[aldo_14]

BTW, Strike Carriers don't need to have a specific designation - the Rakshasa is a light carrier, and is designated SC.

although, I doubt a GTVA cruiser class ship could really carry that many fighters.... dues to the relative sizes (300m cruiser, 25m fighters, excluding cargo space, logistical supplies, etc)

I think the smallest class ship that could carry fighters would be a large corvette / small frigate, and they would have to be specially developed for the lack of space.

[morris13]

Rakshasha carries fighters? I thought it was the Moloch corvette that had the fighterbays.

[Killfrenzy]

No, the Moloch has a hangar.

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by aldo_14
BTW, Strike Carriers don't need to have a specific designation - the Rakshasa is a light carrier, and is designated SC.

Yeah, because it's a Shivan Cruiser. I'm talking about SC at the end of a designation, like GTSC Faustus, not just SC by itself.

BTW, the Rakshasa is a medium cruiser, not a light carrier.

although, I doubt a GTVA cruiser class ship could really carry that many fighters.... dues to the relative sizes (300m cruiser, 25m fighters, excluding cargo space, logistical supplies, etc)

Probably not. Maybe 1 wing's worth of fighters, with barely adequate supplies. Cruiser sized ships should not waste space on fighters.

I think the smallest class ship that could carry fighters would be a large corvette / small frigate, and they would have to be specially developed for the lack of space.

Right, at least corvette sized. Not a very big number of fighters, either, but enough to defend it and do quick strikes.

Take a look at the Obirians in Nodewar and you'll see what I'm talking about. The Daedalus dropship's two fighterbays are filled with l33t, compactable Obirian fighters. (W00t and i get to p1mp NW too!)

[Killfrenzy]

GTSC = Galactic Terran Science Cruiser :D

[TrashMan]

Has anyone thought of the posibility that the hangar on the Science Vessel is for Probes!?

[Mad Bomber]

What science vessel? You mean the GTSC Faustus? That has no hangar...

[TrashMan]

Oh, no?

Check again!;7

[karajorma]

I`ve never found the hanger in FS2 but Fred says that it has a hanger so where is it? At the front?

[Fineus]

Yeah, at the bottom:



I think that's where it is...

[Mad Bomber]

How odd, i never noticed that before.

[Zeronet]

Heres a little dropship of mine.

[Killfrenzy]

Angle the wings down slightly (about 15 - 20 degrees) and make them thinner.

[an0n]

If he does that it'll look even more like a Serapis.

[Killfrenzy]

Too big and chunky to look like a Serapis.

[Zeronet]

Its influenced by the Droid Federation Lander, just more angular. I'll probably end up scrapping it and doing another, which i'll again scrap and then make another, which will be better.

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Mad Bomber
Yeah, because it's a Shivan Cruiser. I'm talking about SC at the end of a designation, like GTSC Faustus, not just SC by itself.

BTW, the Rakshasa is a medium cruiser, not a light carrier.

Probably not. Maybe 1 wing's worth of fighters, with barely adequate supplies. Cruiser sized ships should not waste space on fighters.

Right, at least corvette sized. Not a very big number of fighters, either, but enough to defend it and do quick strikes.

Take a look at the Obirians in Nodewar and you'll see what I'm talking about. The Daedalus dropship's two fighterbays are filled with l33t, compactable Obirian fighters. (W00t and i get to p1mp NW too!)

Generally speaking, the smaller the carrier, the less efficient it is.  It sounds self-evident, but it might not be.  For example, against fighters an Aeolus is highly efficient, and is able to easily eliminate a single wing of fighters.  Even a Leviathan can do well against a single wing.  Thus, a light carrier carrying a wing or two of fighters is a loosing proposition.   You have to pay for and crew the carrier ship, which isn't cheap, plus you have to pay for the expensive and fragile fighters which will probably be going through some very high rates of attrition.

And a minor note on crewing:  A Nimitz class carrier has an air wing of 2500, and a naval crew of 3500.
That's roughly 25 people per fighter.  A Perry class frigate has a typical crew of a mere 187., and a Burke, 340.  Small carriers are simply not efficient.

[Killfrenzy]

Shivans don't have a crewing problem!

[Galemp]

I thought the bay on the Faustis was on the side of the back. Open it in FRED and turn on docking paths...

[Killfrenzy]

That'll be a hatch-based dockpoint, NOT a hangar bay. :D