[LtNarol]

Ok, this may have been discussed already, but I couldnt find it, so here it is.

Was production on the Aeolus line halted at anytime before, during, or planned for after the FS2 timeframe?

If so, what was the reason behind it?

Thanks in advance.

[Pegasus V]

Yes it was halted. I think it was just before the NTF-GTVA war. I think they gave a raw figure of how many were produced, but I can't remember. They were halted because they weren't as effective as they had planned. And the newer Corvettes were doing a better job.

[LtNarol]

Nevermind, I feel really stupid, found the entry in the ships table.  Sorry bout this yall.

[Blue Lion]

Sucks though, the Aeolus rocked

[Su-tehp]

True, but Aldo's new warcruiser class mods (GTWc Griffin and GTWc Orc) do a fine job of taking its place.

[Pegasus V]

Originally posted by Su-tehp
True, but Aldo's new warcruiser class mods (GTWc Griffin and GTWc Orc) do a fine job of taking its place.

Orc you say? I haven't seen that one. Can you direct me to a picture or something? Cheers.

[Knight Templar]

Aeolous kicked hella ass, 2 dozen were made i beleive, thats 24 for you bakers out there

[Su-tehp]

Pegasus, I don't know if there are any pictures of the GTWc Orc on the 'Net. You might try Aldo's Reciprocity website, but since the Reciprocity campaign is undergoing a rehaul (or so I understood), you might not find a pic there anymore.

However, I do have the Orc on my hard drive. The problem is, I don't have all the Orc files organized into a zipfile, so it will take me at least a day to organize everything and send it to you via e-mail.

And I don't have your addy yet...

But one thing at a time. Keep in touch, Peggy, and I'll try to help you out.

Or you could save yourself the wait and go to Aldo directly. I'm sure he could send you a zipfile of the Orc straight away. It's his mod, after all.

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Aeolous kicked hella ass, 2 dozen were made i beleive, thats 24 for you bakers out there

Yeah, bakers seem to think a dozen equals 13, not 12. Call me a paranoid schizophrenic, but I could never trust anyone who wasn't triskadecaphobic.

[Pegasus V]

Originally posted by Su-tehp
But one thing at a time. Keep in touch, Peggy, and I'll try to help you out.

Cheers . -PMed-

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Pegasus V
Yes it was halted. I think it was just before the NTF-GTVA war. I think they gave a raw figure of how many were produced, but I can't remember. They were halted because they weren't as effective as they had planned. And the newer Corvettes were doing a better job.

That's ridiculous. That ship is pure death to fighters and bombers stupid enough to attack it. I did hear somewhere that the aeolus was discontinued because it was too expensive to make so it was better to save the money and build corvettes instead.
 That makes more sense cause if the aeolus was much cheaper than a deimos the GTVA would be foolish not to build more.

[Pegasus V]

Originally posted by karajorma


That's ridiculous. That ship is pure death to fighters and bombers stupid enough to attack it. I did hear somewhere that the aeolus was discontinued because it was too expensive to make so it was better to save the money and build corvettes instead.
 That makes more sense cause if the aeolus was much cheaper than a deimos the GTVA would be foolish not to build more.

I'll see what I can find tonight. It certainly was more powerful than a Fenris/Leviathan in FS2, that's for sure...

[Darkage]

Originally posted by Pegasus V


I'll see what I can find tonight. It certainly was more powerful than a Fenris/Leviathan in FS2, that's for sure...

Anything is stronger then a Fenris/Leviathan, even a cargo container could destroy a Fenris and 2 Containers can destroy a Leviathan.

[vyper]

"The Aeolus was a fine ship for the time of the initial NTF rebellion, however her anti-fighter defences proved to minimalistic against the swarms of Shivan fighters encountered during the Knossos War (fs2). Her ship-to-ship beam weapons were here main saving grace, but even these were inferior compared to the damage a Corvette could meat out. The Aeolus suffered from her designers lacking an understanding of Shivan tactics, or perhaps an ignorance of them. This ship was designed to fight ships built by Terrans or Vasudans and as such was little use after the quelling of the NTF. " - Matt's non existent Freespace Encyclopedia

[Black Wolf]

But surely we've destroyed them all by now? As far as I'm concerned, the Aeolus went back into production after the death of Capella due to the fact that the GTVA's major adversaries were flying small ships, and capship to cpship battles were rare, so anti fighter weaponry would be far more practical than anti capship. Simple .

[CP5670]

One more thing: although 24 of them were produced, at least 14 or 15 were destroyed during the FS2 campaign, so they are few of them left now. I decided to bring them back in my campaign (created a similar excuse to Black Wolf's ), but that is not official.

They should have discontinued the Fenris instead; the armor on that thing is crap...

[Redfang]

Yeah, Aeolus is very good ship, it's fast, has firepower and is pretty tough. It's well balanced, has the power against other large ships and also against fighters and bombers, compared to Shivan cruisers like Lilith, which can destroy large ships fast, but can't do much to fighters.
 
I don't like attacking Aeoluses.
 

Originally posted by karajorma
the GTVA would be foolish

 
GTVA is stupid, usually.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by CP5670
They should have discontinued the Fenris instead; the armor on that thing is crap...

Who says they didn`t. I get the impression that they stopped building the fenris long ago but that they are so many of them that they turn up all the time.

[LtNarol]

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

[CP5670]

Who says they didn`t. I get the impression that they stopped building the fenris long ago but that they are so many of them that they turn up all the time.

I suppose that could be true, but they tend to pop up so often that it seems that production definitely went on longer than it should have. (even if it ended by the end of FS2)

[Blue Lion]

Originally posted by darkage



Anything is stronger then a Fenris/Leviathan, even a cargo container could destroy a Fenris and 2 Containers can destroy a Leviathan.

"We've got 2 incoming cargo containers! Scramble the fighters, this is gonna be rough"