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Given the long term missions we see on Trek, I'm not sure that the air crew/ship crew division would be maintained. It is one thing for a 6 month rotation, but Trek ships seem to, frequently, have very long term mission, much more like ships of the line back in the day.
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Well a heavy carrier like this would not be a long-duration ship. One way of keeping her from being a 'supership' is to have her need a lot of support.
She's got those four huge impulse engines, one or possibly two (some people theorize) warp drives, her complement of fighters and shuttles - all of that is going to eat through fuel like crazy, especially if her engines concentrate more on power than efficiency. Add to that the fact that in full berserker mode she'd go through a torpedo complement like a pirhana and she would be on a shorter 'leash' than explorer ships.
Ark Royal is the anchor ship for an operational wing of a task force. She's the heavy hitter/carrier in the lot, but also the command ship for it in keeping with the modern role of carriers. But that wing also carries support ships to keep Ark and the other ships topped off, move crew around, etc.
It was my way to voluntarily kneecap the Akira a little so it's not all fanwank-driven.
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The idea of a bomber named "Shinto" bothers me.
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I wanted to come up with some Japanese-inspired names for the combat craft she carries to coincide with the "Akira" designation of their mothership, but nothing too hokey so they could stand on their own.
My ego would be gorged if people were to take my image of the Akira as the fandom one of choice, but I'm not holding my breath on that. So really I'm just concerning myself with making the best damn representation of the Akira *I* would like.
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emperorkalan, I believe Ahkileez was referriong to the eras of Japanese Katanas, or Samuri swords. Not dynasty eras. Shinto is also a religion though, no?
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I've actually had this design, and name, for a great many years now. And since the moment I gave it that name I've had people tut-tutting me about that. Hehe.
I suppose I could change it, but laziness is such a comfortable state.
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quote:Originally posted by Sean: emperorkalan, I believe Ahkileez was referriong to the eras of Japanese Katanas, or Samuri swords. Not dynasty eras. Shinto is also a religion though, no?
Yes, sorry, I'd missed the other thread which made that obvious. If the names have to be Katana-related, then the suggestions would be schools of swordmaking, names of famed swordsmiths, and names of famed swordsmen.
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quote:Originally posted by emperorkalan: Yes, sorry, I'd missed the other thread which made that obvious. If the names have to be Katana-related, then the suggestions would be schools of swordmaking, names of famed swordsmiths, and names of famed swordsmen.
Or to further tie it to "Akira", swordsmen from Kurosawa movies.
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No- it's clearly named after the sushi chef on The Simpsons.
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