Operation Manifest Destiny Ruminations

[Abbott Shaull]

Now what one of the first thing would be to find out how many one can make say few months time. How much tonnage one could move, and can you keep production up over time too.

You would want enough made initially to help move troops and their stores. This is important is giving people on your side, to put their mind at ease that they are on the right side. I mean moving a Battalion or more several hundred miles where they might be need right now is what many leader are on many leaders mind. They want to know they can get timely reinforced in times of need.

I agree the most of the fleet should be centrally located, but as your fleet grows some should be moved to the outlying fields. As replacement for those airships that have equipment failure or just for the local use. In Going Home the French III Corps used the airborne troops to make air mobile reactionary forces. These airships could be used to do the same thing. Move platoon or company from a locale to another where they can help some one who needs it now. The trouble with this, is that the people who have the means to call for help, have to realize they should be in dire straits before calling for this sky troops.

As for the need to secure land routes, this is easier said than done. It takes nothing to sever a rail line or to set up road block. Let's face it, there are too few rivers that can support commercial traffic too. You could use ultralights/airships with the rail lines too, where they ultralights scout to make sure their nothing going on with the rail line ahead of the train. Airships could be used to transport any force or engineers/labors to handle problems...

Just some thoughts...