Ships Federal Corvette

[Sayne]

Feds getting shafted? Seriously? They get one of the best combat ships in the entire game with the FAS.

It has paper thin shields because the hull is 75 tonnes too heavy for the biggest shield generator it can mount.

Shields are much more important than armor.

So unless they do something about that, yes the Feds get the shaft.

 

[Crimson Kaim]

Because I despise turrets.

While I think it would be hilarious to fly an Anaconda with a manouverbility of 8 or better, I doubt there will be any (big) ship like that.

 

[Bacalao]

Hardly conclusive evidence that it is damage reduction as opposed to recharge... without knowing how the code is written it is still pretty much pure speculation. The actual relevant point though is that the duration of the shields are extended - now whether that duration changes wrt the class/grade of Power Distributor used was not even covered by the looks of things.
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Damage reduction v. Recharge would be indistinguishable given the nature of the test and generally the distinction is irrelevant from our perspective since the end results would be exactly the same in essence.

It's super easy to distinguish the two of those. Damage the shields to nill, put 1 pip in, time to full, put 4 pips in, charge to full. Damage the shields with 1 pip to nill, let them recharge, damage them with 4 pips to nill under the same circumstances. Tested. The first test will tell you if pips affect recharge rate (they don't), the second will tell you if pips affect strength (they do).

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While I think it would be hilarious to fly an Anaconda with a manouverbility of 8 or better, I doubt there will be any (big) ship like that.

It basically does already, it's slow, but it's pitch and yaw are so good you can track just about anything. I haven't noticed at all how maneuverability stats in game are actually representative of how a ship handles.

 

[lenna]

It's super easy to distinguish the two of those. Damage the shields to nill, put 1 pip in, time to full, put 4 pips in, charge to full. Damage the shields with 1 pip to nill, let them recharge, damage them with 4 pips to nill under the same circumstances. Tested. The first test will tell you if pips affect recharge rate (they don't), the second will tell you if pips affect strength (they do).

A friend has actually tested it by turning off the shields and timing the recharge time... their experience shows the pips do affect recharge from turning them back on. Depending on the shields and power distributor though the difference may be marginal.
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Unless the test is done with a variety of configurations on the same ship, any conclusions drawn would be far from conclusive.
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Update
Based on a controlled experiment along the lines outlined above my findings are as follows:-

1. Shield Rebuild takes a fixed number of cycles and draws power from the System capacitor, if the capacitor runs dry then the number of pips in systems affects rebuild (0 pips = stops rebuild, 5 pips = maximum rebuild speed)
2. Shield Regen from the rebuild point (50%-66%) seems to be affected by system capacitor power availability or the capacitor regen (aka Pip level) if capacitor is empty

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So in essence, shield regen speed may be fixed to a point but it is dependent on stored capacitor power and capacitor regen. I would not be surprised if the maximum system capacitor power drain is directly related to the power draw rating of the shields.
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My test was run on a Diamond Back Explorer with 4B Power Plant (14.3MW @ 81.1%/94.3% Load), 4A Power Distributer (Sys:23MJ/1.9MW), 4C Shield Generator (140.74MJ/2.2MW) plus 2 x D Shield Boosters (+16%/1MW)
Total Shield Capacity: 163.26MJ.
Numbers taken from Coriolis.
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With 1 pip in System resulted in a single capacitor level drain (10%) per 2 second recharge cycle (1.15MW more drain than recharge), 2 pips seemed to be about balanced (drain to recharge).
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More tests with different kit load-outs would need to be done to form any real hard conclusions, but the available system capacitor power over time (Power Distributer level and System Pips) does have an effect on shield regen and rebuild times.

 

[Everett Mcgill]

The photo of the Corvette bridge in newsletter #91 makes it look like this ship is much larger than the Anaconda. The window in the background appears to be the smallest window aft of the other larger windows. This smallest window appears to be 4 or 5 feet high compared to the size of the nearby chair. The aft bridge window on the Anaconda seems to be only around 2 feet high. So although the bridge windows on the two ships seem similar in shape, the bridge must be much larger on the Corvette. Combine that with the fact that the corvette bridge is proportionally smaller compared to the rest of the ship and it means the Corvette will be significantly larger than the Anaconda, perhaps even too large to dock on large landing pads. Which brings me to the other detail I noticed. There are two rows of 4 pistons behind the bridge that look similar to the sort of pistons used on the docking bay beneath the Anaconda. Could there be a docking bay that opens behind the bridge allowing you to leave your Corvette outside the station while you dock a smaller ship to do your business? And of course there is still the question of the use of the 6 ports on each side (and possibly an identical set beneath). They look exactly like what I have assumed are the fighter launch bays on the Federal Battlecruiser which are large enough to launch Condors. Perhaps they are not fighter launch bays, but if not then what are they for? So, if this ship can launch 24 condors and has a docking bay behind the bridge, that will be a huge game changer. It seems like we will need NPC crew if all this is true. Who will fly the fighters and who will look after the ship while I am docked? I am looking forward to hearing what the develops wil reveal as December approaches...

 

[dienerinlb]

The photo of the Corvette bridge in newsletter #91 makes it look like this ship is much larger than the Anaconda. The window in the background appears to be the smallest window aft of the other larger windows. This smallest window appears to be 4 or 5 feet high compared to the size of the nearby chair. The aft bridge window on the Anaconda seems to be only around 2 feet high. So although the bridge windows on the two ships seem similar in shape, the bridge must be much larger on the Corvette. Combine that with the fact that the corvette bridge is proportionally smaller compared to the rest of the ship and it means the Corvette will be significantly larger than the Anaconda, perhaps even too large to dock on large landing pads. Which brings me to the other detail I noticed. There are two rows of 4 pistons behind the bridge that look similar to the sort of pistons used on the docking bay beneath the Anaconda. Could there be a docking bay that opens behind the bridge allowing you to leave your Corvette outside the station while you dock a smaller ship to do your business? And of course there is still the question of the use of the 6 ports on each side (and possibly an identical set beneath). They look exactly like what I have assumed are the fighter launch bays on the Federal Battlecruiser which are large enough to launch Condors. Perhaps they are not fighter launch bays, but if not then what are they for? So, if this ship can launch 24 condors and has a docking bay behind the bridge, that will be a huge game changer. It seems like we will need NPC crew if all this is true. Who will fly the fighters and who will look after the ship while I am docked? I am looking forward to hearing what the develops wil reveal as December approaches...

Doesn't look like that to me. The window you can see is the upper large side window. The small window is hidden by the pilot's seat. The bridge also seems to be about half the width of the anaconda bridge.

 

[Everett Mcgill]

Doesn't look like that to me. The window you can see is the upper large side window. The small window is hidden by the pilot's seat. The bridge also seems to be about half the width of the anaconda bridge.

Look at the shape of the window. It has to be the smallest window. Also, you can see the back wall behind the farthest seat and there is no smaller window back there.

 

[dienerinlb]

Look at the shape of the window. It has to be the smallest window. Also, you can see the back wall behind the farthest seat and there is no smaller window back there.

Ok, I think you may need to cut down on the Dapper Dan. It seems to be soaking in too deep. The smaller window is hidden behind the back of the pilot's seat.


This is the corvette bridge.


This is the anaconda bridge.

The anaconda bridge is much, much wider than the corvette.

 

[Everett Mcgill]

Ok, I think you may need to cut down on the Dapper Dan. It seems to be soaking in too deep. The smaller window is hidden behind the back of the pilot's seat. The anaconda bridge is much, much wider than the corvette.

Perhaps you are right about the Dapper Dan. After looking more closely I can see the smallest rear window way in the back hidden in the shadows (it is not blocked by the pilot seat).

edit: and I forgot to mention that the schematic on the wall in the background of the Corvette bridge looks like it could be showing a ship in the docking bay, and I don't recognize the silhouette of that ship but it looks somewhat dropshipy.

 

[sonicology]

The anaconda bridge is much, much wider than the corvette.

This was my first impression also; the corvette bridge is much more compact by comparison, which is in keeping with the utilitarian design theme seen in other Federal vessels.

 

[Crimson Kaim]

I wouldn't actually care if the Corvette is smaller than the Conda. In this case, however, it should be more agile than the Anaconda and in addition, due to its two huge HP, it should also be more agile than the Python because huge HP can only mount fixed or gimb weapons (C4 ofcourse).

If it has to rely on turrets then the Corvette is even more of a failure than the gunship.
I could imagine the Corvette being a heavy fighter rather than a heavy tank or cruiser.

But it definately needs some good stats with this poor firepower. C8 PD and manouverbility of 5 plus some good shields and/or armor and maybe good top speed.
In the end I don't really expect too much, though. They stated "massive" stopping power for the Corvette and "good hardpoint placememts for turrets" for the Gunship, which is basically a copy of the Dropship with, once again, two small, useless hardpoints in addition.

 

[SAB380]

Why does everyone presume this is bigger than an Anaconda? It is the biggest pilotable federal ship but that means it's just bigger than a drop ship hull.
Traditionally corvette class ships combine speed, manoeuvrability and decent weapons. I hope this is case.

Point is we really don't know yet.

I thought it was stated that this was 30% larger than the Conda, or did I imagine that?

 

[h347h]

Ok, I think you may need to cut down on the Dapper Dan. It seems to be soaking in too deep. The smaller window is hidden behind the back of the pilot's seat.

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This is the corvette bridge.

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This is the anaconda bridge.

The anaconda bridge is much, much wider than the corvette.

Where did the corvette bridge pic come from?

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I thought it was stated that this was 30% larger than the Conda, or did I imagine that?

I have never seen or heard that. I all I have ever read is that its going to be the largest player pilotable Federation ship. If it were that much larger than the Anaconda with this fire power it would be a joke though. If it were was slightly larger than the Python it would be right on the spot.

 

[SAB380]

Why does everyone presume this is bigger than an Anaconda? It is the biggest pilotable federal ship but that means it's just bigger than a drop ship hull.
Traditionally corvette class ships combine speed, manoeuvrability and decent weapons. I hope this is case.

Point is we really don't know yet.

Where did the corvette bridge pic come from?

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I have never seen or heard that. I all I have ever read is that its going to be the largest player pilotable Federation ship. If it were that much larger than the Anaconda with this fire power it would be a joke though. If it were was slightly larger than the Python it would be right on the spot.

Corvette bridge was peak of the week in the newsletter.

Maybe I did imagine the size difference! Lol

 

[Sloan Kettering]

Large beams suck use pulse. Even on an anaconda, pulse outperforms beams. It's highly unlikely that this ship will have a bigger distributor than an anaconda. Most of you haven't done much combat in large ships I gather.

 

[Sloan Kettering]

I thought it was stated that this was 30% larger than the Conda, or did I imagine that?

I'm pretty sure it's not going to be quite as big as the anaconda. There was an old newsletter that described it as the largest combat focused ship and I remember some of our less literate forum members were going on about it being the largest ship in threads about it. I don't think anything has been revealed for certain though.
Unless it can mass lock an anaconda while being significantly faster than it I'm not going to be that interested in it.

 

[Bunkerkind Anni]

can anyone identify the ship on the screen in the back of the corvettes cockpit?

 

[lenna]

can anyone identify the ship on the screen in the back of the corvettes cockpit?

(scratch that) - not sure

 

[Bunkerkind Anni]

but your right, its a dropship. forgot that the dropship had those small fins. and the rectangles there represent the weapon mounts on the underside pretty well.

maybe that means the corvette can carry a dropship in its belly? (would make sense)

 

[Clawhammer]

What iam asking myself is, wich Fed Rank do i need?