Talk:130th InterNaval Fleet/@comment-66.50.149.67-20140219234437/@comment-11135771-20140222051739

Basically, I this is what seems reasonable to me regarding the flying space krakens:

- They need to be towed out of the planet's gravity by fleets of ships

- They need to be towed by fleets of ships in order to re-enter the atmosphere

- They can move in space via pressurized water, but work like a rocket and have greatly limited water supplies

- Due to their propulsion method and mass, they have fairly slow acceleration, and this in combination with limited water reserves means that they can never achieve velocities similar to those of proper spacecraft

- If they somehow manage to get within tentacle range of an enemy ship, they can probably do some pretty significant damage

- They cannot do anything like hyperspace jumps, unless in close proximity and tethered to a jump-capable ship

- They can only maneuver via smaller water jets, which means that they turn slowly and have difficulty changing direction

- If being towed in space (necessary to achieve reasonably high speeds and improved maneuverability), you will probably need more than one ship in order to get decent acceleration (or a ship designed specifically to help move them)

- Flailing tentacles around will do absolutely nothing to help them move or turn, not even a little bit