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Lucas P
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
I love it when a plan comes together.
Star Blasers - man, I havent'e seen either show in decades.
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6/29/2006, 8:13 pm
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The VOID
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
Actually, the coloration is supposed to be reminiscent to naval ship coloration, but it looked too cheesy to paint the whole lower hull red. Originally, I tried grey top, dark grey seperator line and red lower hull. Didn't look good. So I switched it to preserve the same basic look.
Since many of the Ortiginal Trilogy ships were inspired by WWII battleships, the Starsword draws heavily from WWI era warships to show a certain heritage. The Imperial German battleship Scharnhorst (the WWI Scharnhorst. Not the WWII namesake) was one of the most important inspirations, as was the HMS Dreadnought. Another inspiration were cold war era soviet ballistic missile subs.
--- "The sand people are easily startled, but they will soon be back, and in greater numbers." — Obi-Wan Kenobi
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6/30/2006, 3:56 am
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The VOID
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
This is one of the minelauncher arrays of the ship.
Each launcher has a rotating base so that the whole volley can be aimed in a specific direction with adjustable spray and scattering. The mines themselves can be set to stop at a preset distance and maintain position in order to establish a minefield, explode on impact to act as a defense measure against enemy picket ships in close combat, or to spaceburst on a preset position to confuse or destroy enemy fighters and missiles. The minelauncher can also be loaded with chaff and flare payloads.
--- "The sand people are easily startled, but they will soon be back, and in greater numbers." — Obi-Wan Kenobi
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6/30/2006, 5:31 am
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Quint89
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
quote:
...it looked too cheesy to paint the whole lower hull red
Never
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6/30/2006, 5:32 am
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The VOID
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
Space Battleship Yamato IS a naval ship, turned into a spaceship, so it doesn't count. 
--- "The sand people are easily startled, but they will soon be back, and in greater numbers." — Obi-Wan Kenobi
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6/30/2006, 5:36 am
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Lucas P
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
heheh
I always loved that thing.
--- Only 2 things are infinite; The Universe, and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
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6/30/2006, 5:40 am
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Quint89
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
It still looks really good.
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6/30/2006, 7:01 am
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krag123
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
So each mine is a "smart" weapon, or small droid, with fule and such to maintain its exact posiition?
How big are these mines by the way? And how many mine arrays do you plan on placing on your ship?
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6/30/2006, 7:29 am
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The VOID
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
Depending on the exact warhead configuration, the mines are semi-smart weapons. They are euipped with the guidancesystems necessary to maintain a position, but that is not very hard. The ship launches them on a prechosen trajectory and all the mine has to do is stop at the right time, which is calculated as a delay upon deployment. To actually maintain a relative position, each mine has a shortrange transponder, with a reach of about 20 metres. The mines lock into each others transponder and use basic repulsor-tractor systems to lock into each others mass shadow.
Each mine has a diameter of 50cm and is about one and a half meters tall. Each mine's warhead is composed of 6 sub-warheads, able to spead out and hit multiple targets to create a deathzone for enemy fighters.
--- "The sand people are easily startled, but they will soon be back, and in greater numbers." — Obi-Wan Kenobi
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6/30/2006, 8:08 am
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The VOID
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Re: Starsword-Class Command Cruiser
These are the ship-to-ship-missile launchers of the Starsword-Class. They fire anti-capship cruise missiles similar in purpose to an Exocet or Harpoon missile and will be mounted beside the main turrets. They can be reloaded from the inside of the ship.
--- "The sand people are easily startled, but they will soon be back, and in greater numbers." — Obi-Wan Kenobi
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6/30/2006, 5:19 pm
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