Lit Fleet Junkie Flagship- The technical discussions of the GFFA (Capital Ships thread Mk. II)

that reminds me I did a crappy uninspired interpretation of the starhawk in mspaint

 

Why am I reminded of the Kalla's Stanchion http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kalla's_Stanchion ?

Aside from that, how likely is it, that the Nebulon-B-look alikes, that get blown up in TFA are actually Starhawk-battleships?

 

Not very likely, because the teeny tiny ships we see in that split second scene are significantly smaller than the Mon Cal Cruisers, roughly as scale as Neb-Bs to MC80s. Also there's JJ Abrams passive hostility to originality and novelty, but that's a subject for another thread. To be honest, I needed someone to point out that there were ships in Hosnian's orbit and provide me with a screencap of it, because I noticed no other ship in watching than the Finalizer, Falcon/Eravana, Resistance shuttle, TIE fighters, and X-wings. Hopefully Rian Johnson will give us the spaceship fix we need in TLJ.

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiWYvHGUgAE79Da.jpg: large some interesting ships among corellian corvetes and mon-calamari cruisers

 

Our best hope of getting a picture of the Starhawk battleships is in Blade Squadron: Jakku in an upcoming issue of SW Insider. We know that Blade Squadron attacks the engines of the Ravager, so hopefully we'll get a cool picture of the two warships tangling in the space over Jakku.

--Adm. Nick

 

Get fireworks ready in case there is an image of one. The thread is gonna throw a party if that happens.

 

I'm sorry if the image is too big, but I'm posting it because I noticed something that I think might be of interest. We're told in Empire's End that the Republic battleship Concord went down with the Ravager, and that it crashed before the Ravager at a location not far from where the dreadnought itself crashed. Keeping that in mind, please observe the vessel under the Ravager in this picture, behind the three X-wings. Could that be the first image we've seen of what a Starhawk-class battleship looks like? The front (although whether that's the front is open to interpretation) looks right.

 

That's just a plain ole' ISD. Well, around half of one.

--Adm. Nick

 

EA/DICE didn't bother modeling the Profundity or hammerheads for the Rogue One DLC, reusing the standard Liberty and CR90s respectively, I highly doubt they'd model a ship a year in advance of the book it was first mentioned in.

 

Right there is the problem.

 

There is a fantastic site called Shapeways that you can purchase 3D printed models that are to X-wing or Armada scale. Truly gorgeous stuff, check out the Profundity:



This makes me hope & pray that FFG releases an actual one this year!

--Adm. Nick

 

I like it but I'm terrible at painting, I'll have to wait for FFG to sell an overpriced fully painted version.

 

Am I the only one reminded of a surf-board by that image of the Profundity?

Makes you wish they'd get rid of that MC-nomenclatura in favour of things like Waveskimmer-class assault cruiser or Megalodon-class Star Defender.

 

Whaladon-class!

 

Yeah, I've always been a fan of the aquatic sounding names, both from the EU and current canon. Startide. Reef Home. Nautilian. Of course, I've also always been a fan of the virture names, like Liberty, Defiance, Restoration, Freedom's Fury, Echo of Hope, etc.

The later seems to fit the NR's naming structure the most, whether it be a Mon Cal cruiser or some other class of starship. Hence why we have names like Unity, Amity, Concord, Redeemer, etc.

--Adm. Nick

 

I dunno, Mon Cal cruisers always looked like Mackerel sharks or Rorqual whales to me, and the Profundity took that image to the extreme with its flattish top. I do think the figurative aquatic lifeform shape could be expanded into different Mon Cal ship designs; like a vertically oriented Mola Mola, or a very front heavy angler fish.

 

The MC80B looks very stingray-shaped. And the MC140 looked like a Hammerhead shark - but turned over, so the hammer was vertical instead of horizontal.

I agree that other fish shapes might be worth experimenting with too.

 

I never saw a Scythe-class till right now. Holy ***p that ship looks cool. Can that be canon again? I am gonna do puppy dog eyes at Pablo till that happens.

 

Maybe with a bit of modification - weapon turrets, engines, and so forth, that look like they're taken from an Imperial-class, it could be the basis for the newcanon's "hatchet-bowed" Starhawk?

 

I'm rather fond of the Pre-Yavin era naming scheme- Maria, Maximus, Cathleen, Lusla, Endevour, Stimsonj'kat

 

Perhaps in the best of both worlds Mon Cal class cruisers would have the aquatic names while the individual cruisers share the more common virtue naming convention with the rest of the Rebel Alliance / New Republic fleet.

 

Now that the Databank entry is up I can post this without spoiling

http://www.starwars.com/databank/imperial-listener-ship

 

I really loved that design. A great example of how the Empire finds many uses for the old Gozanti-class cruisers. It's versatility rivals that of the old Corellian corvette! It reminds me of the GFFA version of an AWACS aircraft.

--Adm. Nick

 

they explicitly mention AWACS inspiration in the trivia section of the episode guide

 

I remember how important SEWACS ships were in Freespace, especially in that horrible nebula.

Glad to see more new assets being created, with this for the Empire, and the various ships added to the Rebel Fleet. Now if they will add the Victory and Dreadnought...