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The '''[[ | The '''[[Fleet Carrier]]''' is a very large, dockable vessel that will act as a mobile base of operations for [[Squadrons]]. This will be the first player owned capital ship type. Originally scheduled for the Q4 2018 update of [[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]], it was pushed back a bit to allow the team to fully focus on the exploration and mining improvements in that update - the team knows what they want to do with the FCs and are "keen to bring them in", but want to ensure proper time is devoted to them. | ||
== Player Owned Capital Ships == | == Player Owned Capital Ships == | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 2 November 2018
Capital Ships are large ships that serve various functions like exploration, transportation, military and tourism. These are generally larger than other ships in a fleet and executive controlled rather than direct controlled. These can be split into combat and non-combat capital ships.
Combat Capital Ships
- Battlecruisers - Farragut Battle Cruiser and Majestic Class Interdictor
- Battleships
- Carriers - Fleet Carrier
- Megaships - such as the Wells-class Carrier which is a Flight Operations Carrier
Non-Combat Capital Ships
- Megaships - such as Bulk Cruisers have a broad range of non-combat roles.
Currently, the capital ships are piloted by NPCs. Frontier said in their roadmap that they intend to add the "availability of giant ‘executive control’ ships to players" in a future update.[1]
History
Traditionally, capital ship was a term for large and powerful warships. These were the most important ships in a navy and generally larger than other warships in their fleet.[2]
Farragut Battle Cruiser
The Farragut Battle Cruiser is the mainstay capital ship of the Federation. Heavily armed with classified weaponry, the Farragut stretches over two kilometers long. The backbone of the Federal Navy, it also forms the central core of the Federation Intervention fleet.
The battle cruiser is capable of transporting and operating whole groups of Federal Corvettes, alongside housing multiple F63 Condor squadrons. It cannot be piloted by players.
Majestic Class Interdictor
The Majestic Class Interdictor is a capital ship type of the Empire. It has an array of weaponry including Modular Interceptor Guns and Railguns. It's 1904 meters long.
Megaships
There are several types of Megaships in the galaxy. These are capital ships of a different class, often station-sized. The main types are Bulk Cruiser, Flight Operations Carrier and Generation Ships. These were added since update v2.3, The Commanders.
Fleet Carrier
The Fleet Carrier is a very large, dockable vessel that will act as a mobile base of operations for Squadrons. This will be the first player owned capital ship type. Originally scheduled for the Q4 2018 update of Elite Dangerous: Beyond, it was pushed back a bit to allow the team to fully focus on the exploration and mining improvements in that update - the team knows what they want to do with the FCs and are "keen to bring them in", but want to ensure proper time is devoted to them.
Player Owned Capital Ships
In The Commanders Livestream, a viewer asked "any chance of playing capital ships in the future?", David Braben answered: "it's on the list, but a long way down it, because there's a lot of gameplay to make it work. The issue is what we call the difference between direct control and executive control. Where rather than flying by the seat of your pants you're giving orders to a giant ship. Because you can't expect it to change course very rapidly and that sort of thing. So it's certainly a long-term possibility, but it's long-term."[3]
Capital Ship Dock
The Capital Ship Dock is where capital ships get serviced for construction, maintenance and repairs.