[Mobius]

AWACS and Alliance are used in two separate contests so mentioning them is not useful.

The cargo designation is used in conjunction with specific prefixes, like TC and TAC. There's no way to confuse them with GTC. Shivan cargo units are a bit meh.

Missile and medical ship? Same as for AWACS and Alliance.


Overall, there's a coherent convention.

[Aardwolf]

M can also stand for gas Miner.

[Droid803]

Uhm...where did that ever occur?

[Mobius]

The Miner designation is a bit messed up... *points to the Rahu*

[Droid803]

Yeah, but it's only ever been G and in the case of the Rahu, SG (Super Gasminer?)
It has never been M.

Even if you take fan-made ships into account, the only one that's close is the GTMv Krom, and that's Mv for Mining Vessel.

[Snail]

Shivan cargo units are a bit meh.

[Aardwolf]

Heheheh

Hey Snail, how exactly did you get that custom title?

Edit: also, it appears I mis-remembered something when I said that thing about gas miners.

[Mongoose]

Also, I don't quite understand the need of using the "xSD" designation for superdestroyers. It's pretty much like pretending to use "SSC" for the Lilith and/or any ship belonging to a certain category that is slightly bigger than the others belonging to the same category.

Except that the Lilith is the exact same size/shape as another cruiser, while the Lucifer and Hades are significantly larger than anything with a plain "destroyer" designation.

[haloboy100]

Heheheh

Hey Snail, how exactly did you get that custom title?

I think it has something to do with a shivan cargo container named "Escargot".

[Mobius]

Except that the Lilith is the exact same size/shape as another cruiser, while the Lucifer and Hades are significantly larger than anything with a plain "destroyer" designation.

Dimensions aren't that important when discussing prefixes. Compare the Triton and Ursa to the Poseidon and Artemis, respectively - their differences in terms of dimensions are much more significant than those of the Lucifer/Orion, yet still they aren't designated "GTSFr Triton" and "GTSB Ursa".

Heheheh

Hey Snail, how exactly did you get that custom title?

I think it has something to do with a shivan cargo container named "Escargot".

A Shivan cargo container named Escargot...?

Escargot is French for Snail, so:

Es-cargo-t. S-Cargo. Shivan Cargo. SC 5 (a weirdly shaped Shivan cargo). This is the explanation.

[Dilmah G]

Wow. Genius.

[Blue Lion]

It's like playing a really lame game of "Telephone" with yourself.

[haloboy100]

A Shivan cargo container named Escargot...?

Escargot is French for Snail, so:

Es-cargo-t. S-Cargo. Shivan Cargo. SC 5 (a weirdly shaped Shivan cargo). This is the explanation.

I still don't get it...

[Snail]

K, if you don't get it, just think of the SC 5 as a Snail-shaped cargo container.

[haloboy100]

K, if you don't get it, just think of the SC 5 as a Snail-shaped cargo container.

oh.