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Re: 40K analysis

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Hi Connor, congratulations for your work and your analisys, is all great however. It's ever a pleasure read your thread.
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@Connor MacLeod

thanks to your work for the first time we have an explicit quotation of the fact that there are no two identical ships, not even of the same class. This is very important news, because it finally clarifies why we see ships of the same class in the novels but of different sizes and armaments. For example there are Battleships from 5 to 26 km. This suggests that in 40k the ship class does not imply a size or precise armament, but a function.
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WhiteLion wrote: 2019-10-12 04:39am @Connor MacLeod

thanks to your work for the first time we have an explicit quotation of the fact that there are no two identical ships, not even of the same class. This is very important news, because it finally clarifies why we see ships of the same class in the novels but of different sizes and armaments. For example there are Battleships from 5 to 26 km. This suggests that in 40k the ship class does not imply a size or precise armament, but a function.
"role and function" might be a more accurate way of saying that, but when it comes to WH40K one must always remember that there's no such thing as Imperium wide standard.
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Holy smeg. 2006? 13 years old thread, really?

Also: while there are "no identical ships", you can't just label a 26-km ship 'battleship' the same as a 5-km ship. They clearly fulfill different roles, otherwise they wouldn't be so ludicrously different. Glorianas are fleet command and Space Marine mobile base craft.
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WhiteLion, I've told you before about thread necromancy. Consider this a PR11 warning. Read the rules again.

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