The enemy fleet advances through successive design eras instead of serving as a single benchmark. In the 1900 scenario, one fast, heavily armed ship faces two German battle squadrons, so ammunition endurance matters alongside survivability. The older 13-inch guns now reach about 21 kilometres, roughly the range of the modern ship's 5.3-inch battery. For the first time, entering secondary range carries a serious cost. Five-year steps reveal when numbers and improving gun range begin to erase the technology gap, turning the experiment into a force-on-force comparison.
Chapter · 30:33-35:44
A controlled test against older battle squadrons
The test advances through five-year design generations to find when older battle squadrons can overwhelm the modern ship.