carriers

Ive been looking around all the ships files and links in the CIC and havent found besides the Caenavron.


P.S;for some reason i put two posts down when i posted orignally sorry for the confusion but this is what i was thinking
 
That doesn't mean that they don't exist. Besides, LOAF just pointed out that they do exist. One was mentioned in Wing Commander IV.
 
there was a frigate, its that big ship with all the radar dishes. Of course that might be the one outfitted to jam radar...
 
Originally posted by Bob McDob
And why is the frigate larger than a cruiser yet carrying less armament than a destroyer?
Click to expand...
I've always chalked this up to an error in lengths in the Victory Streak. Historically, frigates fall between destroyers and cruisers in size -- slightly larger than destroyers, slightly lesser armed, but somewhat better defended interms of armor. Frigates are typically optimized for anti-aircraft duty. Think of them essentially as heavy destroyers.
 
Destroyer

Class Destroyer
Length 490 meters
Mass 19,000 metric tonnes
Max Velocity 200 kps
Acceleration 10 k/s^2
Max Y/P/R 5/5/5 deg/s
Guns Laser Turrets (9), Classified
Shields 2000 cm
Shield Recharge 200 cm/sec
Front Armor 1000 cm
Rear Armor 1000 cm
Right/Left Armor 1000 cm
Fighter Complement Light
Jump Capable Yes


Caernaven Class

Class Frigate
Length 620 meters
Mass 28,000 metric tonnes
Max Velocity 180 kps
Acceleration 10 k/s^2
Max Y/P/R 5/5/5 deg/s
Guns Laser Turrets (3), Classified
Missiles 1x2 FF
Shields 1000 cm
Shield Recharge 100 cm/sec
Front Armor 600 cm
Rear Armor 600 cm
Right/Left Armor 600 cm
Jump Capable Yes

Ok there are the stats for them but i wish someone would have put the real number of AMG's on there.
 
Originally posted by Valor NR
The Midways Lauch and recover systems are superior defenseively so to speak. The reason Midway has this type of launching system so it is to prevent a fighter craft flying in and destroying it from inside the hangar. But it is true you can probably get more fighters out in the vesuvius than in the midway for scramble.
Click to expand...

That's what I was thinking, but I forgot to suggest having light carrier or two concentrating on defending the convoy, which I figured would help with the 'flying in hangars' issue.
 
Originally posted by Ghost
You can launch 6 fighters *per round* in the Midway, and the fighters are positioned in the launch tubes by grapples (as seen in the WCP launch FMV), that is faster than the 3 or 4 fighters that can be launched in the Vesuvius *per round*(having one big hangar maybe more than 4 fighters launching,specially in a scramble, can collide with each other), and they are positioned by the deck officers and personnel. (if is the same method than WC3 and 4),
Click to expand...

If the flight crews are very well trained and the pilots well coordinated, clearing the flight deck would be like flushing a toilet.
Those grappling hooks on the Midway take a sec or two positioning the fighters alone, but they are a good idea defensively, nonetheless,
 
Originally posted by WildWeasel


I don't think so. Take a look at these pictures...

wcpmidway.jpg


wcsosupercarrier.jpg


I see six launch bays on a Midway-class fleet carrier and only one on a Vesuvius-class carrier. What do you see?
Click to expand...

I ain't blind and I already took that into consideration. You are the weakest link; goodbye!

(Look at what I said about the hooks below...you can't launch your whole fighter compliment in this fashion.)
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Originally posted by Bob McDob
Was the Achilles a Tallahasee or one of those crappy Agammemons? :D And why is the frigate larger than a cruiser yet carrying less armament than a destroyer?
Click to expand...

This strikes me as the strangest thing ever. The only time the Agammemnon (a ship, not a class of ships, mind you) is mentioned is to say that it's the sister-ship of the Achilles. There's no other reference to it anywhere. To know that there *is* an Agammemnon, you have to know that it's the same class as the Achilles... if it didn't seem like such a crazy thing to say, I'd swear you were trying to pick a fight with the non-existant people who really really love the Achilles.

This is all further confusing, given that if you know that there's an Achilles and an Agamemnon, you also know that, according to the same source, they're supposed to be Confed's *finest* cruisers.

As for the frigate thing -- my take is that they're larger because (unlike destroyers and cruisers) they're modular and carry expendible weaponry -- frigates transport stuff, they're used as missile platforms or to carry fighters... and so forth.
 
Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
This is all further confusing, given that if you know that there's an Achilles and an Agamemnon, you also know that, according to the same source, they're supposed to be Confed's *finest* cruisers.
Click to expand...

So, is it definite that the Achilles and the Agamemnon (not to mention the Ajax) from WC3) are actually Tallahasse class cruisers? Or is that up in the air, and it's possible that Confed had multiple cruiser classes at that time of the war?

Best, Raptor
 
I wouldn't doubt the multiple cruiser classes idea, not in the least. After all, Confed came out with a new fighter every few months... :D
 
Doesn't Blair imply that the Victory's escorts (the destroyers and the cruiser as well) were rather old? Or does he only refer to the destroyers? If the cruiser is meant as well, then it'd be a old design and thus it'd be very probable that there are more cruiser classes.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top