Rogue777 Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 Other than the Corellian Corvette, are their any freighters that could be converted to carry fighters? Maybe an Action class freighter such as Talon Karrdes? And if so , does anyone have a guess as to how many could be carried? Also are their any websites I could go to and get more technical information (such as size ie,length,width and heighth)of starfighters, freighters, and capital ships. The models in XWA do not seem to be very accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 A Corellian Corvette simply isn't large enough to hold fighters. I don't know what Allston was smoking when he wrote whichever book had that fighter carrying corvette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benTantilles Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 nute- the corellian corvette can hold 2TIEs, tops. allston did a pretty good job of convincing me that it was possible for the wraiths to remove certain structures and replace them with storage space for x-wings. the night caller in book5 of the x-wing series could store a full x-wing squad (housed in this compact rack design) and its original complement of 2 TIEs rogue777- there are too many freighters which fit the description u offered. a good source would be http://hangarbay.tripod.com/td-transportcraft.html great site. cheers, ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Beastie Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 There was also the modified Corvette FarStar, from The DarkStryder Campaign from WEG (definitely worth trying to track down, even if you don't RP it). Though, to be fair, part of the FarStar's "modification" was a big barely-spaceworthy box on the side to serve as a hangar, and a network of docking tubes strapped onto the hull. And she couldn't make planetfall with any fighters on the tubes (though the hangar was okay, even when it was overcrowded --it's a wind-resistance issue, not a weight/mass issue). I'd imagine any ship with a big enough cargo space could carry fighters. If you're prepared to do some external modification, you can also add specialized docking clamps. Didn't Mara already have docking space for a Headhunter or X-wing on the Wild Karrde when they captured Luke in HttE? Or am I thinking of her having an X-wing aboard the Jade's Fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Originally posted by benTantilles nute- the corellian corvette can hold 2TIEs Where? There's no where inside it large enough to store and service fighters and still have space for whatever else is supposed to be in the ship, as every inch of it already has been assigned some kind of function. And the hammerheard, i believe, isn't even as long as an X-wing is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue777 Posted April 26, 2003 Author Share Posted April 26, 2003 Ben, I've tried the web site you have listed, and its been shutdown for the next 12 hours because it exceeded its hourly bandwidth!! LOL! It must be a very popular website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Beastie Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Originally posted by Nute Gunray There's no where inside it large enough to store and service fighters and still have space for whatever else is supposed to be in the ship, as every inch of it already has been assigned some kind of function. That's the "modification" part of it. TIEs are surprisingly tiny, really. Probably the belly cargo bay on a Corvette has enough horizontal clearance, and you could build a riser into the floor of deck five to give you vertical space. If your flight crew is willing to do maintenance in space suits, you'll save yourself a mag-field or doors. Making room for 12 Exes (and their accompanying equipment) would be difficult, but not impossible. You'd have to abandon the ground crews, which isn't so bad since most Alliance/New Republic pilots can at least maintain and patch up their own ships (if not actually rebuild). Reduce the Corvette to a skeleton crew, and force them to "hot-bunk" while the pilots sleep in their fighters --also, since this is SW, you can use droids to automate most shipboard functions. . . With careful rationing of consumables, you could maintain 12 X-wings and two TIEs, though the crew would be close to burnout/mutiny, and the carrier would never be able to survive combat on its own (the guns look impressive, but we had to stack crates in the gunnery stations, so they can't actually fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 There were a lot of other things in that book that pointed to it being a completely different ship, such as putting a few hundred plus crewmen into the lounge for several weeks. That's one enormous lounge that can't possibly be the lounge on the type of corvette we're expected to believe it is. There had been a site that went into far more detail about it than i remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benTantilles Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 I've tried the web site you have listed, and its been shutdown for the next 12 hours because it exceeded its hourly bandwidth!! LOL! It must be a very popular website i'll bet it is...very comprehensive guide....they've even got a list of battles which've occurred in the star wars universe. real organized, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue777 Posted April 27, 2003 Author Share Posted April 27, 2003 Ben, Finally got into the site last night and you weren't kidding. Very comprehensive information, well organized, and a large variety of subject matter. Many thanks. As for the fighter carrier ship, I'm considering using a modified Corellian Action Freighter. I think it would have enough interior room for a small hangar area to house say six Headhunters or Cloakshape fighters with the equipment and personnel to maintain them. It would be cramped I know , but I think it would be possible. Any suggestions or further comments are welcome. I'm looking for ideas here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benTantilles Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 no problem, rogue. u talkin bout RPG? coz i don't really know much about it...the advice i'd give u is to forget the damn action freighter and go for a mon cal cruiser or sth...it can house 3 squads of whatever fighters u want, not to mention all sortsa shuttles and transport craft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I estimate that I could get two TIEs into the Tantive III, if you take the wings off and tie them to the roof. I'd have to tear out the propane range and sink to make room, but I'm thinking of doing that anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Beastie Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Originally posted by Rogue777 As for the fighter carrier ship, I'm considering using a modified Corellian Action Freighter. I think it would have enough interior room for a small hangar area to house say six Headhunters or Cloakshape fighters with the equipment and personnel to maintain them. It would be cramped I know , but I think it would be possible. Any suggestions or further comments are welcome. Hmm. Six Headhunters on an Action IV or VI would certainly be possible, but you'd need an interesting launch/retrieval system. As you say, it'll be cramped. Probably just a tractor beam mount. Drop 'em kinetically one by one to launch, then use the tractor beam to haul them back into place (still one by one) when the fight's done. The ground crew can be surprisingly small, really, especially if they're skilled. The whole reason Headhunters (and their descendants, the X-wings) are used by fringers is because they're so low-maintenance/high-durability. Unlike say, E-wings, which go on vacation if you look at them funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue777 Posted May 2, 2003 Author Share Posted May 2, 2003 What about a Xiyitar Transport, would the front cargo hold be large enough for a small hangar. The corgo doors look large enough to fly a fighter in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Beastie Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 According to Dark Empire, a Xiyitar can swallow the Falcon, so it could definitely hold fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue777 Posted May 8, 2003 Author Share Posted May 8, 2003 OK, thexiyitar definitely fits the bill along with the Bulk Freighter and the Container Transport(by converting the container portions of each to hangar bays with magcon). Thanks for all the great posts. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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