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Re: Giant space ship links site idea
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message
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> "Matthew" <moulton@hscis.net> wrote in message
> news:39da44c7.2469108@news.lugnet.com...
> > 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
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> Support Ships:
> Freighter
> Supply Tender
> Tanker
> Medical Ship
> Starliner
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> Commercial Vessels:
> Starliner
> Transport
> Interplanetary Shuttle
> Coroprate Personnell Transport
> Dropship
> Surface-to-Station Shuttle
>
> ----
>
> 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).
Ive certainly been thinking about further classifications along these
lines. For right now I'm going to concentrate on basic sub groups like
ships, stations (ground and space), ground vehicles and maybe a subcatagory
for sci fi mocs like Star wars, Aliens, ..whatever.
Jon
> --
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> 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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| "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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