Re: Ship/Crew sizes? (FT & B5 - kinda on topic)

Loki,

A couple of my friends have been wondering the same thing.  We tend to
put
crew sizes down the the type of role a ship is designed for.  eg  much
of
my fleet is Yamato inspired ala Star Blazers and therefore one would
think
[if I can remember the cartoons] that there are about ten people driving
the capital sizes, shooting things etc with everyone else off flying
around
in fighters.

I've got a model of some mega-yamato [about 10" long!] capital ship [the
Yamato 2520] which I still haven't built, and it comes with this funky
poster wich has cool cartoon shots etc and a cut-away of the ships
systems
etc and you can actually see people driving the thing!

That's my five cents worth on the matter

Admiral Atmosphere
sigue@one.net.au
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> From: Loki <s953273@ariel.macarthur.uws.EDU.AU>
> To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject: Ship/Crew sizes? (FT & B5 - kinda on topic)
> Date: Sunday, 14 September 1997 14:49
> 
> Hello all,
> 
>	  We were playing a game recently and someone actually had the
> audacity to ask how big these ships were supposed to be!  After
several
> shocked moments, and a host of mumbled 'I have no idea' we tried to
figure
> it out and stuff, alas, we're too stupid, seeing as how we are all
doing
an
> arts degree.	:)  So I was wondering, does anyone have a rough idea
of;
> 
> a.) approximate ship sizes for general classes, i.e. Frigate,
Destroyer,
> Cruiser etc.
> b.) approximate crew sizes for general classes, we're considering
setting
up
> a campaign and having crew sizes could be handy.
> 
>	  This is for the 'official background'. <grin>
> 
>	  Secondly, having recently purchased B5 Wars, I flipped eagerly
to
> see the ship stats, and was brought up short by the ship
lengths/crewing
> details.  Does anyone know of a good site/good information regarding
this?
> I think the ships in the manual may be a tad small compared to the
> impression I received?
> 
> Loki
> 
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> 
> Loki
> s953273@student.macarthur.uws.EDU.AU
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