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The GTVA Colossus is never explicitly given a ship type in game, so what do you think it is closest to?

Juggernaut
59 (62.8%)
Superdestroyer
17 (18.1%)
Super Capital Ship
13 (13.8%)
Destroyer
0 (0%)
Warship
5 (5.3%)

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Offline Rodo

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Dreadnought maybe?
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Offline ShadowGorrath

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
The Colossus is a juggernaut. Class of ships is determined by size and armour. If it was determined by firepower, then the Lilith would be a corvette or destroyer, and the Moloch would be a cruiser. 5-6km long ships are juggernauts just like 1.5-2.5km ships are destroyers, and 3-4.5km ships are superdestroyers. Or something close.

The reason the Colossus was not called as a juggernaut by the GTVA, is because when the Sath arrived, only then the juggernaut classification appeared. Before, the GTVA didn't need a new class, as there was only 1 ship of that size. Only the Colossus.

 

Offline Kie99

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
I repeat that if no designation is given in the game, nor can one be inferred from the prefix of the ship then it is merely one's opinion, and non-canonical, so the Wiki should say "none stated" rather than anyone's guess or the result of a poll.
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Quote from: Webster
2: a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
As far as GTVA goes, thats exactly what it is.

 

Offline lefkos

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Dreadnought maybe?
its to big imo
juggernaught fits the col perfect
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Offline Snail

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
It's a None specified.

 

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
I'm going to have to agree with snail and the others and say none specified.
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Offline Vip

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
I say it's a Destroyer Destroyer - after all, it was meant to kill Destroyers and possibly even Super Destroyers like the Lucifer ;)

But seriously, although it was one-in-a-kind ship meant as a symbol (thus GTVA instead of GTD/GTSD/GTJ/GTC(huck)N(orris)), I'd go for the Juggernaut. It fits nicely there, being nearly as huge as the Sathanas and not being much worse in weaponry.
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
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Personally, I regard it as a juggernaut, even though 'GTJ Colossus' sounds weird to me.
lol, the Colossus was made by both Terran and Vasudan, so "IF" they put it juggernaut, they'd have named it GTVJ Colossus(Galactic Terran-Vasudan Juggernaut).
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Offline Aardwolf

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
* Aardwolf votes for "largest spacefaring warship ever constructed"

So the acronym should be GTVLSWEC Colossus.

 

Offline jakeslogan

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
I don't know, but this remind me of TV JVC.  :lol:
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
The 'A' stands for Amphibious Assault Ship.

On a more serious note, I would just call it a "Battleship" Since that is the official term of a ship more powerfull then a Destroyer.
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
A is AWACS. As in...GTA Charybdis.
But that means that the Colly is a big AWACS (which it isn't), and that the Iceni is a massive fighter (lol).
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Offline Snail

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
The F in Iceni either stands for 'Frigate' or it's the faction name, 'Front'. In the Boadicea's case I'm pretty sure it's the latter.

I'm inclined to believe that the affix 'GTVA' is the faction name, nothing to do with the ship class.

 

Offline Aardwolf

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
* Aardwolf agrees with Snail.

Also, has anyone ever noticed that the Sathanas has AWACS?

 

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
:eek2:

Really?
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
I've heard that before, and probably seen it in the tables earlier...

Which makes the stealth fighter in 'Monster in the Mist' ineffective. :rolleyes:

 

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
No wonder I was killed once by the Sathanas' SAAA... :rolleyes:
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Offline jakeslogan

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
In the game, they said that there was nothing in Gama Draconis, but in the Colossus' cutscene, I can still see a planet.  :D
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Where did it say that that part of the cutscene was in Gamma Draconis? The voiceover was only saying that the Colossus would be used to fight the Shivans in 'the mysterious nebula beyond Gamma Draconis'. It's in a different system when you see it come past the camera.