Re: [GZG] UNSC Workings

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y wrote:
>
>      As an aside it's interesting to go through the FB1 and put the
>     number of each class in a spreadsheet -- it really shows what each
>     nation thought was important.  Anyway...
>
>
> Hmmm. I'll have to try that.
Yes, it is interesting. Just as a first stab at it, I totalled the 
number of each class of hull that was built or under construction 
according to the FB stats; it's not what each fleet has available to it,

but it does show where the effort and money was put into building the 
ships. Some intriguing results come to mind, such as:

    * The NSL and FSE are definitely light on small ships (what in FT2
      were called escorts) by comparison to the NAC and ESU. Cruisers
      and captial ships (including carriers) are roughly equivalent,
      though the FSE are down a bit -- given the size of their big
      ships, the logical conclusion is that they're going for quality
      rather than quantity.
    * The NAC has a /lot/ of small ships -- well over half the total
      number; so does the ESU, but the big difference is the Anglian
      fondness for frigates, of which they have at least half as many
      again as any other power, and more than three times the number of
      the NSL. The other powers seem to prefer destroyers, of which they
      have a significantly greater fleet, including Heavy/Super/Missile
      DDs, which the NAC has none of, having gone the heavy frigate
      route instead. One has to feel sorry for the VKF sailors serving
      on the "uncomfortable" /Warsaw/ DDs, of which there are nearly
      twice as many as any other destroyer class.
    * Certain powers seem to have a distaste for particular sizes of
      ship: the NAC and heavy destroyers, for instance; another is the
      ESU's relativel small numbers of BC/BB-size ships. They have
      plenty of cruisers -- more than 50% more than any other power --
      and a good number of the heavier classes, but there is a gap there
      which is the major reason why the ESU has fewer capital ships
      overall than the NAC.

Naturally, this is all going to be different once the "new" fleets are 
in widespread service, but we'll have to wait for the updated stats 
/circa/ 2200 for that... ;-)

Phil