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

I rather like this Horten Ho 229 flying wing on steroids better than the Eclipse, it's quite an original take on the concept, though perhaps a bit large for my tastes. I do think the Eclipse design has potential for future use in Star Wars canon, as long as they do away with the superlaser, which is frankly ridiculous, but they'd have to change the name I think because I think the Emperor's eclipse from the end of Aftermath trilogy is just an SSD like the Executor.

 

Yeah, that's exactly what I like about the sound of this - it's like the Death Stars (albeit smaller) but without the superlaser, so it's just a giant mobile fortress.

 

I agree. People just can't let go of Legends. I've always figured the Eclipse was an Executor-class in Canon.

Maybe the Supremacy replaced the Eclipse after the latter was lost in a campaign inside future First Order space, maybe to the Chiss?

 

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So think about this guys if Snoke's flagship is so large, how large do you all think The Raddus will be? It did remind me of a Viscount on first look so do you think it is equal or close to the size of a Resurgent class Or larger like the First Order Dreadnaught??

 

It's been linked:

 

http://www.techradar.com/news/star-wars-viii-mega-star-destroyer-revealed-by-bb-9e-sphero-toy


Ah sorry didn't see that earlier

 

1. That resistance ship reminds of a smoothed down providence personally. I like it.

2. Fire Dog : Agreed. Personally, I would absolutely love it if they brought back the Strike Cruiser for such a role.

3. godisawesome :

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Good analysis. Though I have to wonder - have we seen any space stations that big? Besides the Death Stars of course.
I hope so - I love the space fortresses in Gundam and would greatly appreciate Star Wars equivalents.

I have to admit, while I have been critical of the franchise getting increasingly rigid in its design choices, I do wish that the Supremacy had more of a swept wing design to give it that classic, menacing imperial blade look.

 

I think it's a good subversion of traditional Imperial chic.

if the figure is for length not width,

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then the width, compared to the 60km length, looks like it would probably beat the DS2's 200 km width - since the ship looks to be on the order of 4x as wide as it is long.

The Executor was on the order of 6km wide - so this ship is probably 10x the Executor's dimensions in both length and width - just reversed. I think it might be a little flatter proportionally than the Executor though.

 

We just got past the Super-class nonsense, and now they come out with a Mega-class ship?

 

Maybe they will recanonize "Super-class Star Destroyer" as an official designation - even though it's "combat class" is Star Dreadnought?

 

That's already done, actually. Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia uses the term to describe an Executor-class Dreadnought.

 

Perhaps the Mega-class's "alternate designation" will be "Supremacy-class Star Dreadnought"?

(or, if it's just too big to share a combat class with the Executor, something like "Star Superdreadnought", "Star Megabattleship" etc.

 

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Perhaps the reason it is the sole Mega-class is because after the first one, they realized how stupid the name was and renamed it for other city-ships

 

When you've got 100 kilometer+ DSs and remnants of the Empire literally turning planets into space stations, it's really nothing out of the ordinary.

 

Just wait until Episode IX introduces the Ultra-class Star Destroyer.

Not sure what still requires spoiler so I'll be cautious.

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I hope that 60km bit is a bit off, as that sounds ridiculous. What's the current canon size of the Death Star I? Wookieepedia says 160km, but 60km is still a significant amount of that. Might as well build another Death Star at that point. I was expecting 20km or 30k but guess just like Starkiller Base they're really going for overkill.

Not sure about the design, not a big fan of the flying wing shape. Guess we'll find out more details soon enough. Just hope TLJ doesn't completely copy ESB's introduction of the Executor, but I hope we get a few good shots of it at least. I still miss the Executor and Eclipse-class dreadnoughts, the Executor still looked sleek despite its size and the Eclipse was imposing.

Ooh, a ship named after Raddus. Although I doubt it'll be that large, as it was probably built in peacetime, and even getting the Starhawk ships built while the war was still kind of active was a struggle.

 

It's not Wookieepedia that says the DS is 160 km in diameter, it's Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide. It's sourced.

 

As Hav noted in the main TLJ thread when the name was just a rumor, I kind of have to love it for twisting the knife re: the Saxonites. Still hoping the commander will be a First Order Ultra Admiral.

 

I'm waiting for the the Compensator-class myself

 

We got some more sceenshots from the app and the Supremacy is not just a massive war ship. She is a mobile fleet base and shipyard:

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Are there any similar bios for the Raddus? I'm very interested in learning more about it.

 

I'd like to see some of the details on the Raddus too.

I've been comparing it to the smallest American states and (assuming 60km is intended to be the length , not the width, with the width being more like 240-odd km) then it's definitely "state-sized" - comparable to Rhode Island, Delaware, or Connecticut.

 

Sounds like it'd annoy both sides. WEG fans really didn't like the large scope of some of the stuff in the EU and interpretations of the OT, and the other side didn't like the classifications and smaller scope of some of the stuff in the EU and interpretations of the OT.

Big scope + nonsensical classifications = everyone can get angry

I just like the big scope, so I'm happy.

 

There is, but we don't have screenshots just yet.