[Primus]

Did a search, didn't find an answer... So...

How long it takes to build ships? From fighter to destroyer?
It took 20 years to build the Colossus, right? But wasn't there at the time resource shortage (or somethin') that made it more difficult to construct it? So it would take less time now to build one.

[willy_principal]

I think an Orion/Hecate takes a 1 year of construction...
a fighter would takes...say a week...or more....
and a bomber two weeks...
what about the bombs and missiles???
What are the Major industrial hubs in the GTVA?...Surely the vasudan have a greater production than terrans overall...

[FireCrack]

Yeah but the vasudans like to gold plate their ships so that kinda balances the fleets out

[Kie99]

Originally posted by willy_principal

What are the Major industrial hubs in the GTVA?...Surely the vasudan have a greater production than terrans overall...

Major Hubs: Delta Serpentis, Beta Aquilae, Capella (was), Vasuda Prime, Vega

Why do you think Vasudans have a greater production than terrans?  Sure they're stronger but it would all be done with robots

[Primus]

Originally posted by kietotheworld


Major Hubs: Delta Serpentis, Beta Aquilae, Capella (was), Vasuda Prime.

Shouldn't Vega be in that list too?

[c914]

   I think an Orion/Hecate takes a 1 year of construction...

noo way..it must be more than 3-4 years. Look:
Iceni was made when NTF Rebelion was started it was 16 months. Soo normal corvetts wihout new technologys of Iceni could be construct in one year.
Cruisers..i say half year.
Fighters just like in ours XXI century car factories

[Nuke]

fighters and bombers roll off an asembally line. small criusers maybe 3 months tops. vetts about the same time as a modern aircraft carrier (zero g construction might speed it up abit) ships in the 1-2 km range probibly take 2-3 years.  this is consistant with the build time of the collossus, probibly uses the same amount of materials as about 6 hecates.

[TopAce]

Interesting thread...
If the Colossus took 20 years to complete, then mathematically and Orion should take 7-8 years, if we regard the length of the two ships and their weaponry. I do not think, by the way that building a Colossus-sized ship takes more than five years to complete.

Originally posted by Primus


Shouldn't Vega be in that list too?

It should be.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by TopAce
Interesting thread...
If the Colossus took 20 years to complete, then mathematically and Orion should take 7-8 years, if we regard the length of the two ships and their weaponry. I do not think, by the way that building a Colossus-sized ship takes more than five years to complete.

Actually I'd say volume is a more important factor than length and if 12 Lucifer class destroyers can fit in its massive hull then that works out as 1-2 years for an Orion.

As for the massive build time the Colossus was built while the GTVA was still recovering from the loss of Earth and Vasuda Prime.  It was also built in secret which undoubtably would have lengthened the build time.

[TrashMan]

Agreed....

I would say 5-6 years for a Colossus under normal circumstances..TOPS...

[Eishtmo]

It took 20 years to build the Colossus from design to completion, including the construction of the facilities to assemble it and development of all the necessary technologies (beam cannons especially) that it would use.  An already completed destroyer design should take far less time to build.

[Taristin]

So... a second colossus wouldn't take 20 years, unless the construction facilities were disassembled, and the data lost?

[FireCrack]

Originally posted by TrashMan
Agreed....

I would say 5-6 years for a Colossus under normal circumstances..TOPS...

5-6 years yes, but no way 5-6 tops. I'd say probably 6 years to build a collie


Also in adition to already having the  faciliteis theres somthing else that works in another way. the GTVA probably didnt expect to have to build another one so the collie could use verrey priopetary (non-standerdised) parts

[Knight Templar]

Colossus took 20 years. Everything else takes 15 days. Duuuuuh.

[Nuke]

of course noone knows how effietient a zero g shipyard operates. it could be a hinderance as much as an advantage.

[Grimloq]

-plus, beam cannons and stuff were still new and no doubt caused problems with the colossus. they were still just learning the new techs.

i would guess a couple days for a fighter/bomber, a couple months for cruisers (3-4) maybe 3/4 of a year for corvettes (theyre packed tight with coolio technology!) and a year or 2 for destroyers.

weapons... *snickeR* missiles probably roll off the assembly lines hundreds at a time every MINUTE... well, like, hornets anyway. a helios probably takes longer than a fighter (you have to be careful so it dont detonate accidentally... failsafes only work SO well)

[FireCrack]

The longest part of making a helios is probably producing the antimatter. Ofcourse, i guess using photon beam cannons speeds this up a tad.

[Nuke]

fighters are probibly turned out much faster than that, at a rate of several a day.

[FireCrack]

what about tempests? how long you think those take?

[Knight Templar]

two seconds.