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Originally posted by Rawzer:
**A Frigate is a type of battleship used by the Navy.
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Not hardly. As far as I know there are no battleships in services now. The last ones were built in 1945. "Battlership" designates the largest and most powerful warship available, and a frigate ain't it.

The word "frigate" is an Anglicized form of a Spanish word "fregata" which was a type of medium-sized warship developed in the 16th century. Frigates were smaller and faster and carried lighter guns than the battleships of the time. The frigate designation seems to have faded out with the development of steam power and steel ships in the 19th century. The name was revived during World War II and applied to a class of small ships designed primarily as antisubmarine escorts for merchant ship convoys. Modern frigates are still primarily antisubmarine ships, they are smaller than destroyers but larger than the various missile boats.

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That's what what I said.

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Originally posted by Joe Burnette:
Not hardly. As far as I know there are no battleships in services now. The last ones were built in 1945. "Battlership" designates the largest and most powerful warship available, and a frigate ain't it.

I think Rawzer was using the word "battleship" in its Common English use, meaning simply "a ship used for battle," rather than the specific military meaning.

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No, Macavenger, it just takes a while to load all the pages.

Anyway...Scoutship better than Clipper??? The Scoutship is slower, has worse weapons, less shields and armor...

: :pulls on flame-retardant suit and prepares himself for something ugly::

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Originally posted by Sattomax:
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Hehe.. I suppose you ment
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Originally posted by Sattomax:
**No, Macavenger, it just takes a while to load all the pages.

Anyway...Scoutship better than Clipper??? The Scoutship is slower, has worse weapons, less shields and armor...

:: pulls on flame-retardant suit and prepares himself for something ugly ::
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Well, let's see. The Scoutship has more cargo room, better turning, and ~slightly~ worse speed and acceleration. Their shields are about equal, and the Clipper has marginally better armor. The armor on the Scoutship can and should be increased by Armaplast, after that there's nothing wrong with it for a ship that size. I don't find the extra weapons of the Clipper that big a deal, since I can easily disable a Corvette in the Scoutship, and I don't think the extra weapons the Clipper allows would help me disable much bigger game. Also, the (expensive) RCS Upgrade isn't an absolute essential on the Scoutship, but is on the Clipper. All this for about 1/6th the price. Now you tell me, which is better?

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Originally posted by Ultimate Rebel:
**Just that definition. The clipper was a large ship that was capable of holding a fair amount of cargo. The clipper isn't too big, but it can hold a decent amount of supplies, and no it isn't a very fast ship. What does frigate mean.

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Correcto. I've drawn many pictures of the 18th century clippers, and they were really something...With all the sails they carried, you would think the ship would tip over. But in the TC I'm building for Nova, "Insurrection: Final Assault" (I changed the name...It used to be "Operation Overlord"), I plan on making the clipper a swift cargo hauler.

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Originally posted by Kaptain Karl:
**After seeing the quality of EV what were we to expect? (I have a friend who frequently tells me I MUST check out some game he found on his Windows machine. They always stink!) It is apparent Matt DID spend a great deal of time in preparation, planning and development of EV.

Kudos, Matt!!!

- KK

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Those Poor, deprived PC users
EV Rules, but there are quite a few quality PC games out there. For example: Riven, Freespace 2, Red Alert, Warcraft II, and the Final Fantasy series.
They are all VERY good games, but Ambrosia games are very good too.
And yes, it is obvious that Matt did spend a tremendous amount of time preparing.
YEA!

Polecat

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Is Descent 2 for Mac?

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Originally posted by Rawzer:
**Is Descent 2 for Mac?

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Freespace 2 is not for mac, and neither is Descent 2
:frown: Oh well...

Polecat

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frigate
n.
a Brit. a naval escort-vessel between a corvette and a destroyer in size.
b US a similar ship between a destroyer and a cruiser in size.
hist. a warship next in size to ships of the line.

lightning
attrib.adj. very quick

Tycho Maudd

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