Yup, nailed it Sarty.
It goes 2634 Concordia is a Concordia Class (more than likely the first to be named such i'd guess, have to check with LOAF on that) This is the Concordia involved in Action Stations. 20 years before WCI.
2654 (WC1 year, Movie Connie) is the Concordia Class Super Cruiser.
2664 (wc2) Concordia is a Confederation Class Dreadnaught.
the Lexington of WC4 is the Concordia Class.
My Concordia here that i'm modeling is the 'Re-Imagined' Wing Commander Movie styled (with a little bit added for visual flare, because visual flare is important, and gobs of details are cool as hell) Concordia Class of WC4. Besides, the ships of the early games had some rounded things going on (not to mention they were sprites, and the later WC games engines weren't powerful enough for high poly count models, which rounded models generally yield high counts..so they were boxy). 20 years is a big gap in time. Designs might have been this way long before WCI, or the Movie. The point is, we really don't know except for the Concordia Class, and the Ranger, oh, and I think the Bengal Class was there too. But the book doesn't mention them actually being at the Battle. Whether or not they'll be in there, I dunno. There are 3 confirmed Carrier Classes at the Battle of McAuliffe as laid out in Action Stations, 5 carriers confirmed by name.
Concordia Class (2 ships)
Concorida
Ark Royal
'Older Carrier Class'
Soryu
Achiles
'Heavy Carrier Class'
Coral Sea
There are also the Battleships:
Yorkshire
North Carolina
Antilles
Gibraltar
Belarus - (this ship dies by a 'brush up' against the station)
Malta
As far as the rest of the Confed Fleet, not really sure. Still digging through Action Stations. I know that Dayan has in her force:
Ark Royal
2 Battleships + other Escorts
The Kilrathi Force consists of either 5 or 6 Carriers. After consulting with LOAF we've decided they'd all be of the same class, kind of a solidarity thing. We know that the Kilrathi loose one Carrier in jump, the Kathuga.
I'm still researching the cat battleships, but i know of three fighter/bomber class ships:
Kala (modern fighter)
Gomora (modern bomber)
Asjaka (an older bomber used in the torpedo deomstration for the Emperor, Jukaga's father, and the Emperors son)
I know that Ratha (Prince's son I've gathered) kills himself after being 'bested' by the inexperienced Tolwyn. He removes his helmet.
The Kilrathi also attack with great speed by strapping boosters onto their fighters for the run in. Bringing their attack time down to like, an hour or so. I gotta look that up again, kind of fuzzy on it.
Tolwyn, Richards, and Turner all go out to the Landreich and end up at a place called 'The Pit' with a young guy by the name of Krueger, aboard the Lazarus (formerly Phantom, formerly the bouncing belch). I know that she's got a turret above the cockpit, and the rear gunner is visible from the cockpit as well. gotta get some other details down on it too.
Anyway, this is a lot of stuff. The ships listed I have to come up with designs for. There are a lot of them. And as such, that is why the Concordia Class has been 'Re-Imagined'. So I can have a set theme of design which will make designing a hell of a lot easier on myself, and also not leave my mind numb. If i have to model nothing but boxy, low poly shapes, i'd loose my mind. It's nothing against them, its just. This prjoect wouldn't get very far unless it were challenging. If that makes sense. Anyway, hope the little bit of history and data is interesting to those who haven't read the novel yet, if you're interested in more, shoot me a PM and i'll see what else I can tell you.
Brad Mick
Brad Mick
