[admiral_wolf]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think it is wierd that the Commanding Officer of the Collosus is a Terran?  After all, the Vasudan Emperor Khonsu II designed the bloody thing, Akhaton and Subach who I've been led to believe are major Vasudan contractors (I cannot believe RNI Systems were not mentioned/approached, seeing as most of the Terran fleet is RNI built!)  It's my thought that is the Vasudans were more involved than us, surely it should be under Vasudan control, not us.

Discount this, I've just remembered that the Subach HL7 replaced the ML16 Laser....My very big bad

[Super Nova]

The Colossus also only has Terran weaponry, no Vasudan stuff.

[Mobius]

This thread should have a different name anyway...

The point is that FreeSpace is Terran-centered. Just take a look at the ships. The Colossus is classified as Terran and many Terran craft don't have a Vasudan counterpart. Under these circumstances, the fact that the CO of the Colossus is Terran is justified.

The Colossus also only has Terran weaponry, no Vasudan stuff.

Correct. Vasudan ships and Vasudan spacecraft, in addition, seem to use Terran weapons, only. Without considering the Mekhu and all Vasudan anti-warship beams, I don't think there are so many Vasudan weapons(eufemism).

[Admiral Nelson]

Even the Shivans use Terran missiles....

[Mobius]

Not in Inferno. Adding specific Shivan weapons is an excellent thing.

There should have been more Vasudan primaries and secondaries. The Interceptor was producted by both races...better than nothing.

[Snail]

Main creators of the Colossus:
Akheton = Vasudan
Triton = Terran
Subach = Terran

2/3 Terran.

[Jeff Vader]

Yeah, but no, but yeah. I think it's wrong that the CO was Terran. Since the ship itself was a joint Terran-Vasudan project, combining technology from both species and being the culmination of the alliance, they should have had a Terran-Vasudan hybrid as the CO.

[Snail]

Yeah, but no, but yeah. I think it's wrong that the CO was Terran. Since the ship itself was a joint Terran-Vasudan project, combining technology from both species and being the culmination of the alliance, they should have had a Terran-Vasudan hybrid as the CO.

Hehe... I would personally say "Terran-Vasudan hybrid as the COs." Having one single hybrid CO sounds... Freaky.

PLUS - The guy talking was probably the Communications Officer, not the Commanding Officer. Though he could have been the commanding officer who was talking.

PLUS PLUS - Put it this way: The Colossus is a joint endeavor, but more Terran than Vasudan. Happy now?

[Excalibur]

He's probably there to make the ship sound really powerful - a Vasudan voice would be hard to make sound powerful (I think).

Oh, and he is the Commanding officaer, isn't he? When Command asked the Colossus to return to base, immediate response - surely you can't pass a message and send it that quick. (Unless they had a preprogramed stubborness responder computer installed! )

[admiral_wolf]

Also I'm sure the Comms Officer wouldn't be allowed to say he's going to kill everyone aboard and stall the Sathanas

[Grogs]

somebody is an equal rights person 

its like everything else, Star trek, HQ is on earth, Star Wars, the (literary) hero is human, so its no surprise that the person in charrge is human.  also it looks Boxy, like most other terran ships, not sleek, like vasudan.

[Thor]

well a ship like that, the selection of the CO would be highly political, and it could be that while he's a terran, its someone who is quite favorable to the Vasudan's as well.

[Bob-san]

I'd guess it was just luck that the Terrans would occupy more space in the Colossus then the Vasudans. It's actually quite likely that the Captain was a Terran, but the First Officer was a Vasudan.

[Hades]

The Colossus may have been most Terran commanded because if it was commanded by Vasudans, then they might have defected to the HOL.

[BlueFlames]

First officer?  This is FreeSpace.  There's a CO, a few dozen pilots (for a few hundred fighters), and about 29,930 people walking the corridors to try to slow down the beams punching through the outer hull.  That's what a bloated, run-away military budget is good for.

[Jeff Vader]

The Colossus may have been most Terran commanded because if it was commanded by Vasudans, then they might have defected to the HOL.

Well then, what if the Terrans in command suddenly decided to join the NTF?

[Hades]

Il bet you command has a button that he can press that blows up the ship.
Also, there are 29,999 other people on there, what if they don't want to join?

[Jeff Vader]

The same goes for the Vasudans. What if there are members in the crew who don't want to defect to the HOL?

CO. "Helm, set course for the HOL."
Helm: "Yes, sir"

No... not like this.

[Agent_Koopa]

He's probably there to make the ship sound really powerful - a Vasudan voice would be hard to make sound powerful (I think).

And that he does. THIS; IS THE G-T-V-A COLOSSUS!

[Polpolion]

They probably took the guy who was most fit to do the job, and he happened to be Terran.