[BlackDove]

Seraphim is a frigate

[Night Hammer]

haha yeah pretty much

[Carl]

Originally posted by Flipside
And in correct military terms the Ships go in the order of Carrier, Battleship, Heavy Cruiser, Cruiser, Destroyer, Escort and Frigate, with Gunboat falling into the 'Minor Surface Combatants' role..

I thought Frigate=Escort?

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by Night Hammer


If it were 5 times the size of the GTVA's biggest bomber it would be pretty damn big,  cuz the Ursa is damn near as big as a fenris

Why does everyone have these misconceptions? It's not like it's hard to check...

[Wanderer]

I believe that classification is not that important. Even USNavy has destroyers, cruisers and frigates all with nearly same hull lenght and displacement. Only difference seems to be the original 'designers intent' on the vessels mission.

[NGTM-1R]

Originally posted by Flipside
And in correct military terms the Ships go in the order of Carrier, Battleship, Heavy Cruiser, Cruiser, Destroyer, Escort and Frigate, with Gunboat falling into the 'Minor Surface Combatants' role..

Oddly enough 'Corvette' is no longer a used military term, posibly because they come somewhere below Gunbots, and possibly the Regimental Donkey.

http://bugattimarine.com/Military/Corvette.htm

Corvette. FFL. The Nanktucha(spelling?) I-III classes come to mind. The Russians call them "rocket cutters", but the USN thinks of them as corvettes.

The French have a super-light surveillance frigate that's sometimes considered a corvette too.

[Kosh]

Renegade Resurgance had a Terran gunboat. I think that was what you were aiming for.....


Although to be honest I didn't really like the model for that ship. It looked like someone took a hacksaw to a Hippocrates.

[Night Hammer]

Originally posted by Black Wolf


Why does everyone have these misconceptions? It's not like it's hard to check...

well it sure as hell looks bigger when youre in one and zoom out in game

[Flipside]

Well, the Bombers are damned big vessels admittedly, but then, as someones who ran a sprint across the wings of 2 Hercs side by side, during the Farnborough airshow (Q Shed were bored, nothing had caught fire yet)  I can say nothing but Yes, bombers are effing enormous

[Night Hammer]

hercs? you mean real planes, like C-130's?

[Flipside]

Yep, though you have to be a bit careful, not all the skin on an aircraft can take the weight of a human, especiually near the wingtips, which makes you wonder how they cope with Flak

[AlphaOne]

Soo..maibe 5 times bigger is too much but it hasto be much much bigger then a bommber yet somewhat smaller than a cruiser..!
It has to have a max top speed (max speed + afterburnes =50 m/s)

These things are crucial in my campaign story and I wantto get them right...! There are suposed to be operated by the elite and there should about 200 of them..! Of course many get lost in multiple heavy engagements but they doa lot more damage then they receive!
Also they have an advanced sensor shield and cloaking thecnology!

[Flipside]

Well, a B52 is around 54m long. A Large Destroyer is around 150-180 Metres long. So I'd say about twice to 2.5 the size of a Bomber would be about right.