Ciao all,
about " emergency speed ".
One day I was asking a very expert and skilled warship commander about that and he explained to me the following concept.
On a warship you have the steam and your Officer in control of the overall machinery.
He knows how to give you for a short defined slot of time some more speed based on your emergency needs.
You cannot count on that for a lot of time, so it is something you leverage when you are really in trouble.
The example he gave me was the formula one car and how they manage the engines lately during the race.
You can use the overboost for 1 or 2 turns, or to make a surpass, but no more, and you do that only when you need it and you cannot count on that for a large period of time, otherwise your engine will explode.
I have also heard about an addittional boiler added on SH and GU just for that reason, to produce addittional steam for emergency needs, but never found many confirmations about it.
Bye Antonio

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