A 2nd Generation Colossus would likley be upgraded with Vasudan reactors (which are more powerful and can take an overload better) and Vasudan weaponry. I would assume that GTVA command would have learnt the lessons from the Colossus and adjusted as neccessary.
The Colossus wasnt a failure, it was designed to take out destroyers upto Lusifer size, at that it excells (especially since it can take multiples of them on at once from different angles), but against a Shivan jugernaught its amazing it could take even 1 out, let alone being able to give a 2nd one a run for its money
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With a few upgrades the Colossus would be GTVA's perfect flagship, a few beam upgrades etc and they have all they want. Add that with some new destroyers also armed to the teeth and you have yourself a fearsom battlefleet
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Simple fact is that the colossus was badly deployed in the campaign, it should have been deployed with escorts (corvette size minimal, some destroyers as well preferable). It wasnt done that way in the campaign due to:
#1: Storywise, the campaign would have been more capital vs capital, thus giving the player less to do.
#2: Computer power, PC's on the market when FS2 came out in general couldnt take more then 2-3 cap ships firing beams at any one time without issues
#3: It shows how good GTVA commands inteligence is
Ontopic: hmm, first off its GTVJ. So:
GTVJ Galatea (in honor of the Galatea's action in the first great war)
GTVJ Eclipse
GTVJ Executor
GTVJ Imperial
GTVJ Sydney (i can be proud of my nation
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GTVJ Mallard
GTVJ Escalation
GTVJ Galaxy
