[karajorma]

Well in FS1 you only had the Orion, Levi and Fenris. They must have built hundreds of them. They could have stopped building all three 10 years before the start of FS2 and still have tonnes left so that they could keep popping up all the time.
 Production of all three probably stopped as soon as the GTVA had a replacement but there would still be lots of them left

[Blue Lion]

Do we have any idea just how many were made? I mean you see so few from what I thought they had.

[Su-tehp]

I haven't seen anything in FS canon to suggest any sort of number of FS1 ships. As for not seeing very many of these ships, You're not everywhere at once during the events of FS1 and FS2, so none of us can see the whole picture (if that even means anything).

Whether it's hundreds or dozens, I honestly have no idea.

But considering the large size of Terran and vasudan destroyers (and the fact that there are only 13 terran fleets and 13 vasudan battle groups) there can't have been more than a few dozen GTVA destroyers at the start of FS2. There couldn't have been more than 100 or so destroyers total.

Remember, during the NTF Rebellion, destroying ONE cruiser and ONE destroyer constituted a major victory. For that to be so, capital ships would have to be relatively rare.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Very true Su-Tehp. Anyway, what ever happened to the thread "The Entire GTVA Fleet (and a future one)" was this a VBB thread, it had every capship mentioned in the FS2 campaign, it was a great reference tool.

BTW, the bedt thing about the aelous is that it looks like a handheld vacuum cleaner.

[Zeronet]

Well the GTVA was pretty powerful, i mean they built the Collosus while their economy was in recession.

[phreak]

The fenris was only useful for anti-fighter duties until you got a maxim and infynos.  i hate aaa beams

[Redfang]

Originally posted by LtNarol
Every terran cruiser has a role, I wouldnt send a Leviathan on escort duty, they're too slow.

 
Maybe, but Aeolus has 30m/s speed, so it's fast, and it's tougher than Leviathan, and has about the same firepower as those both combined. It's likely more expensive, though.

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by Zeronet
Well the GTVA was pretty powerful, i mean they built the Collosus while their economy was in recession.

The Terrans were in recession for a while during the reconstruction Period after the First Great war, but the Vasudans had a huge economic boom at the same time when Khonsu II took over. And the Colossus took almost 22 years to complete; it's likely that the Terran recession (if we can call it that) ended, or at least mostly tapered off, by the start of FS2. Yeah, the NTF guys were pissed at the vasudans for their good economy, and Polaris, Regulus and Sirius were economically hard hit during the Reconstruction, but I'm sure Bosch and the (at this time secret) NTF would have adapted Polaris, Regulus and Sirius' economies once they knew they needed to build more ships to begin their rebellion.

My point is that I don't think the Terran recession lasted the full 22 years while the Colossus was being constructed and the Vasudans didn't really have much of a recession at all.

Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
Very true Su-Tehp. Anyway, what ever happened to the thread "The Entire GTVA Fleet (and a future one)" was this a VBB thread, it had every capship mentioned in the FS2 campaign, it was a great reference tool.

I think you mean CP5670's ship list. I have a copy of it somewhere, but I need to find it first. PM me and give me your addy and I'll send you a copy.

[CP5670]

Right here: http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/fs2csd.rtf

[Alikchi]

Also:
http://www.brainzipper.com/fs2/notes/fs2_ship_list.html

[Pegasus V]

I've got a ship list right here.

[Hippo]

Ok, about the Minnow in that list, it has to be an Orion... It said the "GTD Minow will assist with the blockade." GTD, shows it is terran, and the only terran destroyer in fs1 is the Orion...

[karajorma]

While the inclusion of FS1 ships is good CP5670 did a much more detailed list. I think you should use as many of his facts as he'll let you

[Mad Bomber]

The Aeolus is good. It's too bad it was discontinued.

[p1mp][eden]

Fortunately, in 2373, the GTVA started refurbishing old Fenrises and Leviathans, giving them completely new midsections and updated internals.

The result was the Peleus-class cruiser. It is just as effective as the Aeolus, but is much, much cheaper.

[/eden]

Appearing only in the Eden Project.

[/p1mp]

[Pegasus V]

Originally posted by Hippo
Ok, about the Minnow in that list, it has to be an Orion... It said the "GTD Minow will assist with the blockade." GTD, shows it is terran, and the only terran destroyer in fs1 is the Orion...

It is not stated anywhere that the Orion is the only destroyer of the Terran fleet.

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by Pegasus V
It is not stated anywhere that the Orion is the only class of destroyer of the Terran fleet.

But we can safely assume during FS1 that the Orion was the only class of Terran destroyer. There isn't a hint of any other kind of destroyer ever existing until the Hecate came along in FS2.

It's also stated (or hinted, at the very least) that until the Leviathan came along, the only kind of cruiser was the Fenris.

How long did Terrans have subspace travel before they met the Vasudans? Until the Terran-Vasudan war began, the GTA probably needed only colony ships and civilian tansports to move interstellar traffic. No warships would have been needed because the Terrans hadn't even encountered the Vasudans until 2321, when the T-V War began.

[Pegasus V]

Originally posted by Su-tehp
How long did Terrans have subspace travel before they met the Vasudans? Until the Terran-Vasudan war began, the GTA probably needed only colony ships and civilian tansports to move interstellar traffic. No warships would have been needed because the Terrans hadn't even encountered the Vasudans until 2321, when the T-V War began.

You're probably right, but we should assume anything.

It's also stated (or hinted, at the very least) that until the Leviathan came along, the only kind of cruiser was the Fenris.

I think you're right about this. I suppose the Fenris was the first Terran cruiser. Gee, it's been around a while, huh?

[StratComm]

CP's ship list needs AWACS.  The rest is quite thourough, but since AWACS vessles are named and apparently fairly rare, they should be included.  The Lucidity and Panopticon come to mind, though there are several more.

[Tar-Palantir]

Aeolus's were probably stop being made after it was discovered that they caused the crews to defect to the NTF. How many do you destroy? Quite a few  

As to the really reason....?

[Knight Templar]

CP's ship list needs AWACS. The rest is quite thourough, but since AWACS vessles are named and apparently fairly rare, they should be included. The Lucidity and Panopticon come to mind, though there are several more.

Don't forget the Hamako