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Chris
Chris
2 years ago

Incredible! Please complete the Acclamator – both Republic navy and Imperial navy variants. Should be an easy task? Always curious and appreciative of your take on starships of the line during these eras.

Joe Perry King
4 years ago

are you going to do more work on this? I would love to see a better more powerful acclamator, a multipurpose one though, can carry some troops but mostly figther carrier and frigate/cruiser. this is an interesting FO light cruiser, something like this woule be awesome but with more details and less exposed bridge.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/foc-alliance-22x/images/first-order-light-cruiser2

Anonymous
Anonymous
5 years ago

I guess this ship will be more powerful than the Dreadnaught Class Star Frigate right?

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Fair guess, what with the greater volume for potential reactor area-this Acc variant might have more hangar space than a Dread, but I doubt it cuts into overall juice enough to make up said bulk differential. Still leaves plenty of room for experience/crew quality/surprise to make a difference, though.

DanielShenise
5 years ago

I almost think you should take overhang out and just transition the bridge module into the upper superstructure like the Fulgor. I just think the proportions will work better.

Scythemouse
Scythemouse
5 years ago

Rand Ecliptic, maybe?

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago
Reply to  Scythemouse

Funny thing is, prior to the Disneyboot that ship was (finally) pinned down by Dark Horse Comics as an “Imperial II” class frigate which sported Acclamator-evocative superstructure & aft fin, but a much slimmer bow & odd double port-to-starboard hangar layout. Since SW’s current official curators have yet to flesh out their spin on that story, I see nothing stopping us from ‘head-retconning’ Ecliptic as a member of this class.

Chris
Chris
5 years ago
Reply to  gorkmalork

Until they again re-tell the story of The Mutiny On The Rand Ecliptic….a thrilling adventure of daring and intrigue soon to be a Movie of The Week special presentation….I hope and wish.

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago
Reply to  Chris

Between Rogue One and Wedge & Hobbie’s own defection on Rebels, I’d say Biggs Darlkighter and however many fellow mutineers have a fair shot at *some* flavor of update to their tale.

Anonymous
Anonymous
5 years ago

So you said this ship have 1/8th of the ISD power right?:http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?p=4031542#p4031542
Then that’s make it a reverse Compellor Class Star Cruiser which you said to have 8 times the power of the ISD.

Arvenski
Arvenski
5 years ago

A new addition to the Acclamator family? Awesome! The command tower seems oddly proportioned for a ship similar in size to an Acclamator, though; it looks quite oversized. Then again, ISDs have those huge command towers, so what do I know. Perhaps you mean this to show a step in the evolution of ship designs that occurred when the Republic became the Empire: going from the smaller towers on the Acclamator and Venator, to this, to the big, hulking ISD-style towers that we see on nearly all the Imperial capital ships.

Also, I didn’t realize Folgors were that big. Whoa. I always thought of them as blockaders and patrol craft; now I can imagine a couple of them escorting an ISD into battle.

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago
Reply to  Arvenski

Hmm, from that bottom pic’s angle the bridge module just looks about half again the volume of a transport-variant Acc’s command pod. Wouldn’t exactly call that outsized.

As for the Fulgor’s role, that design sports a few punchy-looking ball turrets, but speed & sensors seem to be its main priorities. I could see it specializing in running down fast corvettes & lighter frigates (and fencing with Dreadnaught/Assault Frigate-tonnage adversaries long enough for help to jump in) when not on recon/picket duty.

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago
Reply to  Fractalsponge

Well, at least Fulgor seems solidly-constructed enough for shields to keep it intact whilst showing peer-tonnage bushwhackers a clean ion wake. Come to think of it, the closest Mon Cal counterparts (MC30 & -40) seem almost hilariously thrust-impoverished by comparison, though an ambushing -80 might well chew the Fulg up before it cleared HTL range.

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago
Reply to  Fractalsponge

So a Fulg bent on bugging out would have a fair chance of escape provided the heavier capital didn’t score a tractor-beam lock. Which now makes me wonder about the utility of tractors in hot-pursuit situations against targets comprising, say, 20-40% of a ship’s tonnage.

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago
Reply to  Fractalsponge

@Fractal
True, their effectiveness on fellow capital craft outside relatively sedentary/cooperative procedures (docking, salvage, assisting damaged peers) is certainly questionable. I’ve been wondering whether Scarif & Endor made a little more sense if we assumed tractor-locks were preventing easy evasion/separation on at least the Impstars’ part (though I sorely doubt any Rebel ship had the tonnage/insanity to try that with Executor). Still, if the Falcon’s narrow escape from Bespin was any indicator, they seem to take a least a couple seconds’ warmup time, so perhaps reeling in non-crippled capitals is usually no sure thing.

Arvenski
Arvenski
5 years ago
Reply to  Fractalsponge

Yeah, I finally realized that was the Venator pod just now. I should’ve seen that earlier.

Soren
Soren
5 years ago

Fractal, you have the official Soren Seal-Of-Approval for this project! LoL

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago

Ah, the toothier sibling of everyone’s favorite clonetrooper bus at last. Digging the comparison lineup, thrusters, strangely familiar-looking bridge module & fantail extension (which just *works* with this particular chunky dagger).

Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
5 years ago

If we’re taking moderately pretentious latin name suggestions for the class, could I put out Exculcator and Praeventor?
Fine work as usual, Fractal. Looking forward to another tough medium frigate in the Republican line of battle that will eventually end up in a half-dozen Empire at War RTS mods.

gorkmalork
gorkmalork
5 years ago
Reply to  Steve Bannon

Can’t help feeling those monikers are a bit too easily mixed up with Executor & Praetor. Don’t suppose ‘Gladius’ might fit, or would that stray too far from Acclamator’s implied theme?

Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
5 years ago
Reply to  gorkmalork

I’ve been following Star Citizen development for a while, so when someone mentions the Gladius in a space combat context, I always think about a light interceptor instead of a capital ship.

Anonymous
Anonymous
5 years ago

So I guess this variant will be similar to the Acclamator II-class assault ship right?:http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Acclamator_II-class_assault_ship