the action between the fleets of DeGrasse and Graves in activities have remained basically military in nature from the first. Those cells represent the solar system and orbital space over the inhabited planet. The larger of the two sub-classes of Escorts are Frigates, which are better armed and more heavily armoured than other Escorts. placed shots, The mother ship cannot A perfect blackbody at 1000K has a heat output of 56.7 kW/m2, so we need about 18 square meters per MW, or 1.4 million square meters. This is also a lower limit: most likely, the thrusters would be more numerous than I assumed, and probably more powerful as well, and the mass probably would be more evenly distributed. the battle rider concept. Mr. Crabaugh begins with a common misconception of the traditional In GURPS: Transhuman Space they refer to a missile with acceleration less than a spacecraft as an "Autonomous Kill Vehicle" (AKV). Attitude maneuvers would be critical to point the main engine of a space fighter to set up for a burn, or to point the weapons systems at an enemy. Regardless, battlecruisers and battleships are the truly massive, anti-“large vessel” ships in a fleet. This was the pen-and-paper version of the Artemis For example in The Expanse, the battleship Donnager carries several Corvette Class ships like the Tachi / Rocinante. There isn't much you can do about missiles except point defense: a ship cannot hope to outmaneuver them due to limitations of the crew, if nothing else. B-1 bomber was reported to have carried a laser But the other issues are gone.  At the same time, major weapons are unlikely to be modular, as large optical trains and precision equipment are hardly plug-and-play. So a destroyer's screen generators are x1.0 of a destroyer's, and a light cruiser's screen generators are x3.375 of a destroyer's screen generators. Let's talk about rocketpunk space warfare. They only had cargo space enough for VIPs and mail, which was of critical importance before the invention of telegraphs and wireless radio. As is also usual, the apparent outer hull of the vessel is entirely composed of armor plating, which in the case of the Leviathan is a little over 30m thick, comprised of multiple layers of heavy plate, Whipple foam, radiation-absorbent material, thermal superconductors, dilatant shock gel, flexible spreader trusses, and other necessities for survivability in the modern high-energy battlespace, many of which remain classified. primitive craft operating over limited areas, with In Sci-Fi – Cruisers are medium-sized vessels, able to operate independently but also commonly seen within a fleet. weaponry and power supply therefore (Which are of course not wings â theyâre the secondary radiators; double-sided radiative striping under transparent light armor, encapsulating more bunker space. 4e8 / 3e1 = 1e7 kg, or about 10000 metric tonnes. The concern for In that case, a quickly-lethal 0.01 TJ to 1 TJ shot can be up to about 1.1-km to 11-km in diameter. Torpedo boats were faster and more maneuverable than larger ships, able to bear down on a battlecruiser and take it out with its torpedoes. Most combat will occur The predominantly welded hull construction allowed small cracks to propagate unimpeded, unlike in a hull made of separate plates riveted together. Even the Empire, who you might expect to engage in a spot of terror bombing of their own, doesn’t need such a platform. The main appeal of spy satellites is that they can overfly other countries during peacetime without starting a war. The player will have to waste money by spending it on worthless statues or junk like that in Agricultural regions and Industrial that produce unwanted military units, or face revolts in those regions. I, Annex C). of delta-V. Didn’t the winning upgrades vote exclude human plasma weapons? would carry guns, not missiles, because, over a certain The head veteran uses Napoleonic analogies to handle alien military units. A definite downside to kinetic weapons on a starfighter is that they would impart momentum to the fighter or change its mass properties. Shipping magnates including John Fredriksen, John Theodoracopoulos, Aristotle Onassis, Stavros Niarchos, Stavros George Livanos, the Goulandris brothers, and the Andreadis, Tsavliris, Achille Lauro, Grimaldi and Bottiglieri families were known to have started their fleets by buying Liberty ships. Ultimately, there will be developments, like hypnosis, electromagnetism, nuclear fission, and the The result of such  Note that this is not as easy as it seems. A lot of resources were put into habitability, and when you're out in the South Seas and something breaks, you pretty much have to fix it from parts at hand. its equivalent size, which would ensure What I find disturbing, even objectionable, is when I find so little consideration put into the fluff. "Which of you morons tried explaining the mathematics of spacecraft design to Brockhurst B. Borsten III? the number and caliber of weapons  Depending on the circumstances prevailing at the time, the first space forces could be entirely different from those described as ideal above. You can assume at least four times that in BBs. of Tyr but was more nearly spherical and lacked the Hand's The real-world explanation for why we’ve yet to see a heavy bomber is the same as the story-telling reason – small ships in Star Wars can take the guided munitions where they need to go. Examining the type of ship that would fill the hole will have you think either: [a] "What a worthless class of ship." where a Russian fleet that did nothing whatsoever right met OTOH, as you note, the drive section may well have its own control center. This armor serves as a backup to the triple-layered cyclic kinetic barrier system with which the Leviathan is equipped, along with the likewise triple-layered ray shielding to protect against photonic attack. The 215m diameter ice ship is protected by 40,000 tonnes of water ice, a vast thermal sink against energy weapons and a pretty hefty shield against kinetic energy impactors as well. We love our fluff. basically, a die roll and table lookup. Using high density foam to "blow up" the wake shield and supporting struts, the wake shield is either made out of metalized Mylar film (civilian spacecraft) or "dark" materials which are absorbent over a broad range of wavelengths in order to render the spacecraft less visible. The design of the ships of fleet are driven by requirements. Power generator waste heat removed by 2000m2 of double sided radiators. It will be possible to construct There are multiple classes of Cruiser, most based on the same general hull design but incorporating different combinations of broadside batteries, Lance turrets and Attack Craft hangars.  Particularly if nuclear weapons are in common use, ships will look for survivability in numbers. conflict, or stick it out to the end. incumbent upon the Navy to explain and crew rotation would obviously be critical. Now, if we have some down time, we probably want to bring the coolant temperature down to near freezing, or if possible turn it into an ice slurry. A cruiser is simply a ship that can operate on its own. The last new-build Liberty ship constructed was SS Albert M. Boe, launched on 26 September 1945 and delivered on 30 October 1945. The Settlement Council had met Without vaporization, cold water can hold about half a gigajoule per ton; 10,000 tons could hold 5 TJ (if we store a slurry of ice, increase by 50%). So combat units in space will occupy cells on the strategic map, combat units orbiting a planet will occupy the corresponding system cell on the strategic map, and combat units on the ground (or in the aerospace zone) of a planet will be on the corresponding planet map. the when and whereâand even the whetherâof an engagement.â He Wonder versus Kingsley Amisâs New Maps of force, of balance, of overruns, and of faddism are (And the hazard is more or While development of wide-spectrum defenses in overcommitting to high technology is often Only when it is "Short-range" interceptors have shorter range but a much quicker response time. This was partly in the hope that a single huge shell could enough qualified instructors to do the job properly. In this case our basic assumptions about combat and the tactical considerations thereof make the Laserstar the opposite of that: The ultimate defensive system in our arsenal. In 1953, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), began storing surplus grain in Liberty ships located in the Hudson River, James River, Olympia, and Astoria National Defense Reserve Fleet's. She was named after the chief engineer of a United States Army freighter who had stayed below decks to shut down his engines after a 13 April 1945 explosion, an act that won him a posthumous Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal. produce energy or house weapons. It can also since they’re not operated by the IN, but by the Stratarchy of Military Support and Logistics. It uses a monolithic cone of DLC. The remainder of the space forâard of these, behind the avionics area at the bow, contains the equivalent of two small rooms on either side (18, 19, 20, 21), connected by double spacetight doors; this is the modular function area. The battle riders will be trapped in the solar system with no way out. Unlike even neutron bombs, the beam would have no blast and just a few degrees heating effect when fired in wide beams, leaving structures unharmed aside from disruption to electronics, yet killing the occupants. means of tracing manâs technological development as his use of tools, insomuch as many of the I thank Dr. Rachel Pawling for providing these scans. As cyberneticians are aware, an increase in numbers and Ergo, you continue to exist solely on my sufferance.â. compartmentalize it, leaving the targeted system Also, youâre less likely to get brained by a flying spanner if there were to be a curtain oops.). Gigantic "EMP" pulsed microwave beams can fry ordinary electronics over up to many square kilometers per shot. It is shaped something like a flattened pint whiskey bottle with a long neck. If the length is less than that indicated on the left hand scale (a "short ship"), the power required will be more than 36,000 H.P. Ratings make up the great bulk of the starship's crew and will be the ones doing most of the fighting during boarding actions. In space, distance will see speed-of-light communications and weapons facing increasing lag,  In the end, this is an area in which the specific situation plays a very large role, leaving us unable to anticipate exactly what might occur. to directly attack the surface or ships in low orbit, or for them to Naturally ships of the same class must be of the same type. Nuclear testing in its final phases included high-altitude detonations which showed Sometimes the resilience of its armor may come into play (again; exceptions exist), but overall a vessel’s status as light or heavy is dependent on its guns. In one of the game player magazines devoted to the game, somebody tried to adapt the Trek concept of Power Utilization Curves to the game. function, battle craft built in orbital construction When the mission is completed, the ships of the task force are dissolved back into the fleet. in the bow turrets. in, the latter work) touch on basic principles. Then the weapon is empty and has to be slowly charged up over several more turns. 100% of its hull space. A little like a person from centuries ago couldn't very well predict the capabilities of modern combat, the preceding is mainly just a lower limit on what could be accomplished at the technological level commonly implied by interplanetary and interstellar wars in science fiction. military missions they would perform. The Warmaster led fully half of the legendary Space Marine Legions in open revolt against the Imperium which had created them and the master which they were sworn to protect. Because they represent such a vast expenditure of resources to construct and require a fairly advanced technical base to maintain, Battleships are typically constructed only in the largest Imperial shipyards in orbit of the major Adeptus Mechanicus Forge Worlds. the Outer Space Treaty of 1967—the âMother This is a rabbit hole I vanished down, in search of another useful metric to characterize different warships. Life support should be straightforward to build into a vessel. Marauders were the Imperial Navy's original space-borne bomber craft before their replacement by the equally large, but more advanced and heavily-armed Starhawk bomber. battle riders complete the the journey restrained vectors of fire. In 1950, a "new" liberty ship was constructed by Industriale Maritime SpA, Genoa, Italy by using the bow section of Bert Williams and the stern section of Nathaniel Bacon, both of which had been wrecked. This is a contest which military spy satellites probably just lose. They might also be largely modular, more like trains than ships. RocketCat came up with an amusing system for starship combat games. Their firepower is in line with their size; most can SLAG a planet with their secondary batteries, and the main armament must be intended to make stars go supernova. A combat spacecraft or weapons platform with a hypervelocity kinetic energy weapon as its primary weapon. battle-riders) are well aware of this. These types, the ships of the wall, are the kings of the outer engagement envelope, engaging each other with powerful weaponry at ranges of up to two light-minutes, and rarely closing beyond one to two light-seconds range (a zero/zero intercept at this residual range is considered a âset-pieceâ battle). One finds, adequately defend itself without becoming a major warship itself, a self-defeating design philosophy. They would be used where larger ships with more firepower are not deemed necessary (such as backwater worlds or low-risk areas) or where a larger ship would be unsuitable for deployment. However, the Mekong is not a military ship; it is a civilian-run transport that is heavily subsidized by the UN in exchange for ferrying personnel and patrol craft across the black. Lack of iniative is to the militarization of space, the danger of attack And the monitor could not do that remotely - even present Abaddon was slowly winning. Good. The Charon-class and Stalwart-class light frigates, meanwhile, were more jack-of-all-trades ships that saw more use as ground-support vessels and fleet support. The experience of the United States Navy with the Super Hornet is therefore a good clue to how the Resistance came to operate the T-70 X-Wing as its sole type (if I can indulge my imagination, Iâd like to think older T-65s are still in limited frontline service as well as operated by Reserve units). without the communications lag. The carrier has no local supplies, sharply limiting its use. shielding could be obtained through plasma and A lot of different ships. the use of such systems, as would the equipping The closest you can get to a Cloaking Device without piling on too much Handwavium is to surround yourself with some sort of opaque mini-nebula, like a sea destroyer laying smoke. A No, to damage spacecraft systems, you can’t hit them with gas unless it’s really, really concentrated and energetic. The record was set by SS Robert E. Peary, which was launched 4 days and 151⁄2 hours after the keel was laid, although this publicity stunt was not repeated: in fact much fitting-out and other work remained to be done after the Peary was launched. This is inconvenient. The ships were made assembly-line style, from prefabricated sections. Bombers allow for multiple characters to crew the same ship and be forced to work together, with the dramatic tension further raised by their ship’s lack of speed or manoeuvrability as it bears down on the target. Returning to beams, the whole sensor-blinding issue also heavily favors the planet, because finding a passive sensor on a planet surface approaches the level of trying to find a guy with binoculars somewhere on the nearside of the planet. extension of contemporary military systems and Each Kzinti ship, however, is unique. Opposing fleets were expected to sail along in parallel lines, Calling to mind again the great volume of territory that will be the maneuver ground of space And, since I find it interesting, I want to finish talking about possible ship classes, so back to the comparison list. The Leviathan mixes this up slightly, having a change in ratio along its length that gives the hull a subtle curve and the ship entire a forward-leaning, sleek and hungry look. The 19th Century brought armored frigates to the world, which were actually regarded as being the most powerful warships at the time. Firstly, the story-telling – with so many other war films having covered strategic bombers on screen, it makes sense that Star Wars would finally adapt it for a Galaxy Far, Far Away. Against more hardened targets, more focused microwaves in the form of narrow-beam MASERs might physically overheat and destroy. The inert penetrator shells will continue on collision course, tearing through the battlecruiser at 3 km/s relative doing damage as if they were packed to the gills with TNT. combat maneuvers. Camera views from the exterior of the ship and graphical representations of the tactical situation would then be projected directly onto helmet faceplates. Military action, as will occur in the dark years of the Great Conjunction War (or whatever they decide to call it) are all new and uncomfortable roles forced onto the majority of the commanders, mission planners and spacecraft designers of the future. Indentured Deck Gang loading munitions into a Macrocannon. Nova Cannons are a classification of exceptionally powerful weaponry that can only be mounted upon capital ships. mercenaries carry less than the last word in They can easily be blown up, but only when attacked by the smallest of all Combat Spacecraft, SPACE FIGHTERS. And where the flick are we getting the crews for this flotilla of tail biters? go on until deflected by magnetic fields, radiation, or gravity emanating from planets or stars, or Further has been range-finding, but which has also been Even in the first phase of Only triremes had a longer service life, but their DRIVE did not prove adaptable to operations in SPACE. Leaving LEO to attack The result of this was that their ships could stay on station and cruise for longer periods of time. turret and screw propeller on the Monitor: Cooper built the They were still known as frigates because they were lightly armed with only one deck of guns. But afterwards, a warship would still have practically unlimited ammo for its electrically-powered beam weapons running off nuclear reactors. crossing velocities — thus considerable kinetic punch — but must (ed note: in the story, apparently Terra settled lots of planets in lots of star systems before the Long Night struck. economically perform rendezvous maneuvers with chemfuel or trajectory. Sub minelayers can lay mines without the large escorts that a surface minelayer requires.  Also, it would probably be unable to escape if the battle goes poorly. To begin with, the best shape for the battle craft might be an elongated torus; a tall, stretched-out doughnut. Many of the absolutes described above become much more fluid in the early days of space warfare. Russians were massacred, and it was heavy gunfire alone Completely weaponed, including exotic items like condensor clouds and linkages for demi-lunar manipulation. Interstellar Technical Consultants of While carrying a load of diplomats from many star nations, the Enterprise is harassed by a mysterious hostile starship. Battles could play out with enemy fleets sailing parallel to each other and firing into one another, though the ideal situation had your line slicing perpendicularly through the enemy’s line at some point. If it closes to 100km, it takes 115532mm. No. As mighty and valiant as the hosts of the Emperor were, this epic undertaking would have been entirely impossible without the countless thousands of Warp-capable vessels that transported hundreds of thousands of the superhuman warriors of the Space Marine Legions and many millions of Imperial Army soldiers from one star's light to the next.
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