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Re: Bram Lambrecht 's spaceplane
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 29 May 2001 02:52:23 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Mladen Pejic writes:
> In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden writes:
> > In lugnet.space, Mladen Pejic writes:
> > > I guess it is all up to Bram and Jon to discuss...
> > >
> > > My "Valour" Advanced Gunship is barely 89 studs long, and it is classified as • a
> > > gunship too, yet I still asked Jon to put it in the capital ship section. • Why?
> > > Well probably because Jon set the minimal length limit for capital ships to • be
> > > 60 studs. Therefore, my ship, as well as Bram's "technically" belongs in the
> > > capital ship section.
> > <snip>
> >
> > Good point. And you're right - it's between Jon and Bram. But it's funny
> > because this is essentially a pleasure transport/A to B plane. So does that
> > classify it as a capital?
> >
> > So what classifies a capital anyway? I have an image in my mind, but that
> > may not be the same what others perceive. It has to be more than just
> > length in reality all of our big ships are under scale from a real-life
> > point of view (depending on how you look at it). So that being said, there
> > must be other things which classify a capital ship. Is is the number of
> > people, the amount of living space, the number of different missions that
> > the ship can perform? For example, the medical ships that we see on the
> > galactic shipyard are classified sub-capital and I tend to agree because
> > although they are not small and have several crew, the ship is largely
> > mission specific.
> >
> > Is is the cross funtionality coupled with the size and numbe rof crew that
> > makes a ship a "capital ship". Think of a US naval aircraft carrier and
> > compare it to a Boeing 747. The boing 747 is big, but it only carries
> > people from one place to the next. Every 747 is configured to be mission
> > specific. It may seem at first glance that an aircraft carrier is mission
> > specific, but it is also a city at sea (size and crew), and it can do many
> > things and respond to many events (cross funtional: carry aircraft including
> > helicopters, carry troops, labs can be set up on them, they can be missle
> > platforms if need be, they can restock other craft and visa versa..etc etc).
> > Space capital ships may have the ability to transport people and vehicles,
> > tranport freight, do research (physical and medical), act like field
> > hospitals, perform rescue, refuel other ships, do battle, defend others,
> > command others, map stellar bodies, etc etc...the list goes on.
> >
> > Now, a capital does not have to have all of these characteristics, and
> > perhaps you have to consider the primary functions as well as the secondary
> > functions. A battleship may be totally cross funtional, but it's primary
> > function is battle. The Valour gunship is large, and it's primary function
> > is battle. But can it do anything else outside of a war sphere? What do
> > you think? I don't know what kind of depate this will sprout, but it's
> > interesting.
>
> Yeah... hmmm... interesting... ;-)
>
> >
> > Anyways, I love the Valour. I'd like to get building instructions if at all
> > possible. Do you have the dat posted (I just installed MLCAD).
>
> Of course! Ever bothered to check out the actual webpage?! ;-)
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> "Valour" AG: http://members.attcanada.ca/~milovan/ValourAG.htm
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> There's this little red text underneath the title which say: _Download .DAT
> File_.
>
> [hears Trevor slap his forehead]
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> Mladen Pejic, over and out!
> http://members.attcanada.ca/~milovan/index.htm
>
> >
> > ~Trev
[slap!]
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