On 6/8/2020 10:10 AM, Alex Goodwin wrote:
> Described in pp 217-8 of GT: Interstellar Wars, we get a description of
> a vessel capable of standing in the main line of battle with big bang
> bangs (spinal meson cannon, repulsor arrays, 2x bay fusion guns, 5x
> heavy turrets with 2 fusion guns apiece) and toting a "double-strength
> squadron" of 20 laser-armed fighters.
>
> Going over to TVTropes entry "The Battlestar"
> (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBattlestar):
>
> "Instead, the flagship of the future becomes something that encompasses
> both artillery and piloting tropes: a hybrid carrier/battleship. It has
> the heavy armor and big guns of a battleship, along with the fighters
> and point defense weapons of a carrier."
>
> Have I overcooked things or are the_Indomitable_-class ships actually
> battlestars under the TVTropes definition?

If that's a "battlestar", I'd hate to see what happened when it met
something along the lines of a Tigress.

Are there "battlestar" style ships in Traveller?  Yes.  That ship,
however, is a piker.

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