Concordia-Class Fleet Carriers

Aeronautico

Rear Admiral
I'd like to know what we know about the Concordia-Class Fleet Carriers. Do we have a history of the class prior to its appearances in WC4? I think the Concordia has been serving long beforehand, but I don't know if that's accurate. I just know they were visually similar to Yorktowns, but a lot bigger.

Does anyone know anything else about the Concordia? Their specs, numbers, names?
 
I'd like to know what we know about the Concordia-Class Fleet Carriers. Do we have a history of the class prior to its appearances in WC4? I think the Concordia has been serving long beforehand, but I don't know if that's accurate. I just know they were visually similar to Yorktowns, but a lot bigger.

Does anyone know anything else about the Concordia? Their specs, numbers, names?

First read LOAF's Concordia FAQ.

Concordia makes its first appearance for us in Action Stations when a Concordia class carrier called TCS Concordia fights at McAuliffe.
 
I just read through the FAQ, and it seems odd to me that the supercruiser would only serve for 13 or so years. It is possible to have two ships in service with the same name, and I would think that the ship would have plenty of fight left in it.

The only thing I could think of that would sideline it would be expense. Think Iowa class battleship in the Gulf War. Great ship, lots of weapons, but a cruiser or even guided missile destroyer could accomplish the same mission with fewer crew, expense, etc.
 
The only thing I could think of that would sideline it would be expense. Think Iowa class battleship in the Gulf War. Great ship, lots of weapons, but a cruiser or even guided missile destroyer could accomplish the same mission with fewer crew, expense, etc.

In addition to being confusing, why would you? I mean seriously there are plenty of other names out there. Traditionally when a Navy has wanted to give an existing ship name to a different vessel, they'd rename the older one.

I mean think about it, look how much confusion the Wolf 359 "Melbourne" issue caused.
 
I just read through the FAQ, and it seems odd to me that the supercruiser would only serve for 13 or so years. It is possible to have two ships in service with the same name, and I would think that the ship would have plenty of fight left in it.

I think 'decomissioned' in the FAQ is more 'likely destroyed' (or crippled or some story we don't know yet). It's doubtful to me that the Confederation was actually removing much of anything from service, much less powerful battlecruisers.
 
In addition to being confusing, why would you? I mean seriously there are plenty of other names out there. Traditionally when a Navy has wanted to give an existing ship name to a different vessel, they'd rename the older one.

Because it is considered very bad luck to rename a ship after its commissioning. Several ships that have had that done have met less than ideal ends. The try to avoid doing it at almost all costs.

The name Concordia probably also carries a significance to the Confederation. Turner's leadership from it during McAuliffe essentially saves the day from being a total and utter defeat.
 
The name Concordia probably also carries a significance to the Confederation. Turner's leadership from it during McAuliffe essentially saves the day from being a total and utter defeat.

Exactly... I'm willing to bet the Concordia was either destroyed, damaged beyond repair.. which begs the question why the same thing didn't happen when the DN Concordia took too many hits and was assigned to backwater duty.

Or by that point had the name attached to that ship to the point where removing it would have been a morale hit.
 
Exactly... I'm willing to bet the Concordia was either destroyed, damaged beyond repair.. which begs the question why the same thing didn't happen when the DN Concordia took too many hits and was assigned to backwater duty.

... because the DN Concordia *wasn't* destroyed or damaged beyond repair when it took too many hits?
 
When will that be? I mean I understand the massive weapons load outs and morale affect, but... BBs are very slow and I doubt it would be too hard to pick off.

There isn't likely to be a war with a country that can pick off a battleship, though... and, presumably, they would be protected by the same system of bells and whistles and escort ships as a modern carrier is.

Never the less, this is largely a prestige issue - with the odd reversal of the Navy being the group that insists the battleships won't be needed and the Congress being the ones insisting on upholding the tradition.

Never the less, none of these things is the allegory we want -- my initial post way back when was only to mean that presumably *something* happened between the last reference to the Concordia supercruiser (in 2656) and the appearance of the Concordia dreadnaught (believed to be 2661).
 
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