Cobalt Greywalker Wrote:I primarily went with U.C.A.V. rather than drone because 'Drone' could mean a lot of things in Fenspace. I seperated Fighter out based on cockpit as a simple way of differentiating sizes. If it's big enough to hold a cockpit (and associated equipment like life-support) then it's most likely a fighter.In both cases you are mixing things into the "type" of the ship that are (in my opinion) not really belong together.
Mostly it was a quick and easy way of saying "UNKNOWN ENEMY", or "BOSKONIAN", but it was also a way of differentiating the resources available. While in the grand scheme of things they are both the same a Battleship is normally put together far better than a Battlecruiser.
If we say "UCAVs" (1-3 meters long?) are smaller than "Fighters" (3+ meters long?), it would be okay. But making the cockpit mandatory doesn't fit the taxonomy.
Same with Battlecruisers/Battleships. These are ship TYPES, not owners of ships. Using the terms in your way is misleading and strange. The same ship would be sometimes called a Battleship, sometimes a Battlecruiser, just because its owned by a different group?
Quote:A mobile dock most likely. The provision of marines and assault craft allows the capture of the target. As I see it, the Fen will want to do this in most cases. 'Cause we're the Good Guys/Galls (or at least, see ourselves that way).
So a waved Nimitz-Class would be no "carrier" (because it only deals with the carrier part, not with the assault part) ?
robkelk Wrote:I remember, when I signed up for Fenspace, needing to fight tooth and nail to be allowed to have one weapon on my character's spacecraft.
Now we're talking about a proposed taxonomy of armed spacecraft.
What happened?
People in this forum stopped responding to drafts from other people. When I posted the Normandy I had expected at least some concerns about its main gun... and hoped for some "in universe" controversy or discussion. But nobody cared.
Still, I think the taxonomy of armed spacecrafts overshoots what we might need for Fenspace.