First there was the mini, now a design (Sol Class)

I was hacking around with Armaggedon outfitter, looking at the model, looking
at the design, going back to the model, going back to the design...etc.

I came up with what follows.... it captures (for me) the mini and the spirit
of a huge, well defended (shields over armour, lots of PDS, redundancy in FC
and ADFC), heavily gunned (look at those barrels! and all the add ons on the
sides of the fuselage just scream offense!) monster. And it probably fits with
large government (ie the UN) and
large military-industry pork barrelling (No, No Mr. General Secretary!
Don't listen to those fools! Clearly the new SDN needs room for an entire
marine contingent which can also be refitted as diplomats
quarters! And of course we need the Multi-Phase BFG Array....yes... I
know it costs $32 Gigabucks but it'll be the pride of Earth.... would I
lie to you...?) .

Without further adieu.

UNSC Sol Class SDN-X

Hull Displacement
                     350
 Point Cost
                     1269
Unallocated Mass
                     0
 Ship Type
                     Military
Hull Strength
                     Weak
 Hull Armor
                     18
 Streamlining
                     None
 Thrust
                     2
 FTL Capable
Passive Sensors Active Sensors
                     Superior
 ECM
                     Individual

Armour: 18 First Row: 18 Second Row: 18 Third Row: 17 Fourth Row: 17 Crew
Units: 18 (plus an extra 8 spaces full of troops or diplomats or whatever)

Nova Cannon (the four big guns on the wings combine a la Crusade to produce
this effect)

 Beam / 4
FP F FS AP AS
 Beam / 4
                     FP F FS AP
 Beam / 4
                     FP F FS AS

(The two longer barrelled guns on the wing and the one on the nose)

 MT Missiles
(4) Normal

(The sidemounted tubes off the front fuselage)

 SML
(2)

(The square 4 barrell protrusions (forward facing) off the bottom of the
fuselage just forward of the wings)

 SM Magazine
Cap: 12
                     (6 / 4 ER salvos)
Fire Control System (5)
 ADFC
(2)
 PDS
(8) Pulse Torpedo Launcher
                     FP F
Pulse Torpedo Launcher
                     FP F
Pulse Torpedo Launcher
                     FP F
Pulse Torpedo Launcher
                     F FS
Pulse Torpedo Launcher
                     F FS
Pulse Torpedo Launcher
                     F FS

(The four mid-wing mounts (above and below) on the horizontal wing, and
the two forward facing mounts near the front of the fuselage on the top
section)

 Screen
                     Level 2
 Hangar Bay
Cap: 2 mass of craft (craft included)

(Call it a captains gig, or an interface lander for landing the marines or
diplomats)

 Beam / 1
FP F FS AP A AS
 Beam / 1
FP F FS AP A AS
 Beam / 1
FP F FS AP A AS
 Beam / 1
FP F FS AP A AS
 Cargo Space
                     T2 T2 T2 T2

(The cargo modules at the back of the ship - crew quarters, cargo
modules)

 Beam / 1
FP F FS AP A AS

It's a little bit TOO much of a monster.   It would actually be usable
if
you could drop the mass to about 250-260.

How about:
UNSC Sol Class SDN-X
Mass: 264 Points: 927 Hull: Weak FTL: Std Main Drive: 2 Armour: 14
Damage Track: 53; 14/13/13/13
Crew Factor: 14+8 marines
Screen-2
Firecontrols: 5 ADFC Nova Cannon
3 x Class-4 battery             (F)
4 x MT missiles 2 x SMLs SML Magazine (10 mass; 2 ER, 2 std) 6 x Pulsetorp (F)
4 x Class-1 batteries
6 x PDS Cargo (Troops): 8 Mass 2 shuttle (3 mass bay)

'Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/

> -----Original Message-----

> I was hacking around with Armaggedon outfitter, looking at the model,

That's a little over the top IMO.

> It's a little bit TOO much of a monster. It would actually be usable

Much better, however, I'd loose the...

> Nova Cannon

And mix up the beam batteries a bit more to keep the flavor of the current FT
designs. Perhaps killing the 4s all together.

> Much better, however, I'd loose the...

I agree the FB doesn't deem Wave/Novas as balanced systems
so its unlikely a FB derived class would have such systems.

The rationale for the big guns it to model the end of wing pods, but these
look similar size and calibre as the ESU heavy ships and IIRC these are only
class 3.