Re: [GZG] Cylon base stars

Well, Legends of Galactic Heroes, mentioned in FTII, have fleets in the
tens of thousands, combined crews in the millions (NOT fighters, but
ships). The anime attempts to capture the concept visually as grids of
dots
with a haze in the background for parts.

Strangely, the combat tends to bring Napoleonic maneuvers to mind...

I think one of the other series (late in the AT Votoms string?) tried
the
same thing, much more of a bounded 'cloud' effect, though.

> Allen: I would kill for a game that did Iain Banks' Culture series
justice...

At some point, the whole 'We brake for nobody' gets a bit silly. Still,
I
haven't read, I can't judge.

The_Beast

Samuel Penn wrote on 03/10/2009 07:22:57 AM:

> On Mon, March 9, 2009 16:52, Doug Evans wrote:
> > 'What's that batting stretched across the table? Nebula? Dust
cloud?'
> >
> > 'Nope, it's the launched Cylon Ready 5...'
>
> Reminds me of the bit at the end of Excession[1], after
> GSV Sleeper Service[2] launches its offensive units.
>
> (all from memory):
>
> Killing Time[Ship Mind]: It's just launched a.. cloud of warships.
> Affront commander: Cloud?
> Killing Time: Well, I'm aware that technically 'cloud' isn't
> standard terminology, but I'm not sure what else to call a fleet
> of 81,328 ships. I'm running.
>
> Of course, Offensive Units aren't fighters, they're warships,
> which puts things on a slightly bigger scale (but then, GSVs
> tend to be built on a scale that makes Star Wars ships look
> small).
>
> [1] Iain M Banks, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excession
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSV_Sleeper_Service

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