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"Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B5FF3DBC.4D23%s...ink.com... (...) ship, (...) long, (...) is (...) Yes this is probably going to be the trickiest area of this site. I'm going to have to think about this some more and see (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G1vHv8.1rn@lugnet.com... (...) ship (...) story (...) might (...) Ive certainly been thinking about further classifications along these lines. For right now I'm going to concentrate on basic (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) 60 studs? That's kind of short, IMO. For instance, of the ships on my website, the Mithrandir is the only one I'd consider to be a "capital" ship, and a small one at that. Some of my other ships are more than 60 studs long, and certainly not (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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"Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B5FF3DBC.4D23%s...ink.com... (...) My E-43 Transport system - 2 module length rail model - is 105 studs long. (URL) Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I disagree, I think it has more to do with overall size and capacity than it does stud length. The Behemoth on my site is 90 studs long, which doesn't sound too impressive until you note that it's also around 60 studs wide and around 18 studs (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Ok, you have a point there. (...) Hmm, so my Mithrandir would be approx. 74,480 if you don't count the engine pods on the sides of the main hull. The problem is that the ship has many different widths all along its length. If I include the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I agree with the volume idea for definition of a Capital Ship - with one other addition. IMHO a Capital Ship must have a crew size greater than a fighter, scout or simple transport. I suggest that the crew compliment has to be at least 20. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) <cut> (...) I think a crew of 20 is slightly large if it's a requirement. Taking a look at Chris Giddens' U.S.S. Crusader, it only has a crew of 10, but the size would make it a Capital Ship IMO ((URL) What about something like a crew of 10 or (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) other (...) necessities (...) Another consideration is the level of technology onboard the ship. My U.S.S. Crusader is in a not so far off future where life support and things have to be of enormous size to support a crew. So therefor my crew (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) What if you classified them differently. Say starships, capital ships, etc. I think of a capital ship as a sort of mobile space base, which may carry a heavy payload, onboard fighters of some kind, sustainable crew, etc. I mean think of say an (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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"Matthew" <moulton@hscis.net> wrote in message news:39da44c7.246910...net.com... (...) Good idea. (...) Hmm.... I was looking at the Jackill's Starfleet Reference Manual series (3 volumes), which I borrowed from Mike Perri, to get some ideas of (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It also helps if the thumbnails have height, width, and alt-text attributes. That makes it easier to read the page, while the images are still downloading. (...) Call it "microfig scale", and give a link at the top: "What the heck does (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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