Farscape: Peace Keeper Command Carrier (

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-10 09:12pm

The commercial for next weeks Farscape. Commandant Grayza orders that a COMMAND CARRIER be readied to "destroy a planet". Much as this could be extrapolated to infinity, it would SEEM to indicate that a single CC can BDZ a planet in short order. At most. This should be interesting to see.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-10 10:05pm

YAY!!! Finally we have a possible way to benchmark Farscape against other major sci-fi universes!

And I'm also happy to see that one of my favorite sci-fi shows finally gets to blow up a planet! And we can finally put, possibly, the CC into debates and I'll stop ranting now.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-10 10:14pm

Emphasis on MAYBE.

And destroying doesnt mean blowing up so it glies off in a million directions at extremely fast speeds.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-10 10:19pm

flies too.

but yeah, its going to be nice to have concrete numbers. that is, if they dont blow up the CC before it does anythign

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-10 11:56pm

^^bumpitty^^

BenRG · Post by **BenRG** » 2003-01-11 02:40pm

Well, the CC never made it to Earth, so we don't know what Grayza meant. Let's be low-end generous and assume that they meant a BDZ (make the surface uninhabitable). That still puts the PK Command Carrier in the same firepower class as the ISD.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-11 04:34pm

I did notice that and file it away in the depths of my mind for future reference.

Cosmic Average · Post by **Cosmic Average** » 2003-01-11 04:45pm

I can't wait for next week for them to clarify what that really means.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-11 04:58pm

Ben, in that episode did they mention at all how far the Uncharted Territories are from earth? Like, did Papa Crichton mention that they figured John had travelled x number of lightyears, etc?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-01-11 05:47pm

That still puts the PK Command Carrier in the same firepower class as the ISD.

Not nessary we have no idea how complete the BDZ would be, How long it would take, Not exactly like Earth can fight back aginst it

Heck a Correlian Corvette could BDZ Earth in a few weeks if it wanted...

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-01-11 06:03pm

Mr Bean wrote:
That still puts the PK Command Carrier in the same firepower class as the ISD.
Not nessary we have no idea how complete the BDZ would be, How long it would take, Not exactly like Earth can fight back aginst it

Heck a Correlian Corvette could BDZ Earth in a few weeks if it wanted...

Yes, but no commander is going to be stupid enough to send a ship to do a job that it would take weeks to do.

Either that or the commander is really fucking twisted and enjoys watching planets die really slowly.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-01-11 06:11pm

Yes, but no commander is going to be stupid enough to send a ship to do a job that it would take weeks to do.

Either that or the commander is really fucking twisted and enjoys watching planets die really slowly.

The point is we have nothing other than a simple comment about it, we have no visonals no nothing besides a single scrap of dialog

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-01-11 06:14pm

Mr Bean wrote:
Yes, but no commander is going to be stupid enough to send a ship to do a job that it would take weeks to do.

Either that or the commander is really fucking twisted and enjoys watching planets die really slowly.
The point is we have nothing other than a simple comment about it, we have no visonals no nothing besides a single scrap of dialog

Yes, I will agree with you on that one. We'll have to wait and see what happens. My guess is that it will never happen, but if it does, they wouldn't have an episode span over a few weeks would they?

namdoolb · Post by **namdoolb** » 2003-01-11 07:35pm

kojikun wrote:The commercial for next weeks Farscape. Commandant Grayza orders that a COMMAND CARRIER be readied to "destroy a planet". Much as this could be extrapolated to infinity, it would SEEM to indicate that a single CC can BDZ a planet in short order. At most. This should be interesting to see.

woah there, rewind a bit......
You haven't seen that episode yet?
Terra Firma aired on terrestrial Tv in the UK on the 6th of January.
As one of the few times we get anything before anyone else, I feel a smiley is in order

To clarify, you unfortunately don't get to see the Command Carrier in action. You do however get some interesting tidbits of information regarding the firepower of pulse pistols (one was used on a target dummy - this should enable fairly reliable yield calculation) And the acceleration capabilities of the Prowler (it flew from earth to saturn and back within a specific timeframe (I'd tell you what the timeframe was if I could remember exactly)).

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-01-11 08:47pm

Please note that the episode "Kansas" aired last night for those of us in the States so would those of you that HAVE seen next weeks episode please keep your comments to yourself? Damn scifi for splitting up the season.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-11 11:41pm

well, oddly, i had put Spoilers in the title of the thread but it got cut off due to length. :p

Saturn and back eh? They didnt pull an Enterprise did they? LOL

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-12 11:31am

Mr Bean wrote:
Yes, but no commander is going to be stupid enough to send a ship to do a job that it would take weeks to do.

Either that or the commander is really fucking twisted and enjoys watching planets die really slowly.
The point is we have nothing other than a simple comment about it, we have no visonals no nothing besides a single scrap of dialog

Same for BDZ...

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-01-12 01:03pm

NecronLord wrote:
Mr Bean wrote:
Yes, but no commander is going to be stupid enough to send a ship to do a job that it would take weeks to do.

Either that or the commander is really fucking twisted and enjoys watching planets die really slowly.
The point is we have nothing other than a simple comment about it, we have no visonals no nothing besides a single scrap of dialog
Same for BDZ...

Actually...

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-01-12 01:18pm

Whoa.. with underside cannons, to boot!

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-12 01:23pm

SirNitram wrote:
NecronLord wrote:
Mr Bean wrote: The point is we have nothing other than a simple comment about it, we have no visonals no nothing besides a single scrap of dialog
Same for BDZ...
Actually...

Seen it before TY.

it is only official.
we don't know how many vessels are participating
I have yet to be told what the source of that image is.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-12 01:33pm

In addition that is not an ISD I or II it lacks the familiar brim trench notches and has additions to its bridge tower. It also has engine baffles not present on ISDs It may be a shockwave or alligiance class.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-01-12 01:50pm

NecronLord wrote:In addition that is not an ISD I or II it lacks the familiar brim trench notches and has additions to its bridge tower. It also has engine baffles not present on ISDs It may be a shockwave or alligiance class.

It's actually a VicStar. It's from one of the comics.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-12 01:58pm

SirNitram wrote:
NecronLord wrote:In addition that is not an ISD I or II it lacks the familiar brim trench notches and has additions to its bridge tower. It also has engine baffles not present on ISDs It may be a shockwave or alligiance class.
It's actually a VicStar. It's from one of the comics.

Odd, as it doesn't resemble one.

http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/books/egvv/vsd-eg1.gif

note the lack of manuvering surfaces,

http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/books/egvv/vsd-eg2.gif

or the section on the front of the tower.

swtc wrote:The Victory gave rise to at least one additional subclass, the Victory-II, which has modified features to better equip it for heavy space combat. Two major structural variants of the Victory are known: one with a wedge-like attachment bracing the flank trench on each side; the other with a pair of smaller prismatic wedges flaring apart instead. Extreme as it is, this design distinction is possibily the difference marking the Victory-I from the Victory-II.

Neither are present

Not to mention that the Victory has brim notches (see previous images), this vessel does not.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-12 02:59pm

Modified ImpStar, perhaps? When does this picture take place?

BenRG · Post by **BenRG** » 2003-01-13 03:18pm

kojikun wrote:Ben, in that episode did they mention at all how far the Uncharted Territories are from earth? Like, did Papa Crichton mention that they figured John had travelled x number of lightyears, etc?

No, unfortunately they didn't. However, they made it abundantly clear that, wherever it was, was so far beyond Peacekeeper-controlled space that they couldn't even figure out where a PK agent on Moya was based on its' communications. How far is that? Your guess is as good as mine.

I did love an anti-techno bit in the episode, though. John's friend, DK, is complaining that he doesn't understand the Hecht drive on John's pod. John's reply is that he only bolted the thing onto his ship. That doesn't mean that he knows what makes it work.

Ever get the impression that this is essentially the MO of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers?

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