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Title: Jutland class??
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 13, 2006, 06:10:15 am

http://www.kitsune.addr.com/SF-Conversions/Rifts-WC-Vehicles/Confederation_Jutland_Attack_Carrier.htm (http://www.kitsune.addr.com/SF-Conversions/Rifts-WC-Vehicles/Confederation_Jutland_Attack_Carrier.htm)

yay or Nay?

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Tolwyn on June 13, 2006, 03:15:39 pm

yay :)

(http://www.wcsaga.com/~team/tolwyn/J2a.jpg)

(http://www.wcsaga.com/~team/tolwyn/J3a.jpg)

P.S. Those pictures are outdated, but they should give you the general idea of how the ship will look like :)

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Polpolion on June 17, 2006, 10:28:22 am

yay!

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 13, 2006, 08:39:25 am

I f i had to choose a carrier to live on.......... It would be a Jutland..

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Tolwyn on July 13, 2006, 08:55:42 am

shame...  the Trafalgar was destroyed in the battle of Vukar Tag :(

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 13, 2006, 09:09:32 am

Yeah, but the Tarawar (sp?) made it to kilrah and fuxxored up the moon shipyard :D  First to kilrah yay!

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Sphynx on July 13, 2006, 09:16:58 am

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I actually don't think that the Tarawa was a Jutland class. I think it was designated a CVE, without an actual class name. It's just that there is a bit of a physical resemblence between our conceptualization of the Jutland class and the cover art that depicted the Tarawa.

Nonetheless, I agree that the Jutland is a fine-looking ship. It's one of my favorite cap ship designs, actually.

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Tolwyn on July 13, 2006, 09:18:54 am

Tarawa is a different case, one of the first ever build escort carriers.

Escort Carriers like Tarawa are built to be expendable: Confed needed to buy time until its next generation of heavy carriers came online. The escort carrier plan was thought up by Geoffrey Tolwyn. A dozen could be built for the cost of a standard fleet carrier.

Escort carriers carry a crew of just under 500 and carries three squadrons. Its forward armament includes a quad-barreled neutron gun, with mass drivers and anti-torpedo batteries on its flanks. There is no reserve bridge like on other combat ships.

All armament is stored in blast-proof lockers beneath the flight deck. They are hoisted on just before launch so they can be loaded onto the craft.

The flight deck control room is on an elevated platform, facing the airlock door.
There is a catapult for launching fighters and there is a safety net on the flight deck, used for landings.
Craft can be towed off the launch line when they can't launch. There is a small tow tractor for pulling craft up to the launch ramp.

@Sphynx: correct! Tarawa is designated CVE (escort carrier), Jutland CVA (attack carrier)

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 13, 2006, 09:20:42 am

Yeah the Tarawa was a CVE just an old skip with a flight deck checked on. the CVE....   Im was just referring to end run where the Trafalgar got pwnd by cats, "At least the tarawa made it etc"

Thaddeus O'Brian helped design it though right...

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Tolwyn on July 13, 2006, 09:25:44 am

Quote from: Colonol Dekker on July 13, 2006, 09:20:42 am

Thaddeus O'Brian helped design it though right...

Yes, what a shame ;)

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 13, 2006, 09:40:05 am

Ahh well, kamikaze happens i spose...... ROFL @ Jasons Academy dropout tunred marine ex girlfriend as well...

Title: Re: Jutland class??
Post by: Sphynx on July 13, 2006, 10:40:23 am

Ah, I get what you are saying now, Dekker.