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Posted by Thyriel on 10-13-2001 05:17 PM:

B5 tech info

So, now that I started to post here, I might as well continue with some questions.

I do like B5 however I never really gave a damn about any tech stats. Now though, that I want to make some missions, I would be really happy if someone would help me find some on the net.
(Yeah you guessed it I am too lazy to go around and look myself.)
I would like to know things like how many fighters does the nova have, or the corvette, or hyperion. And how many fighters does sharlin have. ETC ETC ETC. The tech stuff. :-) Do you guys know any sites that would help?

Posted by White-SF on 10-13-2001 05:20 PM:

b5tech.com ... Nothing more to say!

Posted by Mr. Fury on 10-13-2001 05:24 PM:

B5tech is full of crap, they have made up most of their technical infos.

There is only one sita that I trust, as it shows only canon information, too bad it's not in english.

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Posted by White-SF on 10-13-2001 05:26 PM:

Which one is this?

I'm looking for such sites as well... Which language?

Posted by Mr. Fury on 10-13-2001 05:32 PM:

The site I was talking about can be found here (language is finnish )
http://gamma.nic.fi/~mpetays/b5/liittokunnat.html

Posted by White-SF on 10-13-2001 05:34 PM:

You use arabic numbers and the metric system, don't you? So at least most of the data should be no problem to evaluate, I think...

I checked the page: No data on how many fighters earth alliance cruisers carry... This won't help then. There is info about it on b5tech, but as you said, this might not be correct...

Posted by Freeze on 10-13-2001 05:37 PM:

Don't use B5Tech ... some stats are correct, but they pull way too much other, unknown information from their hats.

Hyperspace - http://hyperspace.isnnews.net/ - is, as far as I know crredited for not speculating on hard data, but giving out just hard facts.

The site Mr. Fury stated is based mainly on knowledge from Hyperspace, so you're in good hands on either of these sites. Too bad it's in finnish language only.

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Posted by White-SF on 10-13-2001 05:42 PM:

Cool... this looks professional!

Now I know what I'll do next... Read all the info on this page from top to bottom. Thanx for the link!

Btw: That's the page the finnish one got the pictures from, right?

Posted by Mr. Fury on 10-13-2001 05:44 PM:

Oh yes, I completely forgot Hyperspace.

Posted by Kazan on 10-13-2001 07:34 PM:

Why is it that you people HATE b5tech? they quote canononical sources quite a lot

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Posted by pera on 10-13-2001 07:38 PM:

From b5tech:

class: Nova
type: Dreadnought
length: 1,455.6 meters
mass: 32 million metric tons
crew: 250
troop: 8,000
fighter: 36 Starfury fighter craft
power: 4 Fusion Reactors
duration: 18 months
weapon: 22 Twin Plasma Cannons
6(!) Particle Beam Guns(!)
Fusion missiles [2 launchers] (?)
defense: 8 to 10 meter armored hull - 22 Mk. II Defense Grid Energy Projectors (?)

Yes indeed, extremely canon....

Posted by Mr. Fury on 10-13-2001 07:41 PM:

Mass, troop, crew and duration infos are also questionable.

Posted by tomcat on 10-13-2001 08:42 PM:

man my mental status is questionable
But B5tech is nice for start until u realise that is not good at all)

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Posted by Trinity on 10-13-2001 08:59 PM:

Tech Sources for B5

I would suggest :-

1. The series & films (count the fighters as they launch)
2. The AOG range of books is/was approved by JMS.

Get AOG Info from - agentsofgaming.com

If you want specifics ( I have most of the books), let me know.

Ta.

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Posted by Kazan on 10-13-2001 09:09 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by pera

6(!) Particle Beam Guns(!)

the ones running around at the same time as the Omega's with the particle cannons have a smiliar setup

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Posted by MaSC on 10-13-2001 09:55 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Kazan
Why is it that you people HATE b5tech? they quote canononical sources quite a lot

Yeah they do, but when there is no canonical sources they just make it up. It wouldn't be a problem if they marked which is canon and which isn't, but they dont.

Posted by MaSC on 10-13-2001 09:58 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Kazan
the ones running around at the same time as the Omega's with the particle cannons have a smiliar setup [/B]

Well they have had them since the Dilgar wars according to AOG and itb showed a Nova firing one in itb. So thats correct but that doesn't mean the rest is.

Posted by MaSC on 10-13-2001 10:06 PM:

Re: B5 tech info

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Originally posted by Thyriel
So, now that I started to post here, I might as well continue with some questions.

I do like B5 however I never really gave a damn about any tech stats. Now though, that I want to make some missions, I would be really happy if someone would help me find some on the net.
(Yeah you guessed it I am too lazy to go around and look myself.)
I would like to know things like how many fighters does the nova have, or the corvette, or hyperion. And how many fighters does sharlin have. ETC ETC ETC. The tech stuff. :-) Do you guys know any sites that would help?

Acorrding to the B5 info Cd-rom an Omega carries two full squadrons of fighters and acorrding to my dictionary a sqaudron is 12-18 fighters. So a full squadron would be 2x18, 36! Since te Nova is basic hull of the Omega its safe to say they carry the same so Nova is 36.

Hyperion, 6. All sources say this so its pretty canon.

The Olympus Corvette probably doesn't carry any.

According to the B5 CD-rom a Sharlin carries 15 fighters.

Posted by Thyriel on 10-13-2001 10:14 PM:

Thanks to everybody. BTW Trinity you should post some stats if you can. I guess we would all appreciate it. BTW is anybody interested in the list of briefing icons and what they represent? Because they are done on a pretty random basis. Like the Bomber Wing is the Breifing icon for the Jump gate, the unknown is for the Tinsahi. I guess for the people wanting to make more mission this would be quite interesting.

Posted by Londo Molari on 10-13-2001 11:11 PM:

B5 tech made up a lot of stuff, but I agree with almost everything... its logical deduction I say... what he says is the general feeling that we get after seeing the show

so b5tech.com

after all, wasnt that your topic name?

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