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Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:11:00 GMT
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For the sake of this discusion, all LEGO ships refered too should be minifig
scale.
What is the minimum length (studs) of a 'capital ship'?
Can a 'capital ship' land on a planet?
Can it take off again?
Does a 'capital ship' have to carry smaller craft?
What functions can a 'capital ship' serve in?
What would be the minimum crew complement of a 'capital ship'?
Give some SF examples of 'capital ships'.
Have you built a 'capital ship'?
If so, please give a URL to some pictures.
Do you have any other questions to help define this term? If so, add them to
the list.
Thanks for contributing,
Jude
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| (...) IMHO: (...) 150 (...) No (...) Not applicable (...) No (...) Aerial bombardment of a planet, troop carrier, fleet defence, solar system defense, fighter/bomber carrier, hospital ship, ground assault ship carrier, deep space exploration (...) (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) No single number for minimum could be correct. There are three dimensions for a ship. All three must be taken into account. I suggest that perhaps 60 long by 24 wide by 16 tall would fit the smallest capital ship I can think of. (...) Small (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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| (...) These are all my answers. Some of you may find them wrong, but this is how I work. (...) Mine's 75 studs long, about 30 studs wide, and about 25 studs tall. (...) Not actually land, it hovers above the ground using a special device called a (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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| (...) *dons flame-proof suit* (...) This can depend. Some people may build a vessel 75 studs wide, 30 long, and 15 high, but if it only has a single crewman, only a cockpit, and is designed to attack in the manner of a fighter, then it is not a (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Why would you even WANT to set a capital ship down? Assuming a mass of 90,000 (American) tons, you would have to expend roughly 4.91*10^18 joules to get a Nimitz class carrier into space. That's equivalent to about 1.174 megatons of TNT. To (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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| (...) I follow the Shipyards (Jon Palmer's) site minimum stud lengh specification of 75-100 studs. Given some of the ships out there, it should probably be over 100 studs at this point, but that would cut a lot of people out of the cap ship building (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I think 80-90 seems about right at minifig scale. I think it would be nice to measure "displaced weight" but I'm not sure how apply it to a spacecraft. I guess all the dimensions should be considered to factor a ship's overall volume. However, (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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| 2 entries found for capital ship. ---...--- ---- capital ship n. 2 entries found for capital ship. ---...--- capital ship n. A warship of the largest class, such as a battleship or an aircraft carrier. Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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| Well in my Legoverse, the Galactic Confederation, there are 3 grades of capital ships: A Space Grade cruiser would at least 34 mini-meters in length (102 studs) and capable of planetary landing. This is what all MOCs are in my book. A Star Grade (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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| (...) Couple hundred. (...) No. It would burn up in the atmosphere. (...) N/A (...) Besides escape pods, no. (...) Military command ship. An Admiral's flagship, or any ship suitable for serving as such. Must be military, not civilian. But then, I (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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| (...) Honestly, I'd say this is kinda the wrong way to go about it-- I'd say size doesn't make the ship, but function. I'd probably suggest that in order to be a capital ship, it needs to: - provide living space for crew (unlike, say, a fighter) - (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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| (...) 100> (...) Yes (...) Yes> (...) Yes, at least escape pods, or fighters, or exploration vessels (...) Galaxy exploration, colonization, protection. (...) 10 (...) Star Destroyer USS Enterprise (...) Under construction as we speak. (...) I think (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
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