Posted by: xenoscepter
« on: May 17, 2019, 02:48:18 PM »@Panopticon
I agree there are always better ways to do things, the Rimward-Class Cryo Trays are quite sensibly designed as 30,000 Tonne engineless pods and are meant to be tugged. The Millennium-Class is designed to be a Jump Capable 300,000 Ton Hangar Deck, because why make sensible, boring ships when you can do things inefficiently with style.
I just went for 750,000 Tonnes because my OCD demands nice looking numbers. That, and there isn't really any good way to build a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck... le sigh
Interesting note, all of my commercial and military freighters, tankers, assault transports and troop ferries are 30,000 Tonnes and NOT Jump Capable. I don't have Jump Gates mostly for RP reasons which I'll flesh out at some point in the future, so the Millennium-Class serves as a Jump Ship for ten of these 30,000 Tonne beasts at a time.
And since there isn't any good way to make a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck in 7.2 Aurora in the first place, making that 300,000 Ton Hangar Deck Jump Capable is even harder. Yeah, there are a lot of better ways of accomplishing the tasks that a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck can, but none of them are a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck. And at the end of the day, the Millennium-Class is really about strapping a Jump Drive onto a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck!
I agree there are always better ways to do things, the Rimward-Class Cryo Trays are quite sensibly designed as 30,000 Tonne engineless pods and are meant to be tugged. The Millennium-Class is designed to be a Jump Capable 300,000 Ton Hangar Deck, because why make sensible, boring ships when you can do things inefficiently with style.
I just went for 750,000 Tonnes because my OCD demands nice looking numbers. That, and there isn't really any good way to build a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck... le sigh
Interesting note, all of my commercial and military freighters, tankers, assault transports and troop ferries are 30,000 Tonnes and NOT Jump Capable. I don't have Jump Gates mostly for RP reasons which I'll flesh out at some point in the future, so the Millennium-Class serves as a Jump Ship for ten of these 30,000 Tonne beasts at a time.
And since there isn't any good way to make a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck in 7.2 Aurora in the first place, making that 300,000 Ton Hangar Deck Jump Capable is even harder. Yeah, there are a lot of better ways of accomplishing the tasks that a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck can, but none of them are a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck. And at the end of the day, the Millennium-Class is really about strapping a Jump Drive onto a 300,000 Tonne Hangar Deck!