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cnuzzi Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 10 Jun 2017 Posts: 209
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:25 pm Post subject: Fed DD variants |
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I noticed that on the Fed DD ship card it says that some variants replace two of the four photons with drone racks or PL-F. It even has ammo and arming tracks for these. Are there designations for these variants? DDG for the drone version, perhaps? As for the PL version, DDF can't be used since it is already in use for the Fast DD, so what would it be called? Finally, is there a "DDP" version like the BCP that mounts two extra PH-1 in place of the two photons?
Also, why does the Fed DD have the same turn mode as a CA? |
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mjwest Commodore
Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 4075 Location: Dallas, Texas
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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You are correct that the DDG is the drone armed variant.
The plasma armed variant is the DDL.
There is no variant the replaces two photons with Ph-1.
And the DD should have a turn mode slightly better than that of a CA. If it's the same, then that's a mistake that was never caught. _________________
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cnuzzi Lieutenant Commander
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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OK, so Turn Mode C (like the Middle Years version) rather than D? |
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Steve Cole Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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I gotta look at the turn mode thing before clearing that.
On the other hand, DDP is worth being sent to Petrick as an obvious variant. It has to be approved for SFB before it could be in FC. _________________ The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander
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mjwest Commodore
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Steve Cole wrote: | On the other hand, DDP is worth being sent to Petrick as an obvious variant. It has to be approved for SFB before it could be in FC. |
It is such an obvious variant, that I had assumed it was pretty much already rejected. It just seems that taking a small 100 point ship and loading it down with eight phaser-1s was just asking for trouble. That is pretty brutal. Heck, at that point the photons just become ornamentation. _________________
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Sgt_G Commander
Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 530 Location: Offutt AFB, Nebraska
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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mjwest wrote: | Heck, at that point the photons just become ornamentation. | They're good for victory celebration fireworks show. _________________ Garth L. Getgen
Master Sgt, US Air Force, Retired -- 1981-2007 -- 1W091A |
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Mike Fleet Captain
Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 1675 Location: South Carolina
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 1:25 am Post subject: |
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Federation destroyer card C5 has a turn mode of D. This is the plasma-F variant.
Fed DD card R4 has a turn mode of C.
Fed DDF card C502 has a turn mode of C. _________________ Mike
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