I noticed there is no universal way of classifying ship by size, so I came up with a classification system based on mass.
Podship-0 100 Tonnes
Fighter-100-300Tonnes
Heavy Fighter-400-600 Tonnes
Corvette-600-800Tonnes
Frigate-800-1200 Tonnes
Cruiser-1200-2500 Tonnes
Dreadnought 2500-10,000 Tonnes
SuperDreadnought-10,000-Infinity Tonnes
please give your opinion feel free to make suggestions.
Quantum i like it, I wight use it in the future
Good, and here are my only suggestions:
Fighter - 100-199 Tons
Heavy Fighter - 200-399 Tons
Corvette - 400-699 Tons
Frigate - 700-1099 Tons
Destroyer - 1100-1599
Cruiser - 1600-2499 Tons
Battleship - 2500-4999 Tons
Dreadnought - 5000-9,999 Tons
Super-Dreadnought - 10,000-24,999 Tons
Behemoth - 25,000 and up!
Quantum also see my post on eccentric ship classification!
https://forum.cosmoteer.net/d/2881-eccentric-ship-classification
Here’s my version, based on WillieSea’s version…
Scout - 99 Tonnes or less
Fighter - 100-199 Tonnes
Heavy Fighter - 200-399 Tonnes
Corvette - 400-699 Tonnes
Light Frigate - 700-849 Tonnes
Medium Frigate - 850-999 Tonnes
Heavy Frigate - 1000-1099 Tonnes
Light Destroyer - 1100-1249 Tonnes
Medium Destroyer - 1250-1399 Tonnes
Heavy Destroyer - 1400-1599 Tonnes
Cruiser - 1600-1999 Tonnes
Battlecruiser - 2000-2499 Tonnes
Battleship - 2500-4999 Tonnes
Dreadnought - 5000-9,999 Tonnes
Superdreadnought - 10,000 Tonnes or more
Feel free to suggest any edits… or add some yourself!
I mostly classify using size
for example, anything that's less that 10 blocks big is a fighter.
this is 9 wide and 8 long, therefore I class it as a fighter.
this however, is a corvette as it is 24 blocks wide and 26 long
and then this is a cruiser ( I didn't bother counting length and width, this is as big as the normal build grid.)
but really, I feel that basing it on weight could be a good idea. I'm just sticking to my way...
I feel this list is most complete of those in the thread so far, but maybe the weight ranges need adjustment. Smaller ranges for smaller ships, a little wider ranges for larger ones.
A Corvette spanning 300 tons takes make a huge difference when comparing something weighting 699 vs 400. The 699 is almost double the size and weight of the 400. The 699 would be 1.7 times the size of a 400. That's a big difference, especially for smaller ships.
But a 1600 cruiser and a 1999 cruiser only differs by 400, making the 1999 only 1.24 times as big.
Also, I'd add at least Heavy Cruiser to that list.
Kerensky Hmm… what about…
Scout - 99 Tonnes or less
Fighter - 100-199 Tonnes
Heavy Fighter - 200-299 Tonnes
Gunboat - 300-399 Tonnes
Corvette - 400-599 Tonnes
Light Frigate - 600-749 Tonnes
Medium Frigate - 750-899 Tonnes
Heavy Frigate - 900-1099 Tonnes
Light Destroyer - 1100-1299 Tonnes
Medium Destroyer - 1300-1499 Tonnes
Heavy Destroyer - 1500-1699 Tonnes
Light Cruiser - 1700-1899 Tonnes
Medium Cruiser - 1900-2099 Tonnes
Heavy Cruiser - 2100-2299 Tonnes
Battlecruiser - 2300-2499 Tonnes
Battleship - 2500-4999 Tonnes
Dreadnought - 5000-9999 Tonnes
Superdreadnought - 10000 Tonnes or more
I feel weird.. Am I the only person that uses only a few classes..?
Eclipse - (usually) 1-1099 Tonnes
Umbra - (usually.. sometimes..) 1100- 10000
Nova - (usually) more than 10000
...I use weird scaling..
