Not sure if this was already discussed somewhere, but I have only recently noticed the
Jumbo class DropShip writeup and stats in
Historical: Reunification War. It's a huge anachronism.
Problem 1: The
Jumbo is listed, described and statted as a DropShip introduced 2423. That is 39 years before DropShips even became a thing with the introduction of the KF boom/hardpoint coupling for modern JumpShips in 2458 (prototyped in 2461).
Problem 2: In 2423, there were only Dropshuttles with their mass limit of 5,000 tons while the
Jumbo is said to mass 14,800 tons.
Problem 3: The fluff for the
Jumbo goes to some lengths to explain how the
Jumbo concept - a multitude of similar craft from a multitude of manufacturers actually - pushed the envelope of DropShip sizes. But that doesn't fit at all with the evolution and especially the sizes of known DropShips otherwise. (
Link to forum posting)
Tl;dr: It wasn't before 2600, i.e. some 140 years after the introduction of DropShips, that the 9,000 ton
Dictator was introduced, after a series of designs gradually increasing in size. The
Jumbo sticks out like a sore thumb, its size is way too big for its time and arguably still pushing the envelope 200 years down the timeline.
Unfortunately, given its fluff and the fact that it was published in
H:Reunification War, this can't easily be fixed by simply changing the introduction date. Conversely, keeping the time and fluff means you'd have to re-design it as a vessel massing no more than 5,000 tons, a third of the stated size.
