[Mars]

Is the Carthage the best protected Tev ship? (Armor + hitpoints?)

[General Battuta]

I'm sure the fully jacked up Imperieuse and Atreus would outdo it.

[MatthTheGeek]

Yup. The Carthage might be a Combat Evaluation destroyer and have some of the best crew of the GTVA, it's still a Great War-era design. There is only so much you can do with refits and upgrades against top-of-the-line high-tech fresh-off-factory designs.

[AtomicClucker]

That and the Titan's and Raynor's have blue rape beams compared to the Carthage's FS2 green.

[PsychoLandlord]

I'm genuinely afraid of what the Atreus is going to look like once it gets all the Table buffs it will inevitably have when it become a centerpiece in a mission.

[General Battuta]

The Raynor won't change on the table level as it will need to keep the same stats it had in AoA (in order to stay compatible with AoA). The buffs are done in FRED, but they are very extensive. We can control just about anything on the FRED level, from the ship's toughness, to its weapons, to the speed at which it turns and fires.

[PsychoLandlord]

Really? Holy crap, FRED is more flexible than I thought. I should learn how to use it when I get back to my good comp.

[Ravenholme]

The Raynor won't change on the table level as it will need to keep the same stats it had in AoA (in order to stay compatible with AoA). The buffs are done in FRED, but they are very extensive. We can control just about anything on the FRED level, from the ship's toughness, to its weapons, to the speed at which it turns and fires.

Just table a second, identical Raynor and use it in WiH. AoA can use the original one.

[General Battuta]

The Raynor won't change on the table level as it will need to keep the same stats it had in AoA (in order to stay compatible with AoA). The buffs are done in FRED, but they are very extensive. We can control just about anything on the FRED level, from the ship's toughness, to its weapons, to the speed at which it turns and fires.

Just table a second, identical Raynor and use it in WiH. AoA can use the original one.

We could totally do that, but it's not necessary, we can do just about everything we need to in FRED.

[Mars]

Hey, I just realized that the E has some images which indicate subspace jump times for several UEF ships (8 minutes for a Sanctus, 12 minutes for the Narayana, and 14 minutes for the Solaris) I was curious how GTVA designs differed?

EDIT:

I know Titans are supposed to jump faster than Raynors, I'm guessing the Imp doesn't have the upgrades the Atreus does?

[General Battuta]

I really don't want those numbers down until we absolutely have to pin them down in a mission.

[Mars]

Ah, alright. I actually didn't think there were numbers down until I saw the posters.

[The E]

Yeah, those numbers are made up on the spot. They're not set in stone.

[Mars]

I just noticed that several of the Deimos from Delenda Est have Heavy Armor 20 as well. How exactly does the armor system work? Heavy Armor 20 > Heavy Armor 100 - is it 20% damage transmission, and if so, what's the point of armor with 100% damage transmission?

[Fury]

Armor 100 is default armor type, it doesn't only control damage but also weapon piercing effect triggering thresholds. Armor 20 would mean that damage caused would be only 20% for most damage types.

[General Battuta]

I just noticed that several of the Deimos from Delenda Est have Heavy Armor 20 as well. How exactly does the armor subsystem work? Heavy Armor 20 > Heavy Armor 100 - is it 20% damage transmission, and if so, what's the point of armor with 100% damage transmission?

I think the Heavy Armor 20 is on their engines, which would give their engines effectively 5x the usual toughness.

ED: there's some other majiggery with Heavy 20 at mission start but I think it gets repealed by the time of the broadside engagement (man, I love that broadside engagement, always seemed so cinematic and cool)

[Insomniac34]

Can the Raynor-class be loaded with Apocalypses instead of the much weaker Eos torpedoes? I tried it out in FRED and it seems to increase the versatility of the Raynor. Still can't touch a Solaris in 1 on 1 combat though.

[The E]

Umm, no. The Apocalypse is a UEF weapon, there is no good reason why the GTVa would start using them.

[General Battuta]

Who knows what could be done with the kickass Supernova, though!

[crizza]

Just replace the fusion mortar on the Hatshepsut with Supernova...promises some nice explosions.

Another question...is the VasPulse more powerfull then the TerPulse?