EVE General Discussion

You'd be a much better company if you dropped that dry erase nonsense and used chalk.

Chalk dust and technology do not mix.

For those that believe "wielding chalk" expresses authority the better option would be to simply chisel their presentation into a stone tablet.

Still nothing compared to northern Minnesota. Try -50C for a few days on end.

Maybe with enough global warming the Gulf Stream will re-direct itself and Iceland will know what cold really is.

Historically, a corvette was a ship built by the Terran nation of France in pre-spacetravel nation-state days. The class was first coined during a period in which water-going vessels were powered by atmospheric pressure variances. It was smaller than a frigate, had lighter armament, and was built for operation in shallow coastal waters. Similar to the sloop and brig (also shallow-water vessels), they could be operated up rivers and such with ocean-inlets.

Later the classification fell from favor, but was revived during a period of extended, intensified global warfare on old Earth, given to mass-produced, lightly armed ships intended for sub-hunting. They were not 'useless'...corvettes presented one of several changes to convoy strategy that ended up all but finishing off the unrestricted anti-shipping tactics employed at the time. I'm sure the Goons could tell you that logistics, even in this modern age of internet spas-ships, is a vital factor in their efforts, and I'm sure protecting their supply-chains is one of several vital fleet missions.

I'm curious to see what role a 'corvette' would fill in Eve, that isn't already occupied by some current class, without inventing a whole new task for them to accomplish.

Destroyers were not actually used for Sub Hunting they were often shoehorned into the role, though they did screen fleets.

The problem with using Destroyers in WW2 against subs was simple, old subs were slow and even slower underwater. Destroyers actual role was an extension of the Torpedo Boat. Armor not having hitpoints in real life had to be broken through and a large Cruiser or Battleship had large belts of armor, to break this shell you needed a powerful impact or explosion. A gun big enough to fire a round that size needed a certain size of hull making bigger ships dominant.

To solve this construction race a new device called a torpedo was created, a mine affixed to a lance to be rammed into a ship hull. After realizing the ACME method was as impractical as it was suicidal the self propelled torpedo was created with a screw affixed to the rear of the mine.

Early Torpedo Boats were small, one good hit spelled doom. They had a low waterline (stability at sea), low fuel reserves (limited range) and a paper hull (weak). All of which meant their use on the high seas was limited. To fix this the concept of the Torpedo Boat Destroyer was introduced. Armored to take shell hits, has a defensive array of guns to fight off small escorts, large engines to propel the craft and a larger hull for sea stability and range. This allowed them to take their torpedo's to the enemy. Torpedo Boats became a coastal type defense ship where Destroyers took over ocean fleets.

The Destroyers role changed around WW2 to also provide AA and ASW defense like most ships in the fleet. While relatively cheap ships all these features made them more expensive and their value to the fleet made sparing them for hunting costly. They were faster then they needed to be to catch subs, they had more guns then needed to sink a surfaced sub and their armor while strong was not near strong enough to stop a torpedo impact.

Now Corvettes and Chasers were good ships for hunting but in blue water like the old Torpedo Boats they were limited in stability and range. Enter an old standard, the 40 cannon sail Frigate had long since gone the way of the dinosaur with turret wielding, steal armored, screw propelled Cruisers taking their place as light warships. WW2 saw their reintroduction by the British as a smaller slower stripped down Destroyer with no torpedo tubes, less guns, slow engines and more ASW armament. Suited to long patrols and convoy protection in sub infested waters.

Currently ship designation makes little difference, most Warships have a small main gun, anti-ship missiles, anti-air missiles, close support guns, torpedo's and depth charges all rolled into one. Ship size doesn't matter so much in designation since every nation designates ships based on different criteria most of which have the same multipurpose role.

The Scouting Role is pretty well covered, a faster weaker version probably wouldn't change EVE in a big way since even T1 Attack ships can break 6km a second with 2 second align. Not much more speed is really needed for scouting after that. If you need a safer scout then that there are even invisible ships that can handle it.

Grew up in south Texas and been to Houston a few times over the past 2 years, triple digits each time and I still have (insert humor comment about being baked here) family there.
still have some 120+ degree photos of the car's temperature readout in the shade with the A/C "on"

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Celly

galleon master race.

That is why I liked the old Scorpion design, it looks like it was made by someone who has only a passing idea what a Scorpion is. All those creatures the Caldari name their ships after are probably mythological to them or perhaps they think the fictional creatures were real.

The names are probably not what we think they are either, they are in entirely new languages.