Homeworld ship classifications??

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-10-26 03:34am

Why are the uses of warship classifications so.... ahem, irregular in Homeworld??

The ships called Fighters and the light Corvettes are rightfully called so - but since the frigates are supposed to be all-round combat vessels rather than escort ships, shouldn't they be labeled cruisers or at least destroyers. The "Destroyers" of HW actually function more like battlecruisers if I have got it right and the "cruisers" of HW are actually more akin to the battleship equivalent.

BTW, I'm a bit of a noob to HW so if I have misunderstood something grossly, don't be harsh on me.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-10-26 08:58am

Frigates aren't really all-round combat vessels. There are several different types, and each one's specialised to a particular role, either capship attack, defensive escort, or a mobile repair and refuel station.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-10-26 10:37am

Homeworld actually has it down quite good. The firgate are highly specialized ships and you use each design as its intended. While big and powerful, the destroyers work best as the core of a formation either escorting carriers or battlecruisers. The battlecruisers indicate a big and powerful ship as well. They could go for larger ships, but they find the need is not there.

Shortie · Post by **Shortie** » 2003-10-26 11:44am

The names for warship types are always changing in real life, so there's no really wrong way to use them in SF. That said, I wouldn't have done it in quite the same way as they did.

Hravy Cruisers are basically battleships, but because the Mothership is so much more impressive it'd sound a bit silly. Destroyers should really be called cruisers, so they can be CLs. HW corvettes are maybe a bit too small to be that, but I can't think of a better name, so leave it.
For Frigates I think I'd change the size class to escort and make them either frigates (assault) or destroyers (Ion Cannons). That is, short for capital ship destroyers.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-10-26 05:01pm

What's with their unwillingness to use the term 'battleship' anyway? Battleship sounds a lot more badass than "heavy cruiser" or "battlecruiser".

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-10-26 05:06pm

Maybe because there ARE battleships, they are just MUCH larger. Like maybe a fully gunned up Kuun-Lan for starters. Or how about the ship that moved the Siege Cannon about? We know there are larger ships about. These are just the easy mobile ones.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-10-26 06:53pm

If the "Bishop #" transports were militarized, they might fit in as battleships.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-26 07:09pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:Why are the uses of warship classifications so.... ahem, irregular in Homeworld??

The ships called Fighters and the light Corvettes are rightfully called so - but since the frigates are supposed to be all-round combat vessels rather than escort ships, shouldn't they be labeled cruisers or at least destroyers. The "Destroyers" of HW actually function more like battlecruisers if I have got it right and the "cruisers" of HW are actually more akin to the battleship equivalent.

There's no particular reason that their fleet organization must mirror real life. For example, in the US Navy frigates (DL) once lead destroyers (DD) and destroyer escorts (DE).

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-10-27 10:07am

Alyeska wrote:Maybe because there ARE battleships, they are just MUCH larger. Like maybe a fully gunned up Kuun-Lan for starters.

Or the Sajuuk from HW2.

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