[pnpgm] Game Update #12 - File #140 - Ship Boredom ends - OOCUnit conversion

[J Hooten]

OOC: of course

PnP Combat movement:
Speed in mile per hour = (movement rate * 10 feet / 12 sec turn)*3600 
sec/hour*1mile/5280 feet = 0.568 * movement rate
In Nautical Miles thats 0.494 * movement rate

Or inversely 24 knots is 48.5'/turn

Movement types based on data from Olympics and other events and history:
long walk=1/3 move, walk=1/2 move, jog=move, long run= 2x move, short 
run=3x move, sprint=4x move

long walks can be done for days
walks of 8 hours dangerous
jogs of 4 hours are dangerous=double time marches?
with long runs of 2 hours being dangerous as marathon runners are in bad 
shape at finish
short runs are 4 minute area with minimal chance of damage
sprints are 1 minute area

If that data is used then a fast water creature could sprint fast enough 
to ketch us, but cannot keep up that pace for long before getting tired.

So I too would expect some Magic to be involved as 1 ahead of us would 
have a fair chance to accidentally encounter us with a chance to reach us.
The one behind would have needed to chase and thus be faster and to 
coordinate with another required high speed and planning
But random encounters rarely worry about the details ;)
Do not forget it would have needed to spot the fast ship at great range 
to have time to intercept the course.
What makes more sense is we were spotted from below by very fast 
swimmers hunting as a pair.
But then they should be closer, which is what I think the story will 
change too.
Reduce 2 miles to much lower range to get the 15 second time estimate back?
In that case, they would attack from 2 directions as they better control 
where the prey can escape too.
Worse such tactics are more often used by a pack and these are the 
scouts to scare the prey toward the larger group in ambush!

Luckily I do not think sea dragons hunt in packs



John Stowman wrote:
> OOC:
>  
> Not that I want to be discouraging but I just had a discouraging 
> thought and wanted to share it with the rest of you.  The only thing I 
> see in the creature list that swims and fits this general description 
> is a Wyrm.  By my calculations 24 knots is about 48' in game terms.  
> Wyrm's swim at 16' but they are chaos oriented and if they were aided 
> by some malicious chaos force and sent here to attack us with the 
> addition of a friendly current spell could be traveling at 56' or more.
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Robert Maxwell <bioram at langate.gsu.edu 
> <mailto:bioram at langate.gsu.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks for the information.
>
>     Scott, could you give us an idea on how many rounds of prep time
>     we will have before the Dragons are within bow range?
>
>     >>> "Murtha, Mark D (N-Resources)" <mark.d.murtha at ulalaunch.com
>     <mailto:mark.d.murtha at ulalaunch.com>> 6/1/2009 12:23 PM >>>
>     [OOC - Followup from John H post on speeds, etc.
>
>     Dragon A 2 miles forward, sailing toward it.
>     Dragon B 2 miles aft, sailing away.
>
>     24 knots = 24 * 1.15 = 27.6 MPH
>     2 miles / 27.6 MPH = 0.07 Hours = 4.35 minutes = 4 minutes, 21 seconds
>     This excludes the dragon's movement, so that will reduce contact
>     time depending on the dragon's speed and ship maneuvering, etc.
>
>     Handy online converter, including Knots to whatever -->
>     http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/velocity-units-converter-d_1035.html
>
>     end OOC]
>