Nephilim fighter complements

[Iceblade]

I thought I saw somewhere that had the fighter complements of each of the Nephilim capships, but I can't seem to find that information.

I think the orca had 12 or something, and the leviathan was 200. Then 16-24 for the Hydra.

 

[Houkiboshi]

I only remember seeing that in "Holding the Line"

 

[Red Coat]

I think the orca had 12 or something, and the leviathan was 200. Then 16-24 for the Hydra.

It would make sense as the Orca was their version of a destroyer, a Hydra the Cruiser and the Leviathan the carrier.

Cheers,

Red Coat.

 

[Vinman]

You should check the design documents and see if they say anything. I'm sure they never mentioned fighter compliments in WCP/SO, but it might say in the design documents.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

There isn't much in the canon on this subject - the Nephilim warships are only described in the official guide and in Syd Mead's art book:

From Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander Prophecy:
Orca - "been known to occasionally employ interceptors"
Hydra - no reference
Leviathan - "as many as several hundred fighters"
Kraken - "a small number of interceptors"
Tiamat - "a ful complement of fighters -- as many as a standard carrier could contain"

Syd Mead, describing a command ship: "The 'capital ship,' above is immense in story scale, measuring avout fifty kilometers in length. The command level is at the top. The spherical front end opens in an iris-like maw that can spew out hundreds of bio-mechanical fighter ships to form a frightening attack." (image: https://cdn.wcnews.com/newshots/full/mead1-1.jpg)

The internal shipsalien design document says:

Orca - "Some destroyers may also embark a handful of interceptors for self-defense."
Hydra - "it carries a small hangar region for the support of several fighters"
Leviathan - "The number of fighters embarked may be as high as several hundred"
Kraken - "It carries only a few Interceptors for indigenous fighter support"
Tiamat - "It has the fighter complement of a carrier"

 

[Iceblade]

hmmm....what about the Plunkett and Murphy?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

hmmm....what about the Plunkett and Murphy?

Absolutely nothing canonical (the Secret Ops-specific ships have no official history whatsoever).

Design documents give the Murphy 8 and the Plunkett 15.