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Re: Dreadnought Class
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:07 pm
by Captain Seafort
McAvoy wrote:...and their stations are 100+ 500+ miles in diameter.
Fixed. 8)
Re: Dreadnought Class
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:34 pm
by McAvoy
The first one was 100+ miles in diameter.
Re: Dreadnought Class
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:43 pm
by Captain Seafort
True, but I think it's best to look at the upper end of the range if we're examining capabilities. Most battleships were a fair bit smaller than twelve miles as well.
Re: Dreadnought Class
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:23 pm
by McAvoy
Most likely. But building a 500 mile diameter starion is a very good indication of industrial might. 12 mile long battleships would be nothing in comparison.
Re: Dreadnought Class
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:27 pm
by Captain Seafort
McAvoy wrote:Most likely. But building a 500 mile diameter starion is a very good indication of industrial might. 12 mile long battleships would be nothing in comparison.
It doesn't demonstrate anything like the industrial capacity, but still demonstrates engineering skill pretty well given that said twelve-mile battleship is capable of (and therefore has to be built to withstand) orders of magnitude greater acceleration than the Death Star.
Re: Dreadnought Class
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:26 pm
by Captain Seafort
Discussion of the Omega particle split to here.