These videos are so fucking good, I hope that CIG highlights your content more in the future when they begin incorporating more of the lore into the game
I was just about to say the same thing. 😆When he said "fan-favorite Redeemer" he sounded like he was in pain lol. CIG, I think what Paul is hinting at is that he wants a second Redeemer for his account. One just isn't enough.
I have always felt that the Ship Classes needed a Realignment. It could easily be done in lore, with the Javelin becoming a Light Cruiser "CL", the Idris M becoming a Destroyer Leader "DDL", the Idris P a Straight "DD" Destroyer, and the Idris equipped with the "K" Kits as Destroyer Escorts "DDE", With others being realigned as needed as well.
I kinda like Corvette as the smallest capital. When converting from wet to void navy, it makes sense to have some sort of bright line between what would be an aircraft for a wet navy, and what would actually be a ship. That line will always be a bit hazy for void navies, since technically all of them fly in the same medium with the same 6DOF. Still, the existing capital classes make sense, given that you accept a few other realities of the setting. 1. Military Sub-caps are broadly ships that service, augment, or even depend on capitals (fighters, recon, light logistics, etc). 2. The largest, most powerful UEE ship is a carrier-this means fighters and bombers are a viable primary armament for a ship that large. Aka: at the absolute minimum even the Bengal’s and Kingship’s engines and other critical systems can be damaged by something like a gladiator. This helps place the Javelin as a destroyer in perspective. It implies they could make significantly more massive ships, but this weight class remains not just viable, but often more desirable than larger ships. There are ample possible reasons for this. Perhaps armor simply doesn’t scale well enough (a possibly we actually dealt with irl, as “battle cruisers” proved so successful since full battleship armor didn’t make enough difference in various eras) until you’re as big as a Bengal, so that space between the two sizes is pretty empty of viable designs. It could also be an issue with weapons development-it simply isn’t worthwhile to build a bigger platform if the main armament doesn’t justify it, better to have multiple Javelins than a cruiser with slightly bigger main armament. This could be down to issues with things like inertia (a long enough barrel becomes it’s own challenge to rotate without shearing under its own mass), targeting, power limitations (maybe only going up to Bengal size allows for a power plant strong enough to justify the platform and space efficient enough to not compromise the vessel). Still, it could do with more fleshing out.
Having the goal of buying the Valkyrie in-game was a big part of me falling in love with SC. Naturally I never got it in-game as I'm impatient but hay, I can always melt it for something else, hehe. Thanks for another informative lesson Paul o7.
Honored by the mention in the video. Just a clarification, I was not comparing SC ships to real-world ships. The term capital ship stems from the naval treaties of the early 20th century. It was used to designate the premier ships of a navy. Traditionally the term was reserved for battleships and battlecruisers; more recently fleet carriers and ballistic missile submarines are also counted as capital ships. The term corvette is conversely used to designate the least important ship that can still be classified as a ship. If I had to make a comparison I would not make a real-world comparison but an in-universe comparison. A Bengal fleet carrier is what epitomizes the term capital ship. A Polaris on the other hand is still a significant ship, just clearly not a capital ship.
In the universe of Star Citizen the Corvette class seems to be a capital grade ship that is not typically involved in fleet formations, it's main role being patrol and system defense. The original Idris was designed as a Corvette, even in lore, and when it ballooned in size it was reclassified as a Frigate which seems to be a duel role capital ship designed for system defense as well as destroyer escort/picket duties. In the universe of Star Citizen the Polaris is in fact a capital ship as any ship with grade 4 parts and above are capital class, which means that even the Hull D and the Reclaimer are Capital Ships. This is likely due to 'capital class' being an early designation for ships which could carry energy shields.
Wasn't when the Perseus was announced the lore said something about that Perseus just being for the civilian market whereas the military was getting a Perseus II or something like that (basically a new modern ship built to fulfill the same role that the old Perseus did).
25:24 The Hammerhead was “designed to act as a flak screen for other ships.” Mfw I’m a purpose-built flak boat in a game they haven’t added flak to in 12 years 😔
Yeah an dying empire using very old equipment is very realistic, just look at the US. There is families where 3 generations of men were pilots on the SAME B-52
The US would not be a good example of this since they're still developing new tech while most militaries have stagnated and are dependent on buying US tech. The B-52 hasn't been replaced because there's been no need. For contemporary enemies that's why they're building a new bomber the B-21 (replacing the B-2 which amd b-1) so the bomber scene in the US is still advancing. Seems like you thought you'd throw in a random anti US comment with extreme levels of copium. Odd since this is a fiction based game just for fun and you tried to make a comparison to reflect your personal beliefs.
As much as I love the legionnaire being here, it feels a little out of place as it's hardly a sub-capital class. It should be able to fit in the Polaris corvette with its current specs, which is why I bought one to use with my cap ship.
They are ok, in lore they are well liked. Operation Sword of Hope was spearheaded by Crusader Industries themselves, a kind of NGO operation. The navy may have supported them, but the C2's hauling relief supplies were privately owned by Crusader through their "Crusader Cares" Foundation.
The Browning M2 is a very good machine gun. Just like the M1911 is a very good pistol still preferred by many spec ops. Sometimes a design is so good that it stands the test of time. Even with upgrades the B-52 is still flying, since the 1950s albeit updated for todays warfare. The UEE being a declining empire is new to me so a video would be nice. But I still think technology brought forth by civilian corporations would be cutting edge but more software than hardware based
So, it wasn't until the 2800s that humanity finally came up with a cargo ship? That just doesn't make sense. in the real world as soon as any company or nation comes up with FTL or any of the tech in SC I assure you...we would be making ships waaay bigger and far sooner than what is presented in the lore.
Naw they had cargo ships but the manufacturers of the cargo ships before 2800 were either shut down or too old. I did an entire video on this called the Cargo Crisis.
Imagine prioritizing ship development over basic game mechanics/optimizations for literal years. Stop making ships and release your game. This predatory marketing is scummy.
