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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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| | | | | Re: Giant space ship links site idea —Wayne R. Hussey
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Giant space ship links site idea —Mark Rideout
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Giant space ship links site idea —Chris Giddens
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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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| | | | | Re: Giant space ship links site idea —Matthew Moulton
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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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| | | | | | Re: Giant space ship links site idea —Tim Courtney
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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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| | | | | | Re: Giant space ship links site idea —Jon Palmer
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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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