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Post by Vorbote on Aug 30, 2010 18:37:50 GMT -6
How many MS does it hold, what are the dimensions, and what kind of armaments does it have?
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Post by Red on Aug 30, 2010 20:36:26 GMT -6
The best dimensions I can get at 600m length by 200m width and/or "twice the size of the Argama/Alexandria" (the Argama being approx. 340x120, which seems to confirm the actual numbers given on Gundam Wiki, as this comment was given right off Gundam Official.com).
So...extrapolating from that...it says it has 12 launch catapults though by my count it only has 7, but I guess some are like..double sided? Who knows. Anyhow, Alexandrias and the Argama have anywhere between 8-12 mobile suits approximately. The simplest calculation would be to just double that number since you're doubling the size and say like 16-24. However that would only mean about 2 mobile suits per launch deck, which doesn't seem to make sense since most other ships seem to give 4-6 mobile suits per catapult. So going by those numbers you're looking at a much larger number, more like 48-72. However that seems unreasonable given size constraints.
Taking all that into account, I'd say a realistic number is like 30-60? I dunno, that's my speculation of course, since I couldn't find anything decent in the 5-10 minutes I looked through google.
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Post by Vorbote on Aug 30, 2010 20:59:12 GMT -6
Thanks, Red. Sieg's first suggestion was in the 60-72 range for MS storage, and that's from what he seemed to remember. It makes sense, when compared to the catapult numbers, size, and when compared against the other ships listed on MAHQ. Daamn. That's a lot of MS.
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Post by Edward on Aug 30, 2010 21:01:48 GMT -6
A lot of the catapults seen from above are also catapults from below. I don't have first hand info myself, but I've read that in Tomino's novels that it at least has 10 mobile suit teams. Teams usually 3-4. So 30-40 minimum.
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Post by Red on Aug 30, 2010 21:17:11 GMT -6
Yeah, honestly it was a pretty sick ship and cool looking to boot. There's also a variation called the Revil with, if you can believe it, MORE room for mobile suits and launch decks replacing some of the larger guns. That's almost pushing Dolos capacity...or, well, at least reaching half of it.
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Post by Edward on Aug 30, 2010 21:46:16 GMT -6
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Post by Red on Aug 30, 2010 23:21:47 GMT -6
I would just like to say...
...every pegasus class ship was so cool, why did they go and fuck it all up with the stupid Ra Calium?
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Post by Richter on Aug 31, 2010 1:27:36 GMT -6
I would just like to say... ...every pegasus class ship was so cool, why did they go and fuck it all up with the stupid Ra Calium? Surely you aren't implying this: Is cooler than this: I never cared for the design of the pegasus class personally.
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Post by Vorbote on Aug 31, 2010 3:22:35 GMT -6
I happen to like the Ra Calium, but honestly, all of the ships in the Gundam universe suck for design. I prefer a towerless sleek design, like the Normandy SRI and Normandy SRII from Mass Effect 1 and 2. If that ship ain't sleek and sexy, Iunno what is.
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Post by Richter on Aug 31, 2010 8:23:11 GMT -6
I happen to like the Ra Calium, but honestly, all of the ships in the Gundam universe suck for design. I prefer a towerless sleek design, like the Normandy SRI and Normandy SRII from Mass Effect 1 and 2. If that ship ain't sleek and sexy, Iunno what is. I always figured the tower was so the captain and other people on the bridge could actually see the battlefield since minvosky particles fuck up everything.
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Post by Red on Aug 31, 2010 16:08:26 GMT -6
Yes, I actually kinda like the sphinx-esque design of the other pegasus class ships. I dunno what it is about the Ra Calium but I mainly just don't like how much it broke the mold since they kind of had a thing going (even though it changed a good deal with the Argama and Nahel Argama). I also don't understand what the big fin things are for.
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Post by Evan on Aug 31, 2010 17:24:46 GMT -6
There are some things I like about the Pegasus Class, but the Ra Calium takes it for me. I, too, am forced to wonder what those damn fins are for though, other than trying to look menacing or wasting metal.
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Post by Vorbote on Aug 31, 2010 18:12:32 GMT -6
Do Minovsky particles really screw with cameras at the front of the ship that much?
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Post by Hectator on Aug 31, 2010 20:10:13 GMT -6
There are some things I like about the Pegasus Class, but the Ra Calium takes it for me. I, too, am forced to wonder what those damn fins are for though, other than trying to look menacing or wasting metal. IIRC its something that helps on long-distance trips. Hence why in F91 the Salamis Kai was used as a local defense ship at Frontier Side, but all the ships sent to relieve them were Clops.
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Post by Evan on Aug 31, 2010 20:21:09 GMT -6
Maybe they're some kind of solar panels or uh, a "solar sail".
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