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Toxif Minmatar The Hive Syndicate Vanguard.	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:10:00 - [1] "I am flying a Scythe-class Cruiser" or "I am in a cruiser-class ship"? "The enemy fleet has a number of Naglfar-class Dreadnoughts" or "Their capital fleet includes Dreadnought-class ships"? "The Titan is a capital-class ship" or "The Amarr have unveiled the new Avatar-class Titan"? Sorry, but this has been bugging me for a while, and I can't find any evidence of what is 'proper' =) ____________________________________________________________
DigitalCommunist November Corporation	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:13:00 - [2] I'd prefer hearing the second one, if you absolutely have to sound like a total douche on TS.
Toxif Minmatar The Hive Syndicate Vanguard.	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:21:00 - [3] Anyone with a definitive answer? I don't read enough sci-fi to know this too well :P ____________________________________________________________
J Ryan Caldari Under Heavy Fire Carpe-Diem	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:22:00 - [4] Well in current naval terms you would say something like a Nimitz class Aircraft Carrier, or Ticonderoga class cruiser.
InquisitorCzevak	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:23:00 - [5] If you want to make sense when reporting large fleet you use cruiser or dreadnought. If you start rattling off counts of each individual hull for a 200man fleet your FC will shoot you.
Jana Clant New Dawn Tribe New Eden Research	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:28:00 - [6] Originally by: Toxif "I am flying a Scythe-class Cruiser" That one is the proper sci-fi use I believe, but as said above, not exactly the best one to use on voice comms. New Eden Research, we have labs! And cookies!
Dualshock GoonFleet GoonSwarm	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:35:00 - [7] Now ask about the plural of "Thanatos"
Dualshock GoonFleet GoonSwarm	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:36:00 - [8] (thanatoi, anyone who even thinks of thanatoses needs to kill themselves right now)
Dualshock GoonFleet GoonSwarm	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:37:00 - [9] god dammit SOLO DRAKBAN look what you've reduced me to
Trathen Minmatar	Posted - 2009.07.12 21:58:00 - [10] Edited by: Trathen on 12/07/2009 21:58:33 http://tinyurl.com/nodlu2 _
Toxif Minmatar The Hive Syndicate Vanguard.	Posted - 2009.07.12 23:49:00 - [11] Originally by: Jana Clant Originally by: Toxif "I am flying a Scythe-class Cruiser" That one is the proper sci-fi use I believe, but as said above, not exactly the best one to use on voice comms. Thank you, and Originally by: Trathen Edited by: Trathen on 12/07/2009 21:58:33 http://tinyurl.com/nodlu2 thank you =) ____________________________________________________________
Lanais Suleia	Posted - 2009.07.13 00:09:00 - [12] Originally by: Dualshock (thanatoi, anyone who even thinks of thanatoses needs to kill themselves right now) I was gonna say "Thanatii".
Grek Forto Unforseen Consequences	Posted - 2009.07.13 00:48:00 - [13] Originally by: Lanais Suleia Originally by: Dualshock (thanatoi, anyone who even thinks of thanatoses needs to kill themselves right now) I was gonna say "Thanatii". I was gonna say "two or more ugly turd carriers" Grek Forto Yarring Blog
Dong Ninja	Posted - 2009.07.13 01:01:00 - [14] I was gonna say "a waste of skillpoints." Originally by: Xen Gin Indeed, upgrading an MS OS is like taking a **** into a cake mixture, then complaining that it doesn't taste good when it's all done.
Awesome Possum Insert Obscure Latin Name	Posted - 2009.07.13 01:10:00 - [15] Originally by: Dualshock (thanatoi, anyone who even thinks of thanatoses needs to kill themselves right now) Same as the plural for moose or deer? ♥ Wreck Disposal Services
Kurzhan Suvok Amarr	Posted - 2009.07.13 01:17:00 - [16] Originally by: Toxif "I am flying a Scythe-class Cruiser" or "I am in a cruiser-class ship"? "The enemy fleet has a number of Naglfar-class Dreadnoughts" or "Their capital fleet includes Dreadnought-class ships"? "The Titan is a capital-class ship" or "The Amarr have unveiled the new Avatar-class Titan"? Sorry, but this has been bugging me for a while, and I can't find any evidence of what is 'proper' =) I've put in bold the proper statements. The 'class' is the general name used for a ship 'type'. This has been standard naval tradition for hundreds of years and what is generally used in most science fiction.
Kashre Minmatar Battlegroup Obsidian	Posted - 2009.07.13 06:54:00 - [17] I dont think there is a "propper" use of the word class in sci-fi, other than what the writers decide. Even in the real world I think different navies use different conventions for naming classes of ships. I know that in the US Navy the class is named for the first ship completed with that design (i.e. the New Jersey class Battleship is called that cause USS New Jersey was the first one built). But a couple days ago I was trying to look up ship names and found out (if you believe Wikipedia :P) that there was a British "C-Class" destroyer which was a group of similar ships instead of a bunch with the same exact hull design. So I'd say use it however you want or however you see CCP use it... but listen to the guy who said not to do it when passing intel in gang :P +++ "Etiquette is for the Dojo. In war there is only victory or death." - Eiji Yoshikawa
Shinnen Caldari Northern Intelligence	Posted - 2009.07.13 08:04:00 - [18] Is my broadsword a rupture-class cruiser?
Lilla Kharn Amarr	Posted - 2009.07.13 09:20:00 - [19] Edited by: Lilla Kharn on 13/07/2009 09:20:33 Originally by: Shinnen Is my broadsword a rupture-class cruiser? No, it's a Broadsword class Heavy Interdictor. It is modeled after a Rupture class cruiser. ============================================= "Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato
Sheriff Jones Amarr Clinical Experiment	Posted - 2009.07.13 09:24:00 - [20] I personally fly a Templar, it's a drone class fighter used by Amarr carriers. My opinions represent the opinions of my corporation completely. I'm the CEO damnit.
Bosie	Posted - 2009.07.13 09:27:00 - [21] It's a sci-fi game, so it's up to the creators/players which way it is said. "There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is ENGLAND
Shinnen Caldari Northern Intelligence	Posted - 2009.07.13 10:18:00 - [22] Originally by: Lilla Kharn Edited by: Lilla Kharn on 13/07/2009 09:20:33 Originally by: Shinnen Is my broadsword a rupture-class cruiser? No, it's a Broadsword class Heavy Interdictor. It is modeled after a Rupture class cruiser. OK I get it :)
Darkon Gatland Amarr Infinity Enterprises Atlas Alliance	Posted - 2009.07.13 11:31:00 - [23] Ship Class: Avatar, Dominix, Thanatos. Ship Type: Titan, Battleship, Carrier. Simple.

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