Query about Vesuvius class carriers

Bandit LOAF said:
The problem is that the WCIII novel mixes up which escorts are cruisers and which are destroyers (it calls the Coventry both a cruiser and a destroyer at points). That said, this certainly seems to make clear that the Ajax (which was the Tallahassee) was as old as the Victory.
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The WC3 novel is a little bit confusing.
Are the destroyer of DesSquad 67 all Sheffield typ, or was the Conventry from a newer different class? Why is the flagship a destroyer and not a heavier cruiser (like the TCS Ajax)?
So the Tallahassee doesn't carry fighters?
 
I suppose the Coventry was the same type, built later on. (Its limited fighter capacity might be analagous to the USN's Arleigh Burke class destroyers... they didn't carry helicopters until the Flight IIA version...)

I'm not sure why the flagship of a destroyer squadron would ever be a cruiser.

I suppose as far as we know the Tallahassee doesn't carry fighters (they had shuttle bays in False Colors, and fighters were never mentioned).
 
Bandit LOAF said:
I suppose the Coventry was the same type, built later on. (Its limited fighter capacity might be analagous to the USN's Arleigh Burke class destroyers... they didn't carry helicopters until the Flight IIA version...)
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I read nearly every book about military ships and than i forgot this possibility :rolleyes:
Bandit LOAF said:
I'm not sure why the flagship of a destroyer squadron would ever be a cruiser.
I suppose as far as we know the Tallahassee doesn't carry fighters (they had shuttle bays in False Colors, and fighters were never mentioned).
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Today the flagship of a DESRON is normally a cruiser (better defended, more room for flag stuff)
I read on Fleet tactics that they carry 5 fighters.
 
I think Psych is probably operating under the thought that the Coventry is a cruiser and that those five fighters are the half squadron mentioned in the novel. It's certainly a sensible line of reasoning that I've followed in the past - though I think I probably prefer to treat it as a destroyer, per the game.
 
I went by half-squadron, since half of WC3's 10 is five. I do prefer the Coventry to be a destroyer though, I've never referred to it as a cruiser.
 
I'm thinking of the 5 fighters psych is refering to the Tallahassee class.
I checked the prologue to False Colors and didn't find the designation. Only the names for the two confed cruisers.
A bit off topic, but are the 4 ex-confed light cruisers the same as in WCA TV?
 
Duke said:
I'm thinking of the 5 fighters psych is refering to the Tallahassee class.
I checked the prologue to False Colors and didn't find the designation. Only the names for the two confed cruisers.
A bit off topic, but are the 4 ex-confed light cruisers the same as in WCA TV?
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No one knows. There's many classes of each ship type in the Confed inventory.
 
yeah I never said it died in a cutscene just that's where it did die...the st. helens gets destroyed in a cutscene in SO...
 
I hated the Vesuvius. A lot. I really enjoyed watching it burn from the inside out. That was pretty satisfying.
 
The Vesuvius and Concordia designs are absoleet. They have a very big weakness: an enemie fighter can just enter the land/take off section and start havoc. The Midway design doesn't have this weakness; it has six? different launch tubes that close shorty after the fighter has taken off. It also has more then one landing bay.
 
The "OMG! WC SHOULD FIGHT STAR WARS" people have a huge hard on for the Vesuvius. Stupid internet.
 
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