Re: [FT] Pics posted
From: Laserlight <laserlight@c...>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 22:41:36 -0500
Subject: Re: [FT] Pics posted
>>...But I like your stats, they seem like the
>>Kilrathi from WC. What do the fighter codes mean (i.e. YY)?
>
>The codes are just simple extrapolations of the standard ship codes
used
>now. For a basic type code, you double the letter to make at least a
>2-character code out of it. For example, 'D' is for Destroyer class,
so a
>'standard Destroyer' is a 'DD'. Similarly, a Cruiser is a 'CC', a
>Battleship is a 'BB', etc. There are some exceptions - such as 'BC'
for
>the Battlecruiser class and 'DN' for the Dreadnought class (which
doesn't
>exist in wet navies :). I simply used 'Y' for fighters at the
suggestion
>of another who used it for Bab5 games.
Alternately you could use the US Navy designations, which start with V
for
aViation ("A" having been previously claimed for "Armored"). Remember
CV =
carrier? That's actually "Cruiser, aViation", since the first CV's were
built on cruiser hulls. Thus a fighter squadron is VF and an attack
squadron is VA.