Deathsnake
Rear Admiral
I would take your Design of the Yorktown as a Modell for the Eagle Class.
Model Type: CVL-52
Vehicle Type: Light Carrier
Crew: 1,000 (30 Officers, 40 Chief Petty Officers, and 930 Enlisted)
Troops / Passengers: 100 fighter pilots. Can embark up to 200 marines for assault missions although the carrier is extremely overcrowded.
Vehicles:
Fighter Compliment:
24 Light Starfighters (Normally F-96B Arrow Light Fighter)
16 Medium Starfighters (Normally F-86C Hellcat V Medium Fighter)
12 Heavy Starfighters (Normally F-66A Thunderbolt VII Heavy Fighter)
8 Heavy Fighter / Bombers (Normally F/A-76A Longbow Fighter / Bombers)
Statistical Data:
Length: 2,296.6 feet (700 meters)
Height: 436.6 feet (133.1 meters)
Width: 452.8 feet (138 meter)
Weight: 41,890 Tons (36,000 metric tons) fully loaded
Original the Eagle class carrier was meant as a replacement for the aging Ranger class light carriers, battle losses have prevented the retirement of the old design. Still, the Eagle class light carrier is the most modern light carrier in the Confederation Fleet and is far prefer by her crews over the Ranger and Wake Island class of carriers, having many advances over those classes. Unlike the escort carriers, the Eagle class is built from the keel up as carriers and are far better laid as carriers. Still, it is built more to civilian standards than warship standards to reduce building costs. It looks far more like a traditional carrier design and is is equipped with the latest in phase shielding, armor, weaponry, and the storage space to carry even the largest Confed heavy fighters and torpedo bombers.
Given their large size for light carriers, they are often mistaken by Kilrathi for fleet carriers and the Confederation has been forced to operate these light carriers in this role from time to time. These carriers incorporate a large amount of advanced technology including a large amount of automation. The Eagle class light carrier requires only around one thousand crew compared to around two thousand for the Ranger class. It is also faster than the Ranger class and has the ability to accelerate faster than most other capital ship classes. The light carriers weaponry, not including fighters, consists of ten heavy point defense lasers, six cruise missile launchers, and two defense missile launchers. The carrier is designed to be able to operate independently due to the lack of escorts which there have been high losses in.
Of course, like all carriers, fighters are the Eagle's main weaponry. The light carrier has a fighter wing of sixty fighters and bombers with is over half that of much larger fleet carriers. Still, the light carrier only a fraction of that of fleet carriers which gives the Eagle a lot of "bang for the buck" It has an advantage over both the Wake Island class and Ranger class due to having a pair of flight bays. This allows the loss of one while retaining flight operations. At present, the majority of these advanced light carriers have been assigned to the Nineteenth Battle Fleet.
In Wing Commander 3 Paladin comes to the Victory with that thing in the Book. Just split the Hangar in two
Model Type: CVL-52
Vehicle Type: Light Carrier
Crew: 1,000 (30 Officers, 40 Chief Petty Officers, and 930 Enlisted)
Troops / Passengers: 100 fighter pilots. Can embark up to 200 marines for assault missions although the carrier is extremely overcrowded.
Vehicles:
Fighter Compliment:
24 Light Starfighters (Normally F-96B Arrow Light Fighter)
16 Medium Starfighters (Normally F-86C Hellcat V Medium Fighter)
12 Heavy Starfighters (Normally F-66A Thunderbolt VII Heavy Fighter)
8 Heavy Fighter / Bombers (Normally F/A-76A Longbow Fighter / Bombers)
Statistical Data:
Length: 2,296.6 feet (700 meters)
Height: 436.6 feet (133.1 meters)
Width: 452.8 feet (138 meter)
Weight: 41,890 Tons (36,000 metric tons) fully loaded
Original the Eagle class carrier was meant as a replacement for the aging Ranger class light carriers, battle losses have prevented the retirement of the old design. Still, the Eagle class light carrier is the most modern light carrier in the Confederation Fleet and is far prefer by her crews over the Ranger and Wake Island class of carriers, having many advances over those classes. Unlike the escort carriers, the Eagle class is built from the keel up as carriers and are far better laid as carriers. Still, it is built more to civilian standards than warship standards to reduce building costs. It looks far more like a traditional carrier design and is is equipped with the latest in phase shielding, armor, weaponry, and the storage space to carry even the largest Confed heavy fighters and torpedo bombers.
Given their large size for light carriers, they are often mistaken by Kilrathi for fleet carriers and the Confederation has been forced to operate these light carriers in this role from time to time. These carriers incorporate a large amount of advanced technology including a large amount of automation. The Eagle class light carrier requires only around one thousand crew compared to around two thousand for the Ranger class. It is also faster than the Ranger class and has the ability to accelerate faster than most other capital ship classes. The light carriers weaponry, not including fighters, consists of ten heavy point defense lasers, six cruise missile launchers, and two defense missile launchers. The carrier is designed to be able to operate independently due to the lack of escorts which there have been high losses in.
Of course, like all carriers, fighters are the Eagle's main weaponry. The light carrier has a fighter wing of sixty fighters and bombers with is over half that of much larger fleet carriers. Still, the light carrier only a fraction of that of fleet carriers which gives the Eagle a lot of "bang for the buck" It has an advantage over both the Wake Island class and Ranger class due to having a pair of flight bays. This allows the loss of one while retaining flight operations. At present, the majority of these advanced light carriers have been assigned to the Nineteenth Battle Fleet.
In Wing Commander 3 Paladin comes to the Victory with that thing in the Book. Just split the Hangar in two
! Or it could be what Blair was doing while lost on the alien gateway.