Uptimers Jere Haygood and Pete McDougal are stationed in the sacked and destroyed city of Magdeburg which is being rebuilt as the continental capital. Both make their appearance in the series in David Webers tale "In the Navy". Haygood is on loan to Gustav's administration shortly after the formation of the Confederated Principalities of Europe in the fall of 1632 and the following winter. There he assists John Chandler Simpson in siting a shipyard for the proposed naval construction by the |New United States. Haygood headed up one Grantville's Civil Engineering firms and is detailed to assist the king's officials in planning a modern city. Improvement of the river and canal transport network is vital. Because "good roads" are brief but limited cobblestone main streets in larger cities, and the roads in between are mere cart tracks— overland, goods are mainly shipped by mule train. In conjunction with Admiral-to-be Simpson, Haygood, with a long background as a civil war re-enactor, helps to convince Gustav's officer corps to reorganize the army into a smaller more professional form using newly designed firearms with bayonets (instead of two-thirds pikes and one-third muskets).
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