Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
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- RedDwarfIV
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Re: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
Well yeah, but I tend to not have a combined bridge/CIC except on really small craft that don't have the space to have both. Having windows means a much smaller weapon can do as much damage as a larger one if it just goes through your windows.
If every cloud had a silver lining, there would be a lot more plane crashes.
Re: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
I'd say that a "shotgun bullet" would be a better anti-ship round than a regular one.Arioch wrote: Maybe some kind of "flak" shell, which bursts near the target and throws shrapnel, might be viable. But such things would only be useful as close-in defense at very short range, and would not be any better than the Loroi alternatives (lasers, AMM's).
IIRC, barriers are not good against kinetics so shrapnel would be effective at damaging or destroying a ship.
As long as the shell detonates when close, and the blast is focused in a cone, at the very least I see significant damage to external parts.
Re: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
Hello everyone, first time poster, long time reader.
Has anyone proposed a Terran AWACS design for the scout corps. A ship focusing specifically on sensory detection and the relay of data.
Has anyone proposed a Terran AWACS design for the scout corps. A ship focusing specifically on sensory detection and the relay of data.
- RedDwarfIV
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Re: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
The Bellarmine was hardsly focused on war. IIRC, it has a single point defence weapon. It's job is to scout, why wouldn't it carry strong sensors?
If every cloud had a silver lining, there would be a lot more plane crashes.
Re: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
Yeah, but not military scouting. A shift in focus towards sensor tech for locating identifying, ships and military installations should be a priority for the scout corps. Existing designs are more generalized since previous design priorities would focus on encountering any number of unknowns, least likely a hostile alien ship.RedDwarfIV wrote:The Bellarmine was hardsly focused on war. IIRC, it has a single point defense weapon. It's job is to scout, why wouldn't it carry strong sensors?
Re: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
The Yorktown class is the military version of the Bennet scout. That's essentially what you're talking about.
Re: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
Your right. I feel that the scout fleet will become humanities most valuable military asset in this war.Arioch wrote:The Yorktown class is the military version of the Bennet scout. That's essentially what you're talking about.