[ft] NAC fleet roster analysed

> On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Tom Anderson wrote:

/P indicantes patrol?

> DD 227

> FFH 146

That is a heck of a lot of DDs. How am I going to model that many? I guess I
better get cracking...

i've knocked up a little program which sorts through one of Indy's fleet
rosters (once i've hand-hacked it a bit to get it in a consistent format
a computer can understand better) and lists the numbers of each type of ship.
at the moment, i only have type codes (BB, CA, etc), but i should be able to
add in class names and PVs once i've hunted them down. i should also be able
to do other analyses, such as finding what proportion of a given class is in
groups of a certain type, etc.

here's the list (alphabetically sorted, i'm afraid):

BB 26 BC 14
BC/E    7
BC/P    4
BCN 10
BCN/B   12
BDN 15
BDN/P   1
CA 93 CAG 2 CE 67
CE+     27
CL 105 CLE 5 CM 12 CT 39 CV 15 CVE 18 CVL 12 Cl 2 DD 227 DDG 15 DDH 28 FFH 146
SDN 13 Scout 17

tom

> here's the list (alphabetically sorted, i'm afraid):

No, pulse-torp variant, or heavy fire-support type ship. From the text:

"BC/P - The BLACK PRINCE class battlecruiser (BC/P) is a heavy
fire-support
variant of the MAJESTIC class battlecruiser. Built in small numbers since
2168,
its role is to support a fleet with heavy long-range firepower. Though
its thrust is standard, it has a higher rotational ability than many ships of
its
size, allowing it to bring its limited-arc weapons to bear more easily.
In the hands of a good captain, the BLACK PRINCE has proven to be a valuable
asset in
large-scale fleet battles and more production is planned. Service
Details

First entered Service: 2168 Currently in NAC service: 5 Lost in action: 1
     Decommissioned/scrapped: 0
Relegated to Reserve Fleet: 0 Sold to other forces: 1 Under Construction: 2
Procurement cost: 3370 MUCr "

- text and design by Daryl Poe  (who is not on the list, but is directly
responsible for getting me involved in these games:)

> DD 227

Never said it was a pyramid-shaped hierarchy of ships out there.  ;-)

Off to pack and go watch some Leonids...

Mk

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Unless your people get off their encounter-suited
> butts and do something, I've got nothing to lose! wrote:

> No, pulse-torp variant, or heavy fire-support type ship. From the

Damn damn damn. Now I need a different name for my Sovereign Class. I had
built a fast Battle Cruiser by combining a Vandenberg with an extra long

"shovel". 6 Thrust, 2 class 3w/4 arcs, 2 class 1s, lvl 1 shields, 5
armour, 2 PDS.