[Androgeos Exeunt]

A lot of you guys are missing the point on the Aeolus. It was cancelled because the entire cruiser ship type was to be replaced by the corvette. And let's not deny that the Deimos is tougher than the Aeolus against both capships and fighters.

Was there some mention about how costly Aeolus cruisers are to produce? Or is that non-canon?

[Qent]

A lot of you guys are missing the point on the Aeolus. It was cancelled because the entire cruiser ship type was to be replaced by the corvette. And let's not deny that the Deimos is tougher than the Aeolus against both capships and fighters.

Was there some mention about how costly Aeolus cruisers are to produce? Or is that non-canon?

It's non-canon.

[Snail]

A lot of you guys are missing the point on the Aeolus. It was cancelled because the entire cruiser ship type was to be replaced by the corvette. And let's not deny that the Deimos is tougher than the Aeolus against both capships and fighters.

Was there some mention about how costly Aeolus cruisers are to produce? Or is that non-canon?

It's non-canon.

Yeah, it's non-canon but very widely accepted since it makes a lot of sense.

[Gamma_Draconis]

Is it even official canon that the Aeolus was discontinued? I thought its tech room description was hidden.

[Droid803]

Its still there, and its fairly obvious the tech room description is serious and not a joke.
Of course, tech room descriptions also have the notorious reputation of just being WRONG many times...

[Androgeos Exeunt]

We could spend an entire day listing down all the inaccuracies.

[Snail]

Is it even official canon that the Aeolus was discontinued? I thought its tech room description was hidden.

Well it's canon at best and quasi-canon at worst. I take anything seriously stated by to be canon, but that's just me.

[Qent]

My interpretation is that the Aeolus was more cost-effective than either a Fenris or a Leviathan, but less than a Deimos which is why it was discontinued.

[offtopic]Is anyone else tempted to say "all of them" whenever they see the thread title? [/offtopic]

[Timerlane]

The Deimos TR description does tend to support the idea that the GTVA intended to replace cruisers with corvettes:

As the Leviathan and Fenris cruisers of the Great War are gradually phased out, these corvettes will become the foundation of tomorrow's fleet.

If the GTVA has that much money to spend, cool, but I fail to see how the Aeolus would not be a much more cost-efficient convoy escort vessel to fill some of the standard cruiser roles.

Unless the sheer flak-dakka that an Aeolus expends in a standard engagement tends to drain it of ammo, or something else that honestly limits the ship to some significant extent, yet isn't obvious to the player in a single mission.

[Paladin327]

i cant imagine the aeolus costs so much that its more exspensive than a ship twice its length which has more crew tht need to be paid.

[Snail]

i cant imagine the aeolus costs so much that its more exspensive than a ship twice its length which has more crew tht need to be paid.

It's not so much price as cost effectiveness.

[Droid803]

I don't think a Deimos is as cost effective as an Aeolus in escorting a small convoy TBH...

[Bob-san]

I think they thought they had enough Fenris and Levithan cruisers to do escort and expeditionary roles that the Aeolus, regardless of how much more effective, was overkill for the role.

[Qent]

The reason the Terrans don't like cruisers -- and again this is my interpretation -- is heavy fighters with Hornets. Cruisers wouldn't disappear, but they would become rarer.

[Snail]

I don't think a Deimos is as cost effective as an Aeolus in escorting a small convoy TBH...

A wing of fighters can do the job of an Aeolus much more easily.

[General Battuta]

I don't think a Deimos is as cost effective as an Aeolus in escorting a small convoy TBH...

A wing of fighters can do the job of an Aeolus much more easily.

Mmmmmmm...depends.

[Snail]

I don't think a Deimos is as cost effective as an Aeolus in escorting a small convoy TBH...

A wing of fighters can do the job of an Aeolus much more easily.

Mmmmmmm...depends.

Just send QD.


See! I didn't say Alpha 1! Haha!

[Bonehead]

So is there a document anywhere (I don't care if it's non-canon) that details the different fleets and their ships?

[General Battuta]

So is there a document anywhere (I don't care if it's non-canon) that details the different fleets and their ships?

If you want a non-canon one, you could always write one!

I think there's a speculative fleet list somewhere.

[Snail]

Well, Here's a fleets and the systems they're assigned to.