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It was a Jaws reference, originally "You're going to need a bigger boat."
Perhaps a medium-sized Saud Kruger luxury passenger ship (obviously supporting luxury passenger cabins). I'm thinking this because it's the one role that has yet to be touched by the new ships, and there's currently no medium-sized Saud Kruger ship.
Would be best if they also added some extra content for which to use the new ship. For example add passenger missions (that require luxury cabins) to PP2 or something.
TBH I was going for the "In soviet russia..." meme.It was a Jaws reference, originally "You're going to need a bigger boat."
A meme-collision! But both have their place and are valid.
What's your idea other than copy pasting the Farragut?
Since the Turner-class was a large ship, could see an updated "MkII" version as a contender for the Alliance.
Imho, FDev needs to open up a new class of ships that fall dimensionally between the large ships and a fleet carrier. Maybe start with a ship that has a couple of landing pads (one L and one M or a M and S ?? ), that flies like a large ship but obviously much less maneuverable.
A Farragut Class ship (size wise - assuming its 1600m - 2000m L ) would be the largest ship a player could pilot as a big lumbering Large ship. The largest ED Large ship is ~210m L, 130m W, 40m H; a FC is ~3200m L, 700m W.
A ship smaller than a Farragut, around 1000m L, 400m W could fit a couple of pads, easily. ... turrets only and have a few SLF slots for defense. A 1000m to 1600m L ship would be the starting point.
You can land a S-Class X4 ship on a Destroyer Class, why not do the same with ED. out of the box it would be understood but ... dream big
Edit: corrected M-Class to S-Class. M-Class can land on Carriers (Raptor).
A Farragut Class ship (size wise - assuming its 1600m - 2000m L ) would be the largest ship a player could pilot as a big lumbering Large ship. The largest ED Large ship is ~210m L, 130m W, 40m H; a FC is ~3200m L, 700m W.
A ship smaller than a Farragut, around 1000m L, 400m W could fit a couple of pads, easily. ... turrets only and have a few SLF slots for defense. A 1000m to 1600m L ship would be the starting point.
You can land a S-Class X4 ship on a Destroyer Class, why not do the same with ED. out of the box it would be understood but ... dream big
Edit: corrected M-Class to S-Class. M-Class can land on Carriers (Raptor).
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I realize that Farragut Class has become quite the buzz word and despite some people even producing images of the ship, this question remains unanswered: why?
I want this ship, 'because it is bigger than all the existing ships', is not a compelling reason for its creation.
Because it's the natural commander career progression from Fleet Carrier. Once Fleet Carriers were introduced, there's no compelling reason for players to NOT have access to Capital Class ships. I think you need to answer "why not" because the reasons for this are pretty self evident.
Imagine a REAL Thargoid war with Fleet Carriers serving as forward operating bases for combat ships needing fire support and protection from Farragut's piloted by real commanders. All of this being coordinated by players etc etc.
Also they would serve as a much needed money-sink. Also...didn't you ever watch Star Wars or read Heir to the Empire trilogy? Capital Ship fleet ops are awesome and we needs it.
They want something that arrives and departs like an FC but is slightly vulnerable to attack so can be made to retreat.
Any class of ship that falls between a Large ship and the FC, would obviously have to interact with the current set of Stations via their on board ship(s). Same as a FC.
It is going to be interesting to see how the PC Mk2 fits through. I've flown hundreds of hours in my Beluga and its not hard at all. If the PC has the same cross sectional area of a Beluga, no problemo at all sliding it through the toaster. .... maybe
This is fantasy time conceptualizing stuff in a pixel fantasy game. That is all.
Have a nice day
It is going to be interesting to see how the PC Mk2 fits through. I've flown hundreds of hours in my Beluga and its not hard at all. If the PC has the same cross sectional area of a Beluga, no problemo at all sliding it through the toaster. .... maybe
This is fantasy time conceptualizing stuff in a pixel fantasy game. That is all.
Have a nice day
A new Extra Large class could be interesting. The Drake Fleet Carriers feel like mobile-bases because they can only teleport between locations. An XL ship would be pilotable meaning, you give an order and it flies directly to a spot within a star system. It should also be capable of landing on a planet surface.
Fdev needs to sell ships for years to come so this would be a good addition to the shipyards.
Some stations (Coriolis etc) could have external docks. The FC does not fly to a destination, it just teleports via hyperspace.
True. The gameplay could be like Dreadnaught (2018) with Thargoid XL ships for PVE.
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I can imagine an XL class that lands on external pads only - like at a FC or a construction pad. Getting through the mailslot though, not going to happen. Putting external pads on a rotating station is going to be a recipe for disaster though.
Mind you, for planetary landings, they need to look at that a bit more. Right now there's no reason any planet shouldn't have a L landing pad - its not like there's anything for a thousand kilometres so there's space for them. But then stop super huge ships from landing on thicker atmospheres, the thicker the atmosphere the smaller the craft needed to land.
New ships: 2025
Well here we are getting the Panther Clipper Mk2 at the end of August. But the plan is to have 2 more ships by the end of the year, fall and winter. I wonder what kind of ships they'll be.
The Capital Ship Dock could be expanded for XL ships. Or make it an XL ship dock. Not every station would have 1 though.
Yeah well the Idris in Star Citizen can land on planets. In ED a landing pad is required for port services.
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