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Concordia

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In WC, it seems like there are many different trends in Cruisers and any ship for that matter.

Mid-2630's

Talahassee-Class: Good design. I don't know when AMG's came out, but they probably weren't on the Talahassee-Class when they were originally designed. Considering that Phase-Shields were only mounted on Battleships, Starbases, and Planetary Bases. They used plasma cannon's back then.

The ships probably had 4 heavy plasma guns, and 8 laser-cannons. Probably somewhere in the 2660's they were put on. I'm guessing the AMG's came out AFTER the PTC cannon, or just before.

Either way, the Talahassee's long, skinny, and only carries 4-fighters. She's a thoroughbread Cruiser.

Mid-2640's
-Gettysburg-Class Cruiser: Practicaly a battleship in design with 18 fighters. Top Speed 100-130 kps

Mid-2650's
-2652(?): Waterloo-Class Cruiser Commissioned: Combination heavy-cruiser, light-carrier (40-fighters). Top speed = 200 kps
-2654: Kilrathi Fralthi-Class cruiser comes out. Configurable as either a cruiser or light-carrier. Top Speed = 150 (?) kps
-2656(?): Fralthra-Class Cruiser Commissioned: Both Light-Carrier and Cruiser. Features heavy armor compared to Fralthi and Waterloo, and 60 fighters. Lacking in speed, still average though (150 kps)

Late-2660's
-Talahassee-Class Cruisers revived: Now fitted with anti-matter guns and 8-laser cannon's, top speed = still 150 kps.

Mid-2670's
-Plunkett-Class Cruiser commissioned: Biggest Cruiser seen yet, (1200 meters), carries 15-fighters. Superior Armor, top speed = 240 kps.

2681: Hades Class Cruiser commissioned - Carries 30 fighters, receives them through a rear-bay, and shoots them out a forward tube. Superior Armor, top speed = 350 kps.

What do you think would be next in trend?

-Concordia
 
We don't have enough information to guess trends. The dates you list are, with the exception of the Hades-class, pure conjecture. For all we know, the Waterloos could predate the Gettysburgs, and both could predate the Tallahassees. It doesn't seem all that likely, but it is a possibility.

Also, the Hades-class doesn't fit this list anyway, because it's a specialised design. It's an evolutionary offshoot, so to speak.
 
Gettysburg-Class Cruiser

What is the Gettysburg-Class Cruiser?

when I played SM2 I took the TCS Austin to be a standard Exeter Destroyer, but not latly I've seen on the net it's supposed to be a Gettysburg-Class Cruiser.

is there any way to get it's pictue, or statistics?
 
Or does the Exeter looks like it? Some times in WC a ship that appears later is older than the one that appeared in a earlier game. That’s story-wise, not model-wise of course. Not always. :D
 
That's nice, but my last post didn't suggest that either craft was older than the other. It still looks just like an Exeter.
 
Originally posted by Concordia
In WC, it seems like there are many different trends in Cruisers and any ship for that matter.

What do you think would be next in trend?

-Concordia
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I see a continuation of the trend of dividing cruisers into the heavy cruiser class (Tallahassee, Exeter, Plunkett) that would be used against capships or as either escorts for fleet carriers or as the core of a non-carrier task force, and attack carrier-cruisers such as the Hades and Fralthi/Fralthra, which carry a fighter squadron AND a bomber squadron as well as anti-capship weaponry of their own. The carrier-cruisers would, like the Midway class carriers, be designed with the intent of allowing them to operate on their own without escorts.
 
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Originally posted by Ijuin
I see a continuation of the trend of dividing cruisers into the heavy cruiser class (Tallahassee, Exeter, Plunkett) that would be used against capships or as either escorts for fleet carriers or as the core of a non-carrier task force, and attack carrier-cruisers such as the Hades and Fralthi/Fralthra, which carry a fighter squadron AND a bomber squadron as well as anti-capship weaponry of their own. The carrier-cruisers would, like the Midway class carriers, be designed with the intent of allowing them to operate on their own without escorts.
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I agree.

The Plunkett's fine as is.

As for a Carrier-Cruiser: I'd recommend a souped-up Waterloo/Hades class.

Ideally, you'd want the fighter compliment of the Fralthra, the AMG's of a Waterloo, the big-gun of a Hades, a Plunkett's armor, and the Hades top-speed. Of course that's not realistic.

Blimey.

-Concordia
 
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