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Originally Posted by Alexzandyr Yes, i originally thought that as well. However, after discussion this is the sort of thing my friend was going for. The thing is though, i'm not quite sure what the affects would be of it jumping from within the ship. |
That really depends on how significant any "splash" from the jump effect might be, if such splash even exists. If there is a splash area to the effect, then the episode where the dozens of Raptors jump could give us an idea of the minimal clearance required for internal launch of jump missiles. Otherwise, a short launch sequence out of the ship then a jump once it's a couple dozen meters away would work.
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Originally Posted by Alexzandyr The idea here is though that you'd have something slightly larger than a raptor, that jumps in close to a target and releases these self-propelled nukes. This way you could have them go after their own targets. I doubt the cylons would be able to intercept them with raiders in time. |
Sounds like a bomber, it's going to need to be manned, considering the Colonials don't trust automation. It's going to be a big craft anyway, to hold a jump engine and a bunch of nuclear tipped missiles. Although, the nukes in nBSG are extremely small yet potent, so the missiles don't need to be too big.
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Originally Posted by Alexzandyr The idea is to keep your ship away from the action and catch a cylon basestar by surprise. By jumping your ship in and firing, you run the risk of being destroyed as well. Especially if there is more than one basestar. |
That's what raptors are for, a couple of them jump in first, jump out, and the main ship jumps in. Colonial ships have a distinct advantage in closer combat against the Cylon capital ships, their guns are far more effective than the Cylon missile and fighter combo.
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Originally Posted by Alexzandyr I also intend to add a pair of those cannons we saw on the Pegasus to the tip of the Ares bow. She isn't going to have many of the big capship guns on her. She simply doesn't have the room for them. |
I would think it would since it won't have the crew requirements of a fighter carrying ships; no pilots, fewer engineers, no officers for flight operations, no facilities needed for any of that, etc. It's not that much smaller than a battlestar and we know the guns can be packed in pretty darn tight.
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Originally Posted by Alexzandyr Regarding the old gunstar i did...the very tip of that gun was 14 meters in diameter, with an actual opening that was 1 meter in diameter. Definitely bigger than your average cannon round...but i wouldn't call it nuts lol. |
14 m diameter gun with only a 1 m opening, yep, that's nuts.
Seems like you have a good plan for the ship, and it's looking cool. I look forward to its progress.