Expert snuggler wrote:Yes, "experts study logistics".
I hope someone in the Empire is thinking seriously about diesel supply trucks.
In order to make logistics easier. You are going to create a whole new industry with thousands of parts (which require metal and rubber--if you want to do above wagon pace) to move loads of 5 tons(and that is optimist). With its own logistics requirements. To include people who can fix them.
Safehold, as far as logistics go, has all the stuff needed to ship stuff from London to Chicago or Duluth in multi ton quantities.
Once they get there the logistics support range is measured in Hundreds of miles. Pretty much to Fargo, North Dakota. Heck from London to Butte Montana is in the support range. Fast as the Red Ball Express well no not for the individual load. But comparable to a Liberty ship chugging away at 7 knots across the Atlantic plus the Red Ball Express.
In the meantime the Empire is trying to get mechanical logistics to improved American Civil War standards. Struggling very hard with some success.
Sorry I just don't see the need.
T2M