40k questions... again.... yep.

Black Admiral · Post by **Black Admiral** » 2004-09-16 10:38am

Chris OFarrell wrote:
Black Admiral wrote:They range from 600-meter long destroyers, right up to 7-klick long battleships and 20-km long ships that aren't IDed.
Not quite. They run upto about six klicks for battleships, not seven

Iron Hands says otherwise, as the Corrupter of Colchis is stated to be seven kilometers long several times over the course of the novel.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2004-09-16 12:41pm

Obviously, it depends on what class of battleship.

Cruisers tend to be 3K+.

Slacker · Post by **Slacker** » 2004-09-16 01:22pm

The other thing to remember is that Chaos kit becomes rather non-standard, between the greebly bits and tentacles. Given we're talking about an (IIRC) Emperor's Children's BB, the tentacles could easily account for another klick.

Black Admiral · Post by **Black Admiral** » 2004-09-16 01:53pm

Slacker wrote:The other thing to remember is that Chaos kit becomes rather non-standard, between the greebly bits and tentacles. Given we're talking about an (IIRC) Emperor's Children's BB, the tentacles could easily account for another klick.

World Bearers, and beyond the obvious (like daemons possesing the guns and the fire control system), there wasn't really anything non-standard about it. Certainly not anything that'd increase its length by a kilometer.

And for the sake of completeness, the lengths of various IoM craft:
Cobra-class destroyer, 600 meters
Sword- and Firestorm-class frigates, 1,600 meters
Berengaria-pattern frigates/light carriers, 2,00 meters
Cruiser designation warships, 3-4,000 meters
Emperor- and Retribution-class battleships, 6,400 meters
Unknown class of Ad-Mech heavy transport, 16,000 meters
Unknown ship, 20,000 meters

There are several ships mentioned (Majestic-class supercarriers and Imperator-class battleships for two) that unfortunately have little to no data about them.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2004-09-16 04:07pm

Black Admiral wrote: And for the sake of completeness, the lengths of various IoM craft:
Cobra-class destroyer, 600 meters
Sword- and Firestorm-class frigates, 1,600 meters
Berengaria-pattern frigates/light carriers, 2,00 meters
Cruiser designation warships, 3-4,000 meters
Emperor- and Retribution-class battleships, 6,400 meters
Unknown class of Ad-Mech heavy transport, 16,000 meters
Unknown ship, 20,000 meters

There are several ships mentioned (Majestic-class supercarriers and Imperator-class battleships for two) that unfortunately have little to no data about them.

Also, from Caves of Ice
"small" private transport, 1,000 meters.
Unknown class of Ad-Mech transport shuttle, 500 meters.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2004-09-16 06:53pm

Necron Lord, where did you get the lengths of IoM space craft? Almost every single reference I have seen has been vague.

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2004-09-16 06:58pm

Black Admiral wrote:
Chris OFarrell wrote:
Black Admiral wrote:They range from 600-meter long destroyers, right up to 7-klick long battleships and 20-km long ships that aren't IDed.
Not quite. They run upto about six klicks for battleships, not seven
Iron Hands says otherwise, as the Corrupter of Colchis is stated to be seven kilometers long several times over the course of the novel.

Is that a good book? Does it have spacebattles involving all seven kilometers of ship?

Black Admiral · Post by **Black Admiral** » 2004-09-16 06:59pm

Imperial Overlord wrote:Necron Lord, where did you get the lengths of IoM space craft? Almost every single reference I have seen has been vague.

Execution Hour and Shadow Point provide the cruiser lengths, Eye Of Terror gives the BB length, Sabbat Martyr the length for the CVL/frigates, Caves of Ice for the freighter + shuttle ones (I failed to spot that actualy), and the escort lengths are scattered around somewhere.

Black Admiral · Post by **Black Admiral** » 2004-09-16 07:01pm

Bob the Gunslinger wrote:Is that a good book? Does it have spacebattles involving all seven kilometers of ship?

IMO, yeah, it's a good book, and there is a space battle in it, although more of a cat-and-mouse game between the Corrupter and the Iron Hands strike cruiser Ajax.

Oh, and as an amendment to my above post:
First And Only for the Ad-Mech transport length, and Ghostmaker for the unIDed ship.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2004-09-16 07:18pm

Thank you. It's been ages since I read Eye of Terror or Sabbat Martyr, although I reread Gordon' Rennie's stuff recently. (I love capital ship battles).[/i]