First picture of the Federation Battleship
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I'll be getting the rest up on our page on FB over the course of the day. The way that FB works is that it collapses the pictures into a one-shot album unless you post at least an hour apart. With so many fans in Europe and Australia, I like to give everyone a chance to notice the pictures in their newsfeed.
GalagaGalaxian
Mongoose
billclo said:Is there going to be a new movement catergory called "super lumbering"?Wow, I bet that thing is a real pig, movement wise.
I hope not Turn 9 + Lumbering is already sluggish enough. It takes a full 8 turns for a Turn9L ship to make one 360 degree turn! :lol:
Anyways the Mars class would have been a formidable ship had the Federation decided to go through with building them. If anyone wants an idea of what her capabilities are, in Star Fleet Battles she has the following armament:
10 Photon Torpedo Tubes, 8 forward, 2 rear
9 Drone Launchers
15 Offensive Phaser-1s, with at least 8 being able to fire at any given target.
3 Defensive Phaser-Gatlings* (rapid-fire Phaser-3s)
6 F-15 Attack Shuttlecraft*
* I would guess there is a strong chance these will not be included in it's CTA:SF incarnation
\/ \/ Figured not, which is fine by me. I like keeping Fighters as a special schtick of the Hydrans
GalagaGalaxian said:billclo said:Is there going to be a new movement catergory called "super lumbering"?
I hope not Turn 9 + Lumbering is already sluggish enough. It takes a full 8 turns for a Turn9L ship to make one 360 degree turn! :lol:
But really, all that ship needs to do is at worst, a 180 degree turnaround, so that takes 4 turns (which is bad enough really). Maybe someone could use it in the role of a Star Castle?
AdmiralGrafSpee
Mongoose
MarkDawg said:
I agree, if I were in a Klingon ship and I saw that I'd say, "Things are not looking good at all!"
Greg Smith
Mongoose
It does follow the Star Fleet universe school of design - "stick an extra warp engine on it and job's a good 'un."
eldiablito
Mongoose
I have to agree, only stronger; U-G-L-Y! UGLY! UGLY! UGLY!
starbreaker
Mongoose
It's always been a pretty hideous design. You're better off going over to ADB's boards and lobbying for a redesign than complaining here - Mongoose is just following in their footsteps, as their license requires.
shiba-tenchi
Mongoose
Gotta agree....my first reaction was ewwww.
As to why, warp nacelles scattered around higgardy piggardy, attemp to convey size by making the main body "fat" looks silly. Just lacks grace or symmetry.
As to why, warp nacelles scattered around higgardy piggardy, attemp to convey size by making the main body "fat" looks silly. Just lacks grace or symmetry.
Captain Jonah
Mongoose
Its the flat tops, where for is this grace and stuff. Besides which BBs are supposed to be UGLY, its in the job description.
More firepower than anything mobile, tougher than base station, more manoeuvrable than a super heavy freighter, ugly as a donkeys rear end :lol:
Its more or less stuck with the shape that comes from ADB though so you cannot go with the twin but very big warp nacelles which would make it a lot more streamlined.
Re the super lumbering comment earlier. OI. Us Gorns are already slow and lumbering, we would like our BB to actually be able to move without needed a Tug to turn corners :roll:
More firepower than anything mobile, tougher than base station, more manoeuvrable than a super heavy freighter, ugly as a donkeys rear end :lol:
Its more or less stuck with the shape that comes from ADB though so you cannot go with the twin but very big warp nacelles which would make it a lot more streamlined.
Re the super lumbering comment earlier. OI. Us Gorns are already slow and lumbering, we would like our BB to actually be able to move without needed a Tug to turn corners :roll:
eldiablito
Mongoose
I think that moving 2 of the nacells would do the trick.
