Omega-class cruiser design (POSSIBLE SPOILERS)

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From: klam at chat.carleton.ca (Kevin Lam)
Date: 6 Apr 1997 00:06:09 -0500
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Jay Denebeim (denebeim at deepthot.cary.nc.us) wrote:
> In article <33459071.6FA1 at earthlink.net>,
> George Johnsen  <ndeiprod at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >Methinks you refer to the Aggie Class, not the Omega, as the O's have no
> >rotator. 

> George, Joe has called the Aggie Class the Omega class.  He calls the
> others the Hyperion class.  (unless there is yet another class we
> haven't seen as of yet, I'm sure there is)

There is another class, actually... it's like the Aggy, except no rotating
section.  We saw it in GroPos, General Franklin's ship.





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From: kenshi at concentric.net
Date: 8 Apr 1997 06:33:40 -0400
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On 1997-04-06 klam at chat.carleton.ca(KevinLam) said:
 kl>There is another class, actually... it's like the Aggy, except no
 kl>rotating section.  We saw it in GroPos, General Franklin's ship.

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I think those are dreadnoughts (check out _Voltayre's_B5_Encyclopedia_
Xenobiologica_ under Technology:Ships or something like that).  I think
they're the older capitol ships (one appears in the episode where we see
Dukhat killed, along with some Hyperion-class cruisers).

The EA could've taken a successful design, "cut-and-pasted" on the drawing
board, and "tadaa! The Omega-class destroyer".  It's not too far-fetched -
The US Navy has done similer things. Spruance-, Kidd- and Ticonderoga-class
ships all have the same basic hull design.  One of our supply ship designs
was actually created by cutting an existing ship in half (port to starboard)
and welding in an extra hull section.

Whatever... I'm rambling...  Way past the Hour of the Wolf, I guess...


Anthony Hayes, EMT-B        <*>         I ride with, but do not speak
for, Kalamazoo County Ambulance.  Standard disclaimers apply...

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From: cthulhu at alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Mark Andrew Siefert)
Date: 8 Apr 1997 12:36:19 -0400
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: I think those are dreadnoughts (check out _Voltayre's_B5_Encyclopedia_
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: they're the older capitol ships (one appears in the episode where we see
: Dukhat killed, along with some Hyperion-class cruisers).

	I think the design you are talking about is called the Nova Class
Dreadnought.  They've beed seen in GROPOS and in Atonment with some
Roosevelt Class CA's.

: The EA could've taken a successful design, "cut-and-pasted" on the drawing
: board, and "tadaa! The Omega-class destroyer".  It's not too far-fetched -
: The US Navy has done similer things. Spruance-, Kidd- and Ticonderoga-class
: ships all have the same basic hull design.  One of our supply ship designs
: was actually created by cutting an existing ship in half (port to starboard)
: and welding in an extra hull section.

	IMHO, the Omega is an updated version of the older Nova.  They took
out most of the Nova's offensive punch, replaced them with more fighters and
a rotating habitat/command section, and added the heavy laser technology.

	If George is listening, could you give us the story?
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Later,
Mark A. Siefert
	
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From: George Johnsen <ndeiprod at earthlink.net>
Date: 9 Apr 1997 15:05:06 -0400
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You have it substantially correct.  (Even though i have been known to
get it confooosed from time to time- too many hours, not enough pillows)

The Nova Class Dreadnaughts have been around for quite a long time, but
are getting a "sprucing up" for further development. As we discovered in
our own navy, there is a need for several classes of ship of varying
sizes.

 The Omega Class are the next development in that series.  The habitat
section was added, as well as more armored sections.  There is a further
development of that class under discussion.  You can also see some
design elements of the class contained in the Cortez.

The newer ships under development are all of smaller classes, like the
Olympus Class Corvette, the Badger heavy fighter, and the Cotten Class
Deep Penetration Tender.  We will see these participate heavily in the
second of the TNT movies.

George Johnsen
CoProducer, B5




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