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The GTVA Colossus is never explicitly given a ship type in game, so what do you think it is closest to?

Juggernaut
59 (62.8%)
Superdestroyer
17 (18.1%)
Super Capital Ship
13 (13.8%)
Destroyer
0 (0%)
Warship
5 (5.3%)

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Offline Narvi

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #220 on: January 31, 2009, 12:41:10 pm
You could always put the "giant battleship of massive proportions" in quotes.
 

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #221 on: January 31, 2009, 01:16:26 pm
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/GTVA_Colossus_ship_type_debate

I wrote something about this issue. Perhaps this article could be linked to and expanded accordingly. (I think linking to this is a wee bit better than simply giving "Ship" as the ship type)
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Offline Charismatic

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #222 on: January 31, 2009, 03:21:51 pm
Why in all the years, did we find this out Now?
This thread deserves some credit.
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #223 on: January 31, 2009, 04:06:50 pm
Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on January 31, 2009, 10:19:01 am
Article modified to reflect http://koti.mbnet.fi/reiler/FunkyFreeSpaceStuff/wtfnooblol.png and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrKMw6JHgFA.

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php?title=GTVA_Colossus&diff=20541&oldid=19924

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It is a joke. "TVA Battle Ship of Massive Proportions" is not a ship class, and the Colossus is not 'inaccurately referred to as a warship', as it is quite obviously a ship of war, so these references are accurate.  Please do not scrawl this type of bollocks on the Wiki in future.
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #224 on: January 31, 2009, 04:54:30 pm
Honestly I'm thinking of starting my own Wiki without this stuff...
 

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #225 on: January 31, 2009, 07:13:10 pm
GTD Colossus
GTJ Colossus
GTPwnz j00-lossus.

I voted Superdestroyer...Juggernaut doesn't seem to fit...
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #226 on: January 31, 2009, 07:37:53 pm
I'm pretty sure it's superdestroyer.  In the mission where you first meet the Sathanas, the corvette you are with says that it "...exceeds superdestroyer specifications..."  What else could you compare that too other than the Collosus? (I'm fairly certain it is larger, or the whole idea just dies.)
 

Offline Commander Zane

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #227 on: January 31, 2009, 08:09:23 pm
Oh my god...

Come on, look at the Colossus cinematic, it's hinted that it was to be designated as a Battle Ship.
It's not a Superdestroyer, it's not a Juggernaut, it's not a Giant Baseball Bat of Doom (Though it functions like one nicely it wouldn't be given that designation), it's a Battle Ship.
« Last Edit: January 31, 2009, 08:12:56 pm by Commander Zane »
 

Offline Scotty

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #228 on: January 31, 2009, 08:11:34 pm
Quote from: Commander Zane on January 31, 2009, 08:09:23 pm
Oh my god...
"TVA Battle Ship of epic proportions."

OF COURSE!  Or Battle Ship could mean a SHIP THAT BATTLES!   :blah:
 

Offline Commander Zane

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #229 on: January 31, 2009, 08:14:40 pm
Almost every ship is capable of battling or destroying to an extent, though Fighters and Bombers aren't called Battleships or Destroyers, nor are Cruisers or Corvettes.
 

Offline Snail

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #230 on: February 01, 2009, 02:56:26 am
You can't definitely call it a Battle Ship, since it appears in a tiny corner of one cutscene for a few moments. Hardly conclusive evidence.
 

Offline Dilmah G

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #231 on: February 01, 2009, 03:04:59 am
Quote from: Snail on February 01, 2009, 02:56:26 am
You can't definitely call it a Battle Ship, since it appears in a tiny corner of one cutscene for a few moments. Hardly conclusive evidence.

Well it's the only 'real' thing we have to go on regarding this.
 

Offline Snail

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #232 on: February 01, 2009, 03:07:20 am
I still fail to see how ONE instance of Battle Ship in-game can overrule ALL the instances of Supercap EVERYWHERE ELSE.
 

Offline Commander Zane

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #233 on: February 01, 2009, 03:27:12 am
Well in-game evidence suggests that the Colossus is also CANNON FODDER. :rolleyes:
 

Offline Dilmah G

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #234 on: February 01, 2009, 03:37:11 am
Quote from: Commander Zane on February 01, 2009, 03:27:12 am
Well in-game evidence suggests that the Colossus is also CANNON FODDER. :rolleyes:

Hey! I tried to change that stereotype!  :D
 

Offline Commander Zane

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #235 on: February 01, 2009, 04:20:31 am
And you did a damn good job at it too. :D
 

Offline Dilmah G

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #236 on: February 01, 2009, 04:40:24 am
Quote from: Commander Zane on February 01, 2009, 04:20:31 am
And you did a damn good job at it too. :D

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #237 on: February 01, 2009, 05:04:19 am
* Androgeos Exeunt checks TopAce's article and tweaks it a little.

Good job. If I wasn't scared of Goober banning mebeams aren't prohibitively restrictive to use, I would fire a BABeam at you. :nervous:

Quote from: Commander Zane on February 01, 2009, 03:27:12 am
Well in-game evidence suggests that the Colossus is also CANNON FODDER. :rolleyes:

Really?
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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #238 on: February 01, 2009, 05:15:19 am
Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on February 01, 2009, 05:04:19 am
* Androgeos Exeunt checks TopAce's article and tweaks it a little.

Good job. If I wasn't scared of Goober banning mebeams aren't prohibitively restrictive to use, I would fire a BABeam at you. :nervous:

Quote from: Commander Zane on February 01, 2009, 03:27:12 am
Well in-game evidence suggests that the Colossus is also CANNON FODDER. :rolleyes:

Really?

It went against everything the CO of the Colly learned at GTVA Officer Academy and stayed in the way of a rolling Sathanas for no real reason, when the Alliance could've deployed other assets to occupy the Sath rather than sacrificing the single largest expenditure in the GTVA in the space of 3 minutes.
 

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Re: What Ship Type is the GTVA Colossus?
Reply #239 on: February 01, 2009, 05:52:43 am
Who says it would have got out of Capella to escape the supernova, though? And we don't know what would have happened if the Colossus had jumped out, but let's not open that can of worms again.
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