How u find these numbers? Is there a source book around somewhere? --Josh --- Justin Howrote: > Rear Admiral Eihendorf's fleet had the following breakdown which I > think > might be considered "standard" for Imperials: > > 200-250 battleships (11.17-15.34%) > 400-500 cruisers (22.35-30.67%) > 1000 destroyers (55.87-61.35%) > 30-40 carriers (1.68-2.45%) > > The carrier dimensions for both sides are battleship scale or larger > and the > Imperial carrier comes with a large capital ship armament (especially > it > looks like a superheavy battleship with a hanger module slapped on > top). > > The number of fast battleships is not stated and so their numbers are > lumped > in with the normal BB's. Their numbers probably aren't very high > though, > with the exception of Bittenfeld's fleet which uses them as their > main > strength. I'm personally guessing around 1/3 of the total BB count is > fast > BB. > > The extremely low percentage of carriers in this Imperial fleet seems > to > reinforce the idea that the Imperials are not big proponents of > carrier > warfare and are of the "big guns" mentality. (As the Thor Hammer, > the > superheavy BB's of the nobles, and the Ahsgrimm demonstrate). > Although > their standard battleships are listed as carrying 12 Valkyries each, > their > use in battle appears more of an adjunct than as a striking arm of > its own, > sort of like the British Navy's view towards airpower earlier this > century. > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msn.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/