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storeylf · Fleet Captain Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1897

Thanks for the galleon, but the text next to it?

storeylf · Fleet Captain Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1897

Ooops - something weird was happening when I was posting, and there are now 3 versions of this post, but the other 2 are corrupted so delete them please.

Mod: OK. Problem fix.

mjwest · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 8:30 pm Post subject:

Eh, maybe.

Anyway, know it is a brand new ship that isn't even in SFB yet. In its own way, you can probably think of it as the "Andromedan tug".
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storeylf · Fleet Captain Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1897

Oh?

Bolo_MK_XL · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:01 pm Post subject:

Capt Jack · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:24 pm Post subject:

I'm Happy for you to have an Andro "target" ship Laughing

Won't be a target for long, it will be dust or captured Evil or Very Mad

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mjwest · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject:

First, G3A isn't published yet. So, yes, it is appearing in FC first.

As for "target", it is true that it is weapons light. But, don't forget that it can carry the same payload as a Dominator, and they don't have to just be cargo pods ...
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terryoc · Captain Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1386

Indeed. It can carry 4xMamba, a formidable group of escorts.

Makes sense that it can ferry replacement Sat Ships as well as cargo.

What's an Andro cargo pod look like in FC, anyway? How many hangar points does it occupy?
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storeylf · Fleet Captain Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1897

Nerroth · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 3:04 pm Post subject:

It would be interesting to see someone try to take one of those down using an Iridani Galleon. For the Grand Quest!
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Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3821

Score another point for the SFU Drinking Game (TM).

anyway, the small cargo pod (viper size) has 36 cargo boxes and the medium one has 48. There is no large one (at least, not that we know about) but it would have 72.
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mjwest · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:45 pm Post subject:

Wow. That means a Galleon can carry 288 boxes of cargo in its hangar bay (regardless of cargo pod size). That beats the crap out of a galatic tug! Especially since that doesn't even affect is movement rate and turn mode. Obviously, every satellite ship carried drops that total, but that is still quite impressive.

Even the Conquistador version will be able to carry 144 boxes of cargo in its hangar bay. That's still a pretty impressive cargo capacity.
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Nerroth · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 5:52 pm Post subject:

They would make for great RTN-builders, too; the Galleon could carry all four component modules of a battle station, and still have enough room left over for a couple of Cobra escorts.
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terryoc · Captain Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1386

The Andro cargo pods make pretty much all Andro motherships capable tugs, if need be. Probably why they never built Galleons and only one or two Infestors.
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Scoutdad · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:28 pm Post subject: