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Re: Giant space ship links site idea
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Tue, 3 Oct 2000 21:23:07 GMT
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"Matthew" <moulton@hscis.net> wrote in message
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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 air craft carrier, that
> is basically a capital ship. It houses smaller fighters, people can
> live on it, and it carries a heavy payload. Okay so then you have
> starships which I would classify as being exploring type ships. Again
> being able to sustain a crew (any size), equiped with a variety of
> exploring devices such as shuttle craft, storage units, excavation
> equipment, science/research facility, etc.
Good idea.
> Another large type of ship
> would be like the Nostromo in Alien, basically just a REALLY large
> cargo ship. Again it should be able to sustain a crew, have storage
> areas, mining/excavation equipment, mining ships (think rock raiders),
> etc. I mean the Nostromo was like HUGE and yet it's crew was like
> what, 7? I think that the ship should be big enough to sustain a crew
> and itself without having to dock frequently for refueling, supplies,
> etc. What would be some other classes of large ships? Perhaps a sort
> of town/civilian ship?
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 larger ship
classifications and purposes for my use in developing the Zacktron
storyline. I jotted down a word list of ships for my own use, here it is:
Warships:
Drednought
Cruiser
Tactical Cruiser
Destroyer
Frigate
Scout
Carrier (Fighter/Gunboat)
Transport (Troop, Equip, Cargo)
(Light/Heavy) Gunboat
Corvette
Dropship
Strike Cruiser
Penetration Cruiser
Support Ships:
Freighter
Supply Tender
Tanker
Medical Ship
Starliner
Commercial Vessels:
Starliner
Transport
Interplanetary Shuttle
Coroprate Personnell Transport
Dropship
Surface-to-Station Shuttle
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So anyways...classifications can be made there. If you actually have a
manual in front of you - those words (especially in the Warships category)
have loose size comparisons attached to them. This also extends to Naval
history. Something could be linked in with ship volume, firepower, armor,
support vehicles (such as contained in the shuttlebay, etc) - and a ship
category such as the ones listed above.
This might be a bit complex for what you want to do with a capship links
site - but at least I'm putting this out there for anyone developing a story
like I am to use for their own stuff. Let me know your thougts (this might
spin off into another discussion alltogether).
--
Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance
ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne
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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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