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Aabh Lieutenant SG
Joined: 27 Aug 2011 Posts: 134 Location: Arvada, Colorado
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:31 am Post subject: Fed Hospital Ship |
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I'm using a 2500 Old CL for a hospital ship and I have a question:
Does a Hospital ship have the torpedo launchers on either side of the... um... I guess it's not a "saucer"... the front part.
That seems a little "Anti-Hospital ship" but before I clip off the launchers then regret it, I thought I'd check _________________
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mjwest Commodore
Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 4075 Location: Dallas, Texas
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:46 am Post subject: |
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The Hospital Ship does not have photon torpedoes (or anything like that). However, I recommend NOT cutting off the "horns", as they would have been used for something else, not simply removed. _________________
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Sgt_G Commander
Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 529 Location: Offutt AFB, Nebraska
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:42 am Post subject: |
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Maybe they got converted to docking grapples / gangways to send rescue teams onto crippled ships. _________________ Garth L. Getgen
Master Sgt, US Air Force, Retired -- 1981-2007 -- 1W091A |
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djdood Commodore
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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Most of the "guts" for a given weapon is inside the hull, to make it easier to service and repair. Usually, only an emitter ball-turret, or collimator band, or (in the case of photons and plasmas) a firing-tube port are exposed to the outside.
The oCL is an odd duck, since it's photons were old, early, version that was much bigger. I'm sure those were swapped out for modern mounts when the ships were refitted (one of the many times), but those big "tusk/horn" housings remained. Like Mike said, the excess space in them was undoubtedly put to some other productive use (even if just more storage). _________________
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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Giant syringes for injecting "infected" space amoebas? _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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Aabh Lieutenant SG
Joined: 27 Aug 2011 Posts: 134 Location: Arvada, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:17 am Post subject: |
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Do you really want to get that close to an Amoeba? o.O
Thanks guys! I'll leave the torpe...erm...docking syringes on the ship! _________________
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Spacecowboy87 Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 03 Jan 2012 Posts: 209 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:55 am Post subject: |
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And let's not forget ST:II...a corpse fits nicely in a torpedo casing. _________________ Damn, these dice are cold! |
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Spacecowboy87 Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 03 Jan 2012 Posts: 209 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:59 am Post subject: |
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And where did you get enough 2500's to have an extra CL to turn into a hospital ship? Nice problem to have!! _________________ Damn, these dice are cold! |
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Aabh Lieutenant SG
Joined: 27 Aug 2011 Posts: 134 Location: Arvada, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:04 am Post subject: |
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No extras... I actually (Forgive me, I know it's popular) don't like the OCL too much, I intend to deploy NCL's in my fleets when those come out. So this is the lone OCL that comes in the Squadron box. At the moment, the "role" of the NCL's in my battle squadron are being played by a single CA until the NCL's become available. _________________
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