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Re: A Question of Size
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 14 Jan 2003 01:34:50 GMT
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In lugnet.space, John P. Henderson writes:
> In lugnet.space, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> > --> this is meant to get a discussion going and hopefully come to a consensus,
> > please feel free to change and adapt my ideas as you see fit.<--
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> I am not so certain that we ever will, nor whether we need to, come to a
> consensus on this subject.
I agree. And I really wonder about the need to even try.
Think of the term 'drop ship' referring to the one seen in Aliens. Total
complement? I believe it was less than a dozen if you include the Colonial
Marines, Ripley and the pilot and co-pilot.
Or the phrase, "get to your ships!" from The Empire Strikes Back. Was
everyone getting on a capital ship? Launching from the surface?
> In the real world, different nations have
> different definitions of things like "Capitol Ship", "Battleship", etc. I
> think in our own fictional worlds things could be equally diverse. What one
> person calls a spaceship may not match what another person calls a spaceship.
I agree. I think in the Star Wars universe nearly everything gets called a
ship at one point or another. From the lowly T-16 right up to and including
the Star Destroyers. I'm much more concerned about the look and feel of a
ship's design than what class it falls into.
> In my world, the people of the planet Valyance have their own views on space
> faring vessels. These definitions are based on the function of the vehicle
> more so than the size.
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> *Some* of the definitions I use:
<Kind of a big snip>
Wow... that's a lot of detail. :)
All the best,
Allan B.
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| (...) I am not so certain that we ever will, nor whether we need to, come to a consensus on this subject. In the real world, different nations have different definitions of things like "Capitol Ship", "Battleship", etc. I think in our own fictional (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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