What ever happened to the WC4 improvements???

Don't the novels suggest that different types of ships (ie. cruisers and carriers) have different drydocks, though? And if that's the case, in the WCU where carriers can vary greatly in size and shape, they could require different drydocks.

Certainly I couldn't imagine someone building a Midway class ship in a Ves drydock. The Midway is about 200m longer, and appears to be MUCH wider.
 
You also forgeting that a new ship class need specialize type of workers, it a brand new type of ship that was never build before so acidents happen, some parts will not work as planed, it will take a lot more time to build , etc...
Building a new type of ship is very espensive (its a prototype) look at the Midway for exemple, the sensors are not working yet, it need to calibrate the jump engines, there was a small fire in the flight deck...
A new ship is always new troubles.
And they are right about the drydocks the Midway is bigger that the Vesuvius and the Vesuvius was the bigger ship around before the Midway.
 
Specialised workers? Something like that might have even been mentioned in one of the novels, but it's total BS. The workers are already specialised - they're specialised in ship building. They know how to read blueprints, and they know that each ship is different. As with shipyards, I'll grant you that with certain technological leaps, workers will have to be retrained, but this isn't that big a deal. Real life example time... do plane manufacturers have specially trained workers for each type of plane? If that was indeed the case, then I'm surprised the first B-52 (I might be getting the number wrong... I'm talking about the planes used to deliver the A-bomb to Japan) even flew... the US was in such a hurry to get them finished that they got local people (one example given was an old lady of 60-70) to help put them together.
Now, as for shipyards... the Vesuvius and the Midway class would obviously require specialised facilities, because of their sheer size... but remember, that its size was what made the Vesuvius so unusual. Most ships are less than a kilometre in lenght.
 
Good example Quatro (btw they were B-29's who dropped the bomb). I must agree that while certain giant leaps in tech might need a new drydock or a modified old one, the Proposed third class of heavy carriers would be able to fit in the Vesuvii drydock, as such they would need no new drydocks (the 3rd class would be smaller than the Vesuvii otherwise it would cost too much to even be considered)
 
B-29s... of course. I don't know why I said B-52s, but for some reason I couldn't remember properly at the time.
 
The Vesuvius was launched from sections of scaffolding temporarily joined together. All you'd need, really is a section in the middle to to fit. Adding length to the structure wouldn't be asking to much.
 
This might not be the best place to post this quiery but...
In the wc3 manual there was mention of a new form of metal found the the remains of the Ghor Kar (propaly misspelt my me) shipyard. What happened to the metal did it turn up in wc4 or vanish??
 
That new metal is what allowes fighters and capships in WC3 and later to have armor strenght in the hundreds and thousands of centimeters, instead of tens and hudnreds.
 
Originally posted by Earthworm:
That new metal is what allowes fighters and capships in WC3 and later to have armor strenght in the hundreds and thousands of centimeters, instead of tens and hudnreds.

Source? I ask because, Blair's successful investment in "Platolum" aside, we are told in WC3 that the alloy is still experimental, and in WC4 that lasers are still quite effective against a ship's bare armor.
 
Durasteel?

Yes, and if you fire against the Vesuvius Class Carrier in WC IV, The Hull Regenerates(it does,I even use Tops on it and it goes from red no normal).
that alloy is new but its not explained if its on the Vesuvius or not.
I think that the Armor in WC III an IV was Durasteel.
 
I think your wrong dragon, im not sure but I don't think they would be durasteel cuz then the fighters would have like 2-3 meters of armor surrounding them, which would be a helluva lot, more likely its 200-300 cm durasteel equivilant in some other alloy
 
Well I know that in WC P durasteel was use in the Midway. Its on the NavPoint, were Rachel says something about that.
I am not sure about Fighters, but in the TCS Midway I am.
I think that also there was a reference in one of the manuals but I will have to look in to it.
 
how does it make sense that the Midway would have Durasteel when the older Vesuvius class ships had a better newer alloy unless its Durasteel mark 2.
 
Well, Rachel never say the the ENTIRE Midway have durasteel, I belive that they use the same stuff that the Vesuvius have in the hull and internal structures.
 
Perhaps but if the internal structure is made of the stuff, it would not make much sense to have the perfect armor on the inside of the hull of a ship?
 
well, why use a more expensive alloy that serve no purpose in that (that is just for keeping the wires, pipes and the like from being pull or damaged) if a cheaper alloy(durasteel) can do that job?
Its more ecomomical that way, and even the Veusuvius did not have that new alloy all over it, remenber the hangar?
 
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