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jeffery smith Lieutenant SG
Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 197 Location: Bothell,WA
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:33 am Post subject: |
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well not to get my head lobbed off but fighters were not a TOS thing (ducks quickly).
If the smallest carrier is going to carry 12 fighters in squadscale then the flight size could be 6 (which would then be 3 in fleetscale). or you could have 4 flights of 3(ss)/ 2 flights of 3(fs). personelly i prefer flights of 4 fighters each which could be the Squadscale with flights of 2 fighters each in Fleetscale.
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DNordeen Commander
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 3:03 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | fighters were not a TOS thing |
Neither were Lyrans, Selts, Hydrans...well you get the point.
Technically, there is a prototype. It's the hydran fighters on the back of one of the reference cards. _________________ Speed is life; Patience is victory
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Dal Downing Commander
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 651 Location: Western Wisconsin
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:17 am Post subject: |
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jeffery smith wrote: | well not to get my head lobbed off but fighters were not a TOS thing (ducks quickly).
If the smallest carrier is going to carry 12 fighters in squadscale then the flight size could be 6 (which would then be 3 in fleetscale). or you could have 4 flights of 3(ss)/ 2 flights of 3(fs). personelly i prefer flights of 4 fighters each which could be the Squadscale with flights of 2 fighters each in Fleetscale.
Mjwest: it might be easier to ponder this question if we had a prototype flight shipcard to test. |
Actually the smallest carrier wing is 4 where as most Escort (Frigate) Carriers carry 6. Mobile (War Destroyers) Carriers carry 8, Strike (Cruiser both CAs an CWs) Carriers usually have 12. And of course there are exceptions to these as well, the Kzinti CVL for exsmple have 9 I believe and we the Sparrowhawk based ones are just odd _________________ -Dal
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DNordeen Commander
Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 564
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:21 am Post subject: |
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I vaguely remember one of the Rom old series carried 3. It was deployed in pairs to have 6 total. Was it the snipe hull? _________________ Speed is life; Patience is victory
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terryoc Captain
Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1386
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:25 am Post subject: |
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DNordeen, IIRC that was based on the Battlehawk destroyer, not the Snipe. I may be misremembering though. _________________ "Captain" Terry O'Carroll, fourteen papers published including six best of issue
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Sneaky Scot Commander
Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 475 Location: Tintern, Monmouthshire
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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There were 2 ships based on the Battle Hawk: the War Hawk was the carrier, and carried 5 fighters, the Chicken Hawk (which I think is the one you're remembering) was a PF tender and carried 3 PFs. Both ships were operated in pairs, 2 War Hawks would give a total of 10 fighters (usually 5 superiority fighters and 5 torpedo fighters) and 2 Chicken Hawks would give a full PF flotilla of 6. _________________ Nothing is quite as persuasive as a disruptor pistol on slow burn and a rotisserie...... |
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DNordeen Commander
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah... I think it was the chickenhawk. _________________ Speed is life; Patience is victory
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Magnum357 Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 223
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I concure. The Romlan ChickenHawk, basically the early attempt by the Romulans to build a PF Tender. |
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