Timeline for Medieval fantasy ship carrier
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| Apr 7, 2021 at 17:08 | comment | added | Argent Hellion | To be honest, after reading the entire discussion on my question I'm thinking of implementing TWO types of carrier. One would be the dedicated combat carrier, which would basically be an upscaled torpedo boat carrier vessel, while the other could be a transport carrier (basically a floating town) based on the catamaran idea... I'll give it a while for the idea to settle down a bit and then decide which route to take :) | |
| Apr 6, 2021 at 23:01 | history | edited | JBH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 6, 2021 at 22:56 | comment | added | JBH | @ArgentHellion Yes. As an author, you have two routes and you kinda have to pick one. You can embrace the fantastic - in which case you can do what you please and should focus on the aesthetic to garner the greatest emotional response from you reader. Or you can embrace realism - in which case your carrier is bound by physics, engineering, and economics. There's never really money to waste when building ships. In your case, we all made assumptions due to lack of details (note that for future questions). So I'm going to add an epilogue to my answer. | |
| Apr 6, 2021 at 22:52 | comment | added | JBH | @DWKraus Yeah! Other than the OP's edit that the ships are powered, which means there's tech beyond wooden beams, which means it's just another troop carrier. That's disappointing. I was really diggin' all those sails. Aargh! | |
| Apr 6, 2021 at 21:24 | comment | added | Argent Hellion | So you're basically telling me to give up on the hangar bay doors entirely and focus on the cranes. In that case copying the torpedo boat carrier seems to be the best option. | |
| Apr 6, 2021 at 21:02 | comment | added | DWKraus | Maybe a hybrid model, with an outrigger (minimal wake) supporting a structure with cranes/docking scaffolds that can dock hunters or lift them out of the water as needed? | |
| Apr 6, 2021 at 20:49 | comment | added | DWKraus | So like a clipper ship on steroids? | |
| Apr 6, 2021 at 20:41 | history | answered | JBH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |