ISC Flagship Cruiser

pneumonic81 · Post by **pneumonic81** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:00 pm

I know some of you SFB'ers out there have the flagship cruiser, does anyone happen to know the shield values on that thing?

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:39 pm

30-30-24-24-24-30

pneumonic81 · Post by **pneumonic81** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:43 pm

man, they just never bothered with anything but that number for all cruiser levels lol. I held out hope the CC might actually upgrade a bit.

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:48 pm

Just think of it as economy of production.

Why produce multiple types of shield generators when you can just produce a heck'ofa lot of the stander 30-30-24-24-24-30, one-size-fits-all generators?

Davec_24 · Post by **Davec_24** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:56 pm

That's still pretty good shields though, whether or not it's different to the ordinary cruiser

Presumably something else about the ship is better instead, such as more power/weapons and of course the usual for CCs is improved command facilities (not the case with the Lyran CC, admittedly).

pneumonic81 · Post by **pneumonic81** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:41 pm

oh yeah its a beast otherwise. 2 ppd, 2 pl-s, 8 ph-1, 6 ph-3, 6 pl-fs.

i just didn't have access to that peticular ship and wondered if they bothered enhancing the shields like the other CCs got.

Have to wonder if the ISC ever made a BC or BCH that had better shields.

Davec_24 · Post by **Davec_24** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:05 pm

Now that (ISC BCH) would be a true beast. They may not have one, since their heavy cruisers are practically the size of everybody else's BCH anyway - you could see they don't really need one!

Magnum357 · Post by **Magnum357** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:06 am

I may be wrong on this, but I always looked at ISC Capitol ships as one higher Class type then what there card says. For example, a CL is probably more comparable to a CA (or at least a Middle era CA). A CA/CC is closer to a CCH or perhaps a BCH. There DN's are closer to a Heavy Dreadnaught or perhaps a Light Battleship (if there is such a thing). There picket vessels though, are fairly close to other races comparable ships (POL, FF, DD, etc.).

But if the ISC did ever come up with a BCH, wouldn't it be comparable to a Dreadnaught of other races? Actually better, it would have the speed and maneouvering of a Cruiser, with possible DN armament (YIKES!).

DNordeen · Post by **DNordeen** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:22 am

Hmm...Light Battleship. I think that sounds like a new ship everyone will want to have.

Davec_24 · Post by **Davec_24** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:31 am

Isn't a "light battleship" basically the same as a heavy dreadnought? DNH type ships were invented to cover the gap between dreadnought and battleship, so I'd imagine that a "light battleship" would be very similar to a DNH. It's sort of like a CCH being between a CC and a BCH.

Perhaps a "light battleship" would have a difference of design, for example a light battleship could go down the common 4-engine design route used on battleships, but using 4 light cruiser engines instead of heavy cruiser ones, or something like that. This would bring its power out about that of a DNH but with a "war battleship" sort of configuration. Anyway a DNH would probably do the job just fine if you can't be bothered with the idea, but that's not to stop anyone from having a bash at "light battleships" if you want to.