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166 days, 4 hours, 41 minutes ago
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ninjabunny
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If you watched the original TV series of Battlelstar Galactica, you remember the double episode where Lorne Green played Adama and Loyd Brydges played the legendary Cain ? Two types of battlestars were there, one was the Galactic class, (new or old ?), the Peguses (New, old or proto-type ?) it had 2 -4 nuke missiles, less fighters, and could only fire them once, the missiles. I dont understand why this class of Battlestar is not available when it seems other races get upgrades as race advantages.
166 days, 3 hours, 46 minutes ago
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tomprime
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Hah! You're a "new" NB, right?

You asked this exact same question in your first incarnation.

Answer is simple. The game mechanics as originally written didn't support both torps and fighters. New "campaign" ships are only now being added as Emperor ships.

Not every detail from every series can be accommodated. The different series don't work well enough together for that.

Plus, the Colonies aren't statistically under-performing. There is no real need to upgrade them.
166 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes ago
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ninjabunny
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Why upgrade the FEDS then, think they had more than enough racial advantages as it is. Just because I was old enough to watch the original serries doesnt make me my friend, it was one thing we both had in common.
166 days, 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
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martinr
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Why? It's about game balance.

Feds don't win many games.

They have not had an Emperor.

The weaker races have had upgrades (EE, Birds, Fascists).

So recently the Feds have had a race specific upgrade.

The CoM have a commend ship and the Tantrum.

Emperor ships tend to not be upgrades to their current ships.

So your Virgo would have to have a smaller cargo hold and probably less carrier bays to install two torp launcher to fire a small number of torps.

So it would not be better than the original. Just different.

166 days, 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
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ninjabunny
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Thanks,

yes I would expect such an improvement to have 50 less fighter holds in return for 4 one shot torp bays, even limited to the torp level to be only resupplied at a proper Star Base. I agree the Colonies are under gunned, but really should it take a races top ship to defeat a mid range ship of anothers ? If so why even have that race ? By the way how often have the Colonies been Emperor? Just curious.