Moontian's new range of ships

Moontian · Post by **Moontian** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:02 pm

Moontian Defence Contractors has finally developed a fleet of shielded ships. These ships have been tested and have been in secret production for a short time, enough to build up defences on all Moontian Empire worlds. Here are the stats, except for speed and acceleration, which are still classified:

Lupine fighter
Height: 5 metres
Width: 8 metres
Length: 16 metres
Acceleration in atmosphere:
Acceleration outside atmosphere:
Max speed in atmosphere:
Armament: 3x burst laser cannon or 1x Mahdi launcher and 1x 320 terawatt burst laser cannon, or 3x SBAM cannon
Armour: 5 cm thick neutronium plate
Shielding: E-M field deflectors
Power: 1x A-M plant
Crew: 2

Eridanus Frigate
Height: 30 metres
Width: 50 metres
Length: 93 metres
Acceleration in atmosphere:
Acceleration outside atmosphere:
Max speed in atmosphere:
Armament: 20x burst laser cannon or 10x Mahdi launcher and 5x burst laser cannon, or 20x SBAM cannon
Armour: 9 cm thick neutronium plate
Shielding: E-M field deflectors
Power: 2x A-M plant
Crew: 60

Adonis Destroyer
Height: 39 metres
Width: 100 metres
Length: 217 metres
Acceleration in atmosphere:
Acceleration outside atmosphere:
Max speed in atmosphere:
Armament: 20x burst laser cannon and 20x SBAM cannon, or 20x Mahdi launcher
Armour: 12 cm thick neutronium plate
Shielding: gravitational lensing
Power: 3x A-M plant
Crew: 100

Estreen Cruiser
Length: 410 metres
Width: 130 metres
Height: 45 metres
Crew: 200
Armament: 40x Mahdi launchers or 60x SBAM cannons and 20x burst laser cannons
Armour: 17 cm neutronium plate
Shielding: Gravitational lensing and E-M dissipator
Power: 3x anti-matter plant
Acceleration:
Max speed: (no hyperdrive) (hyperdrive)

Orca Carrier
Length: 540 metres
Width: 320 metres
Height: 99 metres
Crew: 250 excluding pilots
Armament: 40x SBAM cannons and 60x burst laser cannons
Armour: 26 cm neutronium plate
Shielding: Gravitational lensing and E-M dissipator
Power: 4x anti-matter plant
Load: 5940 Lupines
Acceleration:
Max speed: (no hyperdrive) (hyperdrive)

Scern Battleship
Length: 525 metres
Width: 270 metres
Height: 75 metres
Crew: 473
Armament: 42x Mahdi launcher and 50x burst laser cannon, or 63x SBAM cannon and 50x burst laser cannon
Armour: 40 cm neutronium plate
Shielding: Gravitational lensing and E-M dissipator
Power: 4x anti-matter plant
Acceleration:
Max speed: (no hyperdrive) (hyperdrive)

Aiel Dreadnought
Length: 891 metres
Width: 338 metres
Height: 98 metres
Crew: 1200
Armament: 64x Mahdi launcher and 90x burst laser cannon, or 96x SBAM cannon and 90x burst laser cannon
Armour: 48 cm neutronium plate
Shields: gravitational lensing and E-M dissipator
Power: 6x anti-matter plant
Acceleration: 3.5 g's
Max speed:

E-M deflectors do just what the name says: deflect electromagnetic radiation and fields. Since all light is electromagnetic radiation, these deflectors will also deflect light of all frequencies, making the ship using them almost undetectable with normal sensors.
Gravitational lensing shields work by creating a constantly moving gravitational 'trench' around the ship utilising it. Going by Einstein's theory of general relativity, space is curved when under the influence of gravity. With these shields, most missiles and some beams that travel through normal space continue to travel their 'straight' paths, but the trenching bends space so that the paths go around the ship.
E-M dissipators soak up the energy of both energy weapons and nearby hostile shields based on electromagnetic fields, thus making the dissipating field stronger.
Mahdi missiles are still classified

Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:07 pm

They're nice, but I do find fault with the amount of neutronium on them. I mean, 5 centimeters of neutronium has a helluvalot of mass. Most fighters couldn't even move with armor that dense.

Balrogga · Post by **Balrogga** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:26 pm

One teaspoon of Neutronuim weighs 180 million metric tons.

Shadow Tech · Post by **Shadow Tech** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:29 pm

My fighters are three times as big and have less armor. Ships look good though.

Moontian · Post by **Moontian** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:44 pm

Remember that I had armour long before shields, so I still put a lot of emphasis on armour.

Sat Oct 30, 2004 2:04 pm

Once again, the amount of neutronium you have on your ships is too large. Your ships are liable to be even slower than mine, and that is quite an accomplishment. Unless your engines are incredibly powerful, accelerating from 0 to C in 5 seconds, your ships are going to be impossibly slow.