[FT] Pics posted

Well, I finally got a few pics posted of the K'rathri ships I've been working
on. Some of Lonnie's NSL ships are up on StarFighter Command as well. You'll
find them at the following URL:

        http://www.sfcmd.com/fullthrust/minis/

In a message dated 99-02-01 01:35:17 EST, you write:

<< Well, I finally got a few pics posted of the K'rathri ships I've been
working on. Some of Lonnie's NSL ships are up on StarFighter Command as well.
You'll find them at the following URL:

        http://www.sfcmd.com/fullthrust/minis/ >>
Neet! What are the stats on those ships?
-Stephen (I'm back, I had to take some time off to build a real Coil
Gun)

> At 01:57 AM 2/1/99 EST, you wrote:

Hiya Stephen! Glad you liked the pics. The stats are still a bit of a
"work in progress", but if you want a look-see go back up to
http://www.sfcmd.com/fullthrust/ and follow the link to the Imperial
Fleet.

In a message dated 99-02-01 02:13:19 EST, you write:

<< Hiya Stephen! Glad you liked the pics. The stats are still a bit of a
 "work in progress", but if you want a look-see go back up to
 http://www.sfcmd.com/fullthrust/ and follow the link to the Imperial
Fleet.
> [quoted text omitted]
It looks like the Centaury from B5...But I like your stats, they seem like the
Kilrathi from WC. What do the fighter codes mean (i.e. YY)?
-Stephen

> At 02:34 AM 2/1/99 EST, you wrote:

For the most part, yes - I have always loved the Vorchan design :).  The
destroyers are Epic40K Eldar flyers, and the Fr'athra Cruisers are actually
ESU Tibet light cruisers in disguise. I have more conversions in progress.

> ...But I like your stats, they seem like the

The codes are just simple extrapolations of the standard ship codes used now.
For a basic type code, you double the letter to make at least a
2-character code out of it.  For example, 'D' is for Destroyer class, so
a 'standard Destroyer' is a 'DD'. Similarly, a Cruiser is a 'CC', a
Battleship is a 'BB', etc.  There are some exceptions - such as 'BC' for
the Battlecruiser class and 'DN' for the Dreadnought class (which doesn't
exist in wet navies:). I simply used 'Y' for fighters at the suggestion of
another who used it for Bab5 games.

> ...But I like your stats, they seem like the
for
> the Battlecruiser class and 'DN' for the Dreadnought class (which

Alternately you could use the US Navy designations, which start with V for
aViation ("A" having been previously claimed for "Armored"). Remember CV =
carrier? That's actually "Cruiser, aViation", since the first CV's were built
on cruiser hulls. Thus a fighter squadron is VF and an attack squadron is VA.

> At 10:41 PM 2/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
for
> the Battlecruiser class and 'DN' for the Dreadnought class (which

True, but I was reserving the 'V' designation for planetary fighters as
opposed to space fighters.:)

In a message dated 99-02-01 23:16:42 EST, you write:

<< >Alternately you could use the US Navy designations, which start with V for
> aViation ("A" having been previously claimed for "Armored"). Remember

True, but I was reserving the 'V' designation for planetary fighters as
opposed to space fighters.:) >> V is for fixed wing
-Stephen

> At 01:49 AM 2/2/99 EST, you wrote:
Remember CV =
> >carrier? That's actually "Cruiser, aViation", since the first CV's

Correct. Space fighters don't have wings:)

> On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 DracSpy@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 99-02-01 23:16:42 EST, you write:
Remember CV =
> >carrier? That's actually "Cruiser, aViation", since the first CV's

well, mostly fixed - it includes swing-wings :-). and H is for
helicopter.
however, the RN designates its Inflexible-class carriers as 'CAH', even
though they are mainly harrier carriers (i suppose a harrier, being vtol,
counts as a helo) and, just to really mess with your head, claims that
they are not carriers but 'through-deck cruisers'. my minicarrier built
on
a battleship hull is designated CAH too - it's even smaller than a light
carrier :-(.

i have always wondered about the origin of CV. surely these days we should be
calling carriers BVs or DNVs? 100 kT is a damn big cruiser. mind you, nobody
seems to bother with matching classes to weights these days.

Tom