Ship Types for Knight Hawks

Since I tend to compare alot of SF to the Civil War here's another one As we all know many parts of SF and KH were to put it mildly simplified to make it better suited for younger gamers. This is why we have identical ships for both sides, which at first may seem unrealistic. During American Civil War both sides were using the same ships and same weapons. So we are covered here. One thing not covered in at least some detail is the more specific detail was the types of ships. Some work has been down trying to get more race specific details but there is another aspect of ship building not really mentioned. During the Civil War there were three different navies. Not sides but types of ships. They were: Brown Water-Ships for the rivers Blue Water-Ocean going vessels Green Water-Intermediate ships for both river and limited sea, mostly coastline work For those who are not aware these classifications were needed because of the different drafts, hulls and types of missions the vessels needed to perform. In KH we have similar need for different vessels based on area of operations and missions. Brown-those never meant to leave the solar system they are assigned to IE System Ships Blue-Spacefleet vessels which need to frequently travel between systems and off into deep unihabitant space IE Battleships Green-Those which serve in one particular system but can move to another if needed. IE Assualt Scouts Now translating this into game terms would mean Militias which all seem to have ships dedicated to being handed over to Spacefleet and leaving themselves defenseless. Brown ships could fill this role with more space toward weapons and less toward unneeded engines Frigates and Destroyers would be the biggest ships to flip flop between Brown, Blue and Green. Each type would have differing speed and weapons Cruisers and Battleships would almost always be Blue but one converted to Brown could be devastating.

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