Re: [Freeciv-Dev] tunnels

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reinier Post wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 10:43:22AM -0400, Laurent Vibert wrote:
> > Like it would be interesting to have canals, why not give the possibility
> > to engineers to build road on the sea, just like the England-France
> > tunnel (a new wonder ?). The engineer should be on a boat to do that, and
> > it would be more natural to restrict this possibility to the coast: no
> > tunnel on the high-sea.
> 
> I would love to see this when accompanied by a new tech (Waterworks).


        I'm not sure.  First, a chunnel wonder would require a physical
presence on the map (linking one continent/island with another). 
All of the wonders so far have no presence on the map and are
simply associated with a city.
        I think new techs would be great, but a chunnel wonder should be
associated with a very advanced tech.  The engineering complexity
of starting two tunnels and having them meet perfectly under an
ocean, not to mention the sophistication of the borer machines
themselves, requires a *very* high tech.


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Ed C.