Old Man Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations Yeah, but what are you going to call the big ships? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations Yeah' date=' but what are you going to call the [i']big[/i] ships? Well, we're holding off on the Ultra Omniverse Crusher designation until we can build them in bulk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations Interesting, although in my universe, the spaceships aren't grandiose enough to get those names. But Titan-class spacecraft sounds cool. I may steal it. I may just dispense with the whole ship designation idea. The spaceships would still have "classes" such as Orion-class spacecraft. If not, I'll call the largest vessels combatants, the medium-sized vessels interceptors or patrollers (depending on use), and the small ones gunships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations a pt boat is closest to what you thinking of as a torpedo boat whatwould ITS equililent be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations a pt boat is closest to what you thinking of as a torpedo boat whatwould ITS equililent be? Fast Attack Craft? Missile Attack Craft? Something with high acceleration and maneuverability, light armor and a few "shots" of disposable heavy ordnance--torpedoes or missiles. Probably most effective attacking as a flotilla, deploying a large number of fast-moving, high-maneuvering, armored and ECM-using missile weapons against heavier, slower-accelerating targets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations a pt boat is closest to what you thinking of as a torpedo boat whatwould ITS equililent be? MIssile Boat, maybe. I remember (and stiill have, actually) that old GDW strategic boardgame 'Imperium', about a series of wars between the upstart Terrans and the much larger Imperium. One of the Terran units available were Missile Boats - very cheap warships with some major limitations AND one heck of an offensive punch. War-winning strategies for the Terrans often seemed to involve producing lots of the buggers to swarm Imperial warships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations I'll stick to Murderer Class, Delinquent Class, Killer Class, Torturer Class, Psychopath Class, Gangster Class, Thug Class, Abominator Class and Inquisitor Class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations You could go classy and name the classes after weapons: Brass Knuckles Class Bicycle Chain Class Hose With Lead Shot Class Board With A Nail In It Class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations Some possible spacecraft classes Victory Orion Ticonderoga Ares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations I'll stick to Murderer Class' date=' Delinquent Class, Killer Class, Torturer Class, Psychopath Class, Gangster Class, Thug Class, Abominator Class and Inquisitor Class [/quote'] What, no Televangelist class? As scariness goes, that name would be hard to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations Or Storm God Class(heavy beam planet bombardment?)--Thor, Shango, Indra, Zeus, Jupiter, Susano (heh), etc. War God Class(battleship)--Ares, Mars, Tyr War Goddess(battlecarrier, perhaps?)--Kali, Ishtar, Athena, Minerva Hero class cruisers--Achilles, Lancelot Superhero class battlecruisers(if your sci-fi campaign had a superhero era in its past timeline, or otherwise just use popular comics characters)--USS Batman, USS Colossus, USS Hulk, etc. You could have some fun with it, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Re: Military Spacecraft Designations I used the Terran ship classes from Cold Navy (Orion, Northampton, etc.). But I want to do away with the whole cruiser, destroyer, etc. designations, since they wouldn't fit my hard sci-fi campaign very well. Actually, neither would the starships themselves. They look really cool, but the spacecraft in my game would look more like the nuclear-powered Orion spacecraft posted in another thread. Edit: I may still use those starships in a space opera campaign, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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