Star Carriers!

[RPC]

I remember somewhere that capships were rendered on a different scale than smaller ships (correct me if I'm wrong). There's nothing in Trans that would indicate how much they actually carry. Although I think that it would be pretty pathetic if they only carried 10 ships (sometimes CSC's have Centurions that guard in a triangle formation, and usually they're around 10-15 of them.)

[Drako Slyith]

Since they have around 15 centurions, with only 10 docking ports it'd be like musical docking ports! Last one in doesn't get fuel, food, or sleep inside the ship.

[RPC]

musical docking ports... The CW are so cruel... That's a very interesting concept.

[digdug]

LOL! So how many ships do these things carry and how big are they anyway?

I always pictured them as large baseships, capable of functioning as independent command centers, with hundred of ships and millions of soldiers.

However the war against the Ares has been running for so long that the CSCs are isolated, low on staff and supplies, with some desperate cases. (not saying anymore as I don't want to spoil anybody )

[Prophet]

I always pictured them as large baseships

I think that says enough (or is that a different reference?)

There is not an exact scale for ships but we do have one for planets and asteroids.

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Object	Size (Km)	Image (pixels)	Example
Ringed planet	300,000	512	Saturn
Large gas giant	150,000	430	Jupiter
Medium gas giant	50,000	330	Neptune
Large rocky planet	13,000	240	Earth
Medium rocky planet	7,000	200	Mars
Small rocky planet	5,000	180	Mercury
Large dwarf planet	3,500	170	Earth’s Moon
Medium dwarf planet	2,250	150	Pluto
Small dwarf planet	1,000	128	Ceres
Giant asteroid	500	105	Vesta
Large asteroid	250	90	Hyperion
Medium asteroid	100	64	Prometheus
Small asteroid	50	50	Eros
Tiny asteroid	10	32	Deimos

The formula is (roughly)
pixel size = ( (km size) ^ (0.25) ) * 22.25

I would assume George has something similar for ships and stations. Using a similar scale a CSC with an image size of 256pix would be 130 times larger than the starting ships at 64pix.

The freighter has a max cargo capacity of 100 tons, let's assume it's filled with water. That's 100 000 liters (26 400 gallons) of water. In comparison, a standard tanker truck has a capacity of only 34 000 liters (9000 gallons). Thus a freighter must be at least 4x-5x the size of a tanker truck (all that water is in barrels PLUS the rest of the ship).

IF all those assumptions are correct, that would make a CSC about 2km long! That's 3 aircraft carriers end to end.