Talk:Halcyon-class light cruiser: Difference between revisions
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Tonnage means exactly what it says: how nmany tons it weight. it has nothing to do with size, just weight. -SpecOps306 | Tonnage means exactly what it says: how nmany tons it weight. it has nothing to do with size, just weight. -SpecOps306 | ||
It would actually have quite a bit to do with size. Since we know that ''Halcyon''-class cruisers are quite dense for their size due to their large amounts of structural bracing, it is likely that the ship would have to be quite a bit smaller than the current ''Marathon''-class cruisers by a factor greater than 1/3. If they were of the same overall density, then there would be no point in pointing out the superior durability of the ''Halcyon''-class as it would be the same as the ''Marathon''-class, which would make the ''Halcyon'' even more underpowered than before. It is likely that the authors meant volume instead of tonnage, which would be slightly more in keeping with the designated size of the ''Marathon''-class compared to the ''Halcyon''-class. However, since both are irregularly shaped objects it is difficult to determine their exact volume. The ''Halcyon''-class is listed as being 1.17km long, and the ''Marathon'' is 1.5km long. [[User:The one092001|The one092001]] 06:13, 25 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Length == | == Length == | ||