AI Files (Borg, Cardassian, Army of Light) + some Component Mods

Barnacle Bill · #1 January 28th, 2001, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by God Emperor:
...couldnt logically see why 300kT Colony Ships and Transports were available, but, not a 300kT warship...

In support of this, the warship hull holds more engines than the transport & colony hulls, so perhaps it takes higher tech to design a hull of a given size which can take the stress.

God Emperor · #2 January 28th, 2001, 01:28 PM

Hmmmm...A possibility.

Still, I could create a 5 engine 300kT warship and make that available instead...

(I love what you can do to this game!!)

[This message has been edited by God Emperor (edited 28 January 2001).]

Tomgs · #3 January 28th, 2001, 10:03 PM

Aren't transport ship traditionally higher tonnage than war ships? You don't need the type of hulls that war ships do (note I am no expert here just going by gut feel so I could be wrong). Cargo and colonizer ships could be smaller ships with cargo pods attached all around them just to haul cargo. The designs might not work well for a combat ship but to transport cargo in a relatively peaceful area it would work.

[This message has been edited by Tomgs (edited 28 January 2001).]

Atrocities · #4 January 29th, 2001, 01:00 AM

Nice work God Emperor.

jimbob55 · #5 January 29th, 2001, 09:19 PM

In naval terms a freighter requires far fewer people to crew it and has limited (if any) redundancy of systems.

A warship requires lots of people to crew it and the capacity to take damage and still fight. A warship has double hulls, compartmentalisation and all sorts of other stuff crammed into its hull.

It would be more realistic to create a 300KT warship with a max of 3 engines to reflect the clumsiness of low tech fighting ship.