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Offline Cobra

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Reply #40 on: March 04, 2005, 02:06:27 pm
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Actually, in the Nebula mission ("avoid the beam and you won't get hit") I think you're referring to, I think it was the Lysander and the Actium.  Actium is a small town where Octavian defeated Mark Antony, and Lysander was the commander of the Spartan fleet which was victorious against the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC.
(The Lysander thing came straight from Wikipedia).

As for the Warspite and Lucidity, I'm pretty sure both are AWACS vessels. The Lucidity for sure, which fits in with the name, if my English serves me right. The Warspite, I'm not sure where in FS that name is used.


Warspite was the deimos when the player was part of the 134th  Barracuda Squadron.

Lucidy was the AWACS. ;)
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Reply #41 on: March 04, 2005, 03:40:32 pm
The GTVA doesn't seem to name it's ships after people or cities, so I think it's not really a surprise that most of the names are RN: USN names tend to be after people/cities. Still, I am a bit surprised I haven't seen a Hornet or a Vincennes...
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Reply #42 on: March 05, 2005, 06:23:24 am
The Hornet is used for the missiles, so it'd be odd to see a ship called that. Vincennes, never heard of it, but I geuss they ran out of ships before they ran out of names.
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Reply #43 on: March 05, 2005, 07:14:10 am
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Has anyone ever scanned the cargo escaping Capella?


No, why? Is there something secret there? :D
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Reply #44 on: March 05, 2005, 08:12:26 am
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Actually, in the Nebula mission ("avoid the beam and you won't get hit") I think you're referring to, I think it was the Lysander and the Actium.  Actium is a small town where Octavian defeated Mark Antony, and Lysander was the commander of the Spartan fleet which was victorious against the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC.
(The Lysander thing came straight from Wikipedia).

As for the Warspite and Lucidity, I'm pretty sure both are AWACS vessels. The Lucidity for sure, which fits in with the name, if my English serves me right. The Warspite, I'm not sure where in FS that name is used.


Whoops.  Always get those Deimos' mixed up (NB: Lysander is RN, Actium is not).

Oh, and the mission i mean is the one where you escort the 2 Tritons to the Deimos' through the nebula.  Loved that mission, really atmospheric in the creaking dark of the nebula.
 

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Reply #45 on: March 05, 2005, 08:08:53 am
Yes there is the scret thing is th:snipe:
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Reply #46 on: March 05, 2005, 10:41:09 am
I think that's the Warspite needing supplies, and the Lucidity providing AWACS cover.
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Reply #47 on: March 05, 2005, 11:09:28 am
No, IIRC that (the mission I refer to) was pre-AWACs
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Reply #48 on: March 05, 2005, 12:32:01 pm
Lucidity is an AWACs, it's with the convoy. It's a Barracudas mission, I remember it well.
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Reply #49 on: March 05, 2005, 12:53:30 pm
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Bah, that's an easy one. Go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Navy_ship_names

There's hundreds of 'em there. Use the battleship and carrier names for destroyers and carriers, cruiser names for corvettes, and destroyer/frigate names for cruisers and anything else.


hehe. the HMS Tuna. how would you like to serve aboard the tuna? :D
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Reply #50 on: March 05, 2005, 01:58:51 pm
LOL the Tuna. Wow. Well when we fly in a mission guarding many xports, we know the Tuna is going down first. What a weak name.. lol!
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Reply #51 on: March 05, 2005, 03:12:33 pm
Heheh. It was probably a patrol ship or a gunboat or some crappy little ship like that. The RN used to name it's ship classes like that - there were Castle-class, River-class, Bay-class, etc. - I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Fish-class as well.

The current naming scheme is a bit ****e IMO - the type 42s (destroyers) are named after towns and cities, as are many of the frigates (types 21, 22, 23). They still use some of the old names, though - there's still an Iron Duke, for example, and the new carriers are rumoured to be named Prince of Wales (bad omen? :nervous: ) and Queen Elizabeth. No Ark Royal though... :(
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Reply #52 on: March 05, 2005, 04:30:31 pm
Submarine. The US used to name their submarines after fish too. Besides, the worst was the Flower-class corvette.
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Reply #53 on: March 05, 2005, 04:58:08 pm
no, the worst was the fluffy pink bunny sunshine rainbow chipmunk daisy smile class Cruiser.
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Reply #54 on: March 06, 2005, 12:01:34 am
Some of these names are awesome :D

I'm particularly fond of the HMS Batman :D
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Reply #55 on: March 06, 2005, 12:43:14 am
:wtf: oooooookay.
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Reply #56 on: March 07, 2005, 04:34:31 am
'Batman' is the name of an officers' assistant in the army, in case anyone is wondering.
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