about each specific engine part, that'd be an overkill. More in the line of "simple parts" like screws, nuts and so on and "complex parts" like carburetor or transmission - generalized categories.
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According to the main planning page, our technology levels are about the same, as is the manufacturing base. We could build our own tractor and truck parts, but there isn't enough demand for some parts to justify building a factory for them, so they are produced by hand by craftsmen. I was hoping you had a supply in stockpiles. If you are making your own machines, however, it would be better for us to buy those.
We have a complete petrochemical industry, and while we disdain plastics for the most part, we do produce rubber. We also produce our own tires, and with a three-day warm-up to get all parts of the factory working at top efficiency we can produce 400 tires per day
(two shifts). We had a fairly large stockpile of raw synthetic rubber, and are producing more right now. We started increasing production as of the turn post on Friday, so we have a stockpile of 1100 truck tires right now (Our people talked to your people and got the specifications you use--there was a considerable amount of overlap since we both use Russian designed vehicles). How many do you want?
Mining is also being increased, but it will be about two weeks before we see a significant amount of metal--can you refine ore yourselves?
We are producing standard 208 liter oil drums. We refine basically #1 diesel. Would you prefer that, or crude oil this time? We also produce lubricating oils and grease for ourselves. We package such things in 19 liter cans for ease of transport.
The cotton harvest is being processed right now and the Caliph's tithe (around 700 bales) should be available soon.
We produce our own version of the ancient AK-47, and while the AK-74 is tempting, we don't want to mix cartridges. Perhaps 30 or so for our officers might be acceptable. We also produce NSV heavy machine guns since so many designers and workers came to us from the factory in Kazakhstan when it fell into chaos.
What we need most right now is furs, trucks, tractors, concentrated food and honey. Also another twenty crossbows and 500 more arrows.
We could also use cement and fiberboard.
We will take everything you brought.
The reinforcing rods are called "reinforcing bars" in the US--or "rebar" for short.
How long does it take for your ships to go back to your home port and return?
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All goods we have to offer tight now will amount to 121'700 workds.
We will take all the raw cotton you have - 240kg*36=8640 workds
All led you have available 100kg*150=15000
40 truck tires - 40*2000=80000
6 barrels of oil lube - 114lt*150=17100
In total 120740.
It takes from one to two weeks for our ships to make the trip. We are dredging the river so it should be one week unless the weather will be particulary bad.
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Speaking of crossbows, we can offer you not only the simple multi-use arrows with steel tip (10 workds), but special ammunition: incendiary/signal flare/lighting - 40-50 wd, tranquilizer injectors - 70, or explosive - 100. Those can be used by your special forces foe silent diversions or as a replacement for flare guns.
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I posted a reply yesterday, but I don't see it here. To restate the main points:
We have a good manufacturing base, and have been turning out our own AK-47s. The AK-74s you offer are superior, but we don't want to take the risk of getting the cartridges mixed. We could use some 74s for our officers, however. When Kazakhstan fell into chaos, many of the designers and workers from the factory making NSV heavy machine guns fled to us, so we make them, too.
Our tire factory can make 200 tires per day, and we've been running double shifts since Monday. Our petrochemical industry has been turning out synthetic rubber for the tires, if you need raw rubber for other things, it is available.
Our mines have also stepped up production, but it will take two weeks for the refined metal to reach port. If you can do your own refining, we will trade you the raw ore right now at 5% the price of ingots.
We are producing 208 liter oil drums for shipment, and have 19 liter sealed buckets of various grades of lubricating oil and grease.
The cotton crop has been harvested, and is being processed.
We need many, many furs. We also need trucks, tractors, cement, fiberboard, concentrated food, and honey. We'd also like 20 hunting crossbows, and 500 arrows.
Reinforcing rod is called "rebar" short form for "reinforcing bar" in the US.
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This forum is driving me insane! That post just showed up as I posted the repeat. AAArgh!
500 regular and explosive arrows, 200 each of the others. We do want them, and for the reasons you mentioned.
We need enough furs to make cold weather gear for 6000 men. It gets cold in the Tien Shan mountains.
Take another 12 tires as a goodwill gift from the Caliph.
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We have received your message and think about it.
Our steel industry is working at the limit, and to process additional ore can not.
We need metals: iron, steel, cast iron, lead, copper, zinc, brass and bronze.
Rare earth metals: tungsten, platinum, silver, chromium, beryllium.
Requested weapons we are ready to sell. But you need to determine the number of bolts for crossbows by type, with the number of purchased magazines and cartridges to AK-74.
According to the vehicles you need to wait Amberlight, I can not do it with the translation of our offer.
Our industry is designed for use lubrication of agricultural production, but we are interested in switching to mineral oil. We will increase purchases of machine oil. Total consumption of lubricant of our faction of about one million liters per year.
Perhaps we will buy a small batch of diesel fuel or oil for our research and chemical industries. For example, a pair of standard barrels of both.
Our needs in all types of tires in the near future will not exceed 30 units of all types in the week.
Clarify the desired weight of furs, fiberboard, concentrated food, honey in a week?
We have gold production, production of radio stations MW band, field telephones, electrical apparatus and gas welding and metal cutting, gas llamas with built-in small-sized wood-gas generator. Can you sell it.
After creating a trade delegation should come up, as we do not agree on every purchase small items to trade in the household took place without the participation of the players.
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500 regular, 500 explosive arrows, 200 tranquilizer injectors, 200 incendiary / signal flare / lightingothers, all right? Number of cartridges and magazines for assault rifles?
Are you ready to sell heavy machine guns NSV and ammunition for them?
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Fur coats for 6,000 people is a lot. We produce annually about 2,000 sets of winter clothing for adults. Immediately able to supply not more than 20 sets of clothes a week, try to ramp up production, if you have this need.
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Thank Caliph for free!
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We can produce transportation across the Caspian Sea to you. The shortest way to the Tian Shan from you is through the sea.
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We can also provide you with gas engines for your existing vehicles and help you re-fit them. We would be able to supply you with greater amount of engines than whole vehicles.
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I really hate to have to keep apologizing, but I had this very long, detailed post nearly finished when it suddenly disappeared, all but the last four words. This laptop hates me.
The short form of the lost post is this: By the time your ships return, we should have at least some of the refined metals ready for trade. I'm basing my estimates on current production less about 80% to allow for areas where the ore has all been dug up.
The crossbow bolt order is as rat guessed--I was unclear.
We could make our own cold-weather gear from the furs, or if we could get gloves we could make the coats and trousers (pants) out of quilted cotton fabric, stuffed with raw cotton like the Chinese do. I'm guessing that a fur pelt would make two pair of fur-lined gloves, so 3,000 furs?
Our first group of fighters has already left from our marshaling point at Astrakhan, and will be smoothing the path for the following groups, killing bandits, things like that. The other groups should be able to join them as they travel.
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deltav Faction 5 deltav Avatar Posts: 23Male Member is Online Nov 23, 2014 at 1:01pm QuoteMessage Options I apologize, Amberlight, but I still don't know if Hexapod wants to have a say in anything, or if I'm running things by myself. The uncertainty is slowing my responses. I'm still unclear how authentic Dan wants this to be, and I'm trying to stay within the bounds of what our area should be able to produce, which means that I'm doing a lot of research. I announced in our official turn post that we are preparing to supply you with what you have asked for, and you should be getting a detailed offer about an hour after I post this. I also still don't know what your delegation brought to trade. We gave you small bars of gold, larger bars of copper, and samples of the food we offered before. I realize that we are pretty much making this up as we go, so here's what I'm going to do. From now on, expect a posted reply to your offer within an hour after I read it (allowing for the time difference, of course--I'm in Mountain Standard Time, USA), and will simply announce what we want and what we have, and assume the deal has been made, and that the amounts each receive is sufficient for our needs. I hope this will make me a good neighbor. Amberlight Global Moderator ***** Amberlight Avatar Posts: 195Male Nov 23, 2014 at 8:43pm QuoteMessage Options Our delegation brought wood of a good quality (5 tons), charcoal (5 tons), small wood gas generator and an engine to show how it works, samples of some metalwork tools (about 50 different ones), hunting rifles (5) and blackpowder cartridges for them (100), hunting crossbows (5), a bit of jewelry that was presented as a memento gift to the leaders and a couple of fur hides. Also some samples of honey, jams and concentrated food. Amberlight Global Moderator ***** Amberlight Avatar Posts: 195Male Nov 24, 2014 at 1:31pm QuoteMessage Options We would like to exchange all those goods for raw cotton. Would you accept that trade? deltav Faction 5 deltav Avatar Posts: 23Male Member is Online Nov 24, 2014 at 2:42pm QuoteMessage Options Yes, I missed the cotton when I was going over your earlier requests. Also add it to the other list of things we included in the main trade agreement. Amberlight Global Moderator ***** Amberlight Avatar Posts: 195Male Nov 25, 2014 at 1:09am QuoteMessage Options We would like to exchange all our sample goods for 250kg of raw cotton you have available as well as 10 kg of led as a sample for our engineers. Will that be a fair trade for you? Well-manufactured hunting weapon, sturdy tools and exotic food for some raw material? Amberlight Global Moderator ***** Amberlight Avatar Posts: 195Male Nov 25, 2014 at 1:37am QuoteMessage Options Also if you have rubber or wheel tires we would much appreciate if you'd prepared them for our return. We would be glad to trade for them when we arrive with a real shipment of goods. deltav Faction 5 deltav Avatar Posts: 23Male Member is Online Nov 25, 2014 at 11:43am QuoteMessage Options Oh, sorry. When I said "yes" I meant that we accepted the trade, but the sentence wasn't clear. The lead is also acceptable. The tires are being prepared even now. Did you need raw rubber as well? All the items mentioned in our offer are being mined, prepared, manufactured, pumped and packaged for shipment. all will be waiting for you when you get back. We look forward to a profitable trading partnership. Global Moderator ***** Amberlight Avatar Posts: 195Male Nov 25, 2014 at 1:21pm QuoteMessage Options I apologize for changing the deal now but we had a bit of a confusion with what we had on our ships. We also created a currency for our trade. Workd is a representation of how much work (work days) was spent on an item and thus it's value to us. So it is a fair way to assign value to items. Sometime I may use "trudd" - a transliteration from Russian, don't get confused. Our ships currently have on board (price per one item): 2 Power saws with portable gas generator - 13750 workds 6 gas lamps - 1100 workds 6 pumps - 5500 workds About 200 kg of different tools - 10 workd per kilo. 5 hunting rifles - 2750 worlds 100 cartridges with blackpowder with steel shots - 2 workds 5 hunting crossbows - 1100 workds 50 simple arrows - 1 workd 2 decorated arrows that look really fancy, more of a decorative piece - 50 workds 5 tons of wood - 1 workd per 1 kilo 5 tons of charcoal - 5 workd per kilo Jams, honey, furs - no exact price yet. 3000 workds for the whole sample shipment of exotic food and furs. Our buying prices: 1 kg of led - 150 workds 1 kg of iron - 100 workds 1 kg of raw kotton - 36 workds 1 kg of rubber - 25 workds Truck tire - 2000 workds Prices for oil and some other things coming soon. So, you have 240 kg of cotton and 100 kg of led, that would make 240*36+100*150=23640 workds. Please tell me what would you like to trade. deltav Faction 5 deltav Avatar Posts: 23Male Member is Online Nov 25, 2014 at 5:41pm QuoteMessage Options Wow, how many workds did all this computation cost you? We only have one ingot of lead available, but I said "some bales of cotton"--we have three of those. We also have access to all the other items we offered. The Caliph owns all mining, metal manufacturing, and oil production. Other manufacturing, agriculture, and fisheries are owned privately, subject to the blessing of the Caliph, and pay a tithe (10%) of their production to him. Do you want the other two bales of cotton? "workd" or "trudd"--no problem. Amberlight Global Moderator ***** Amberlight Avatar Posts: 195Male Nov 26, 2014 at 1:50am QuoteMessage Options We would like to have all raw cotton and all rubber (or better yet, truck tires) you can offer, as well as led. We are also in need of oil-based lubricants - we will offer a higher price for the refined lubes than for the raw oil, but the oil itself will be good as well. |
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Post by deltav on Dec 2, 2014 0:57:12 GMT
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Most of our oil production was from offshore platforms which no longer work. Further, while we have pipelines to deliver fuel oil and diesel for our own needs, we lack any way to export them or the crude oil either.
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Most of our oil production was from offshore platforms which no longer work. Further, while we have pipelines to deliver fuel oil and diesel for our own needs, we lack any way to export them or the crude oil either.
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Well, in small ammounts it can be simply stuffed in the barrels and moved on ships.
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To our northern neighbors, greetings.
We would be honored if you would establish a trade embassy in Sumqayit. We can easily find a building that will suit your needs, and you've already seen the city.
Most of our tractors are DT-75s from the plant at Volgograd, and the trucks are mostly various models made by Kamaz. We are intrigued, however, by your offer of machinery that runs on wood gas. Does the machinery produce it's own gas from wood, or is it a separate operation? And can we obtain the power plants to replace the diesel engines we use?
The berries in honey offer sounds interesting, and certain members of the Caliph's household somehow learned of the furs, and wish to see them. We have both hardwood and softwood forests of our own, but if you could spare some technicians to help keep the wood-gas engines working, that would be good.
We have a 100 kilogram lead ingot and some 240 kilogram bales of cotton currently available. What goods did you bring?
We are starting to produce barrels for export, but if you could bring some of your own, it would increase what can be transported. Did you want crude or diesel oil?
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Hail the proud sons of the mountains!
And the glorious First Councillor to the Caliph!
Have your tractors have to replace the engine and fuel system for use on wood.
Engine weight and wood gasifier for him in case of tractor 440 kg. This 440 kg machined with high accuracy good steel. To manufacture such an engine needs to 1000 kg of iron. And a month of work teams of specialists with sophisticated equipment.
Wood-fired gas generator in case of large machines placed instead of their fuel systems. The disadvantage of this solution is the small amount of fuel on the machine usually for an hour operation. But if there is a stock of firewood or timber and an ax in the cockpit is not a critical flaw.
Install gas-generating units instead of diesel engines possible.
We have a wide range of metalworking products, but mostly it's utensils, hand tools, hunting crossbows and guns with black powder cartridges. For you may be interested in hand power saw 4 horsepower knapsack with wood-gas generator, and various pumps.
For the production of parts for KAMAZ vehicles, we need to copy the samples, we have not used this technique.
We are interested in the crude oil, rubber, tires, lead and rare earth metal, typically iron and steel, iron, tungsten.
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Nov 21, 2014 at 12:48am QuoteMessage Options
Ahem, allow me to translate the part about engines more clearly, Skipper.
We can replace the engines of your tractors to your wood gas engines.
For a tractor an engine and gas generator would weight about 440kg. The production of such an engine is a complicated process, it requires 1000kg of good iron and a month of work of a skilled team with proper tools.
In case of larger machines such as tractors and trucks the gas generator is placed next to the engine so it can produce fuel out of wood.
The main disadvantage of a wood gas engine is that a vehicle with it will be able to operate only for an hour or so without refueling. However, if there is a supply of firewood - when your tractors work toe fields near the settlements, for example, or if you dedicate some space in your trucks to the firewood - that won't be much of a problem since gas generators can produce gas on the go without interrupting the machine's operation. Besides being a cheap alternative to disel for domestic works it would also perform nicely in long expeditions since then you'd be able to obtain fuel by simply chopping down trees along the way.
We are also planing to create more energy-efficient fuel for gas generators so you won't have to carry as much of firewood with you. But this is still work in progress, so we can't promise anything yet.
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Can you please-please-please reply at least once in a couple of days? Those negotiations should have been finished two weeks ago.
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