Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
The task force of the Victory in WC3 consisted of what exactly: 1 Lt carrier, 2 destroyers and 1 cruiser as I remember. Or had it only 1 destroyer? Anyway it seemed quite big for such an old carrier.
ideal midway taskforce
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Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
Not as close escort, that's true. But they jump with the Victory each time in a new system.
Wasn't it just one destroyer?
I just remember, the Victory, the Sheffield, the Ajax and one other ship...
I'm sure there was a frigate in there somewhere. Now thats a wartime configuration of a battle group. Not this 6 destroyer 6 cruiser stuff. Perhaps a huge battle fleet capable of taking down C&C stations, but then again you'd have more than one carrier in that situation.
I just remember, the Victory, the Sheffield, the Ajax and one other ship...
I'm sure there was a frigate in there somewhere. Now thats a wartime configuration of a battle group. Not this 6 destroyer 6 cruiser stuff. Perhaps a huge battle fleet capable of taking down C&C stations, but then again you'd have more than one carrier in that situation.
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Victory's escorts are with her all the time -- two destroyers (Sheffield and Coventry) and a cruiser (Ajax)... a frigate also shows up at some point (it's possible her frigate is usually further away from her, so we don't see it all the time...).
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
No, it was just around when Paladin was onboard -- he came over from the TCS Eagle.
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
The Eagle was the ship Spyder was on, yes.
Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
How do we know that? Or better how do you know that?
Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
Sorry Supdon I did not mean your post but LOAF's. 
How do we know that Spyder was onboard the Eagle?
How do we know that Spyder was onboard the Eagle?
Re: Task force,
Am I the only one here who wants Confed to develop a
dedicated ship-killer a la the Kraken or the Narwhal?
Way I'd do it is: Have 2 small battlegroups, one containing
1 CV, 2 CA, 4 DD, and a second with 1 BFG (the
ship-killer) , 1 CVL, 1 CA, 4DD.
The Carrier uses it's craft to find and fix the bad guys.
If they are scattered, the fighter strike is sufficient to rip 'em up. If not, the fighters can force the bad guys to bunch up for protection at a single, well-defined location.
And once they are bunched up at a known location -- the BFG
cuts loose! KA-BOOM! Scratch one enemy fleet.
Fighter loadout: Vampires and Devastators, with WASPs for
intercept work. Also, WORKING CLOAKING DEVICES ASAP!!! If
the WASP can be modified for long-range work, I'd be tempted
to take them in place of the Vampires.
What do you think?
Respectfully,
Brian P.
PS: Glossary of terms:
CV - Carrier
CVL - Carrier, light.
CA - Heavy Cruiser, a dedicated capital-ship destroyer.
DD - Destroyer, dedicated to anti-fighter escort of capital
ships.
-- BDP.
Am I the only one here who wants Confed to develop a
dedicated ship-killer a la the Kraken or the Narwhal?
Way I'd do it is: Have 2 small battlegroups, one containing
1 CV, 2 CA, 4 DD, and a second with 1 BFG (the
ship-killer) , 1 CVL, 1 CA, 4DD.
The Carrier uses it's craft to find and fix the bad guys.
If they are scattered, the fighter strike is sufficient to rip 'em up. If not, the fighters can force the bad guys to bunch up for protection at a single, well-defined location.
And once they are bunched up at a known location -- the BFG
cuts loose! KA-BOOM! Scratch one enemy fleet.
Fighter loadout: Vampires and Devastators, with WASPs for
intercept work. Also, WORKING CLOAKING DEVICES ASAP!!! If
the WASP can be modified for long-range work, I'd be tempted
to take them in place of the Vampires.
What do you think?
Respectfully,
Brian P.
PS: Glossary of terms:
CV - Carrier
CVL - Carrier, light.
CA - Heavy Cruiser, a dedicated capital-ship destroyer.
DD - Destroyer, dedicated to anti-fighter escort of capital
ships.
-- BDP.
Supdon3
Kal-El
I would think a smaller more manuverable Behemoth would work in that capacity. Im sure by now the technology would be more refined and making it about the size of a carrier would make it more effective a capital ship. Heck, if you gather somthing like four of them together you can still blow up a planet (not that thats a good thing )
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Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
Those BFG ships did not prevent the bugs from being destroyed. Of course if the smart humans would have such a ship it would surely rock. BUT: In another thread we found out that the good guys (the humans) cannot use such overkill weapons without suffering serious drawbacks. 
Originally posted by Mekt-Hakkikt
BUT: In another thread we found out that the good guys (the humans) cannot use such overkill weapons without suffering serious drawbacks.
Ermm .. how so? Do you mean the fact that the Plasma
cannon the Midway captured had a 67% chance of
destroying the Midway if fired?
I wasn't suggesting we build *that*. I was suggesting
that we STUDY the weapon and build our own version,
using Confed technology and Confed technology ONLY,
so that the resulting weapon wouldn't need a catalyst
to set it off and so that the chance of blowing up
the firing ship was <10%. Much like the Artemis ELRIR.
Respectfully,
Brian P.