From: Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@j...>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:54:35 EST
Subject: Nekton First Cut in FB1 and Woes: a comparison (light) of NB in FT and FB designs
Okay, just a genre specific comparison of NB (might apply to all systems though) in FB and FT/2nd: I sat down with FT2 and sketched out the weaponry of a possible Nekton Navy schema based on '...one preferred (by Nektons) armament scheme per units of 2 mass..." "Reef Sentinel" types 2 - submunition 4 - NB 6 - B (or C x2) and Submunition "Needle Mouth Hunter" types 8 - NBx2 10 - PT 12 - NBx3 14 - A, B, C, Submunition 16 - A, Bx2, C 18 - A, Bx3 "Large 'Shark' Predator" types (yes I am using a Terran equivalent for the Nekton creature) 20 - PTx2 22 - Ax2, PT 24 - A, Bx2, PT 26 - Ax3, B, PT 28 - A, C, PTx2 30 - PTx3 32 - Ax2, PTx2 34 - Ax2, C, PTx2 36 - A, PTx3 "Fearsome 'Kraken' Predator" types (yes I used another Terran equivalent) 40 - Ax5, PT 48- Ax8 60 - Ax5, PTx3 80 - Ax6, B, PTx4 "Kraken Eater" types - used as flagships for 3 levels of Nekton Fleets - School Eaters, Finned Terror, and Ocean Eaters. Not finished when I got FB1 - plan was to be advanced sensor, ECM/ECCM, and extra firecon designed with moderate weaponry for it's size. Okay, I find there are a lot less NB and PT on the FB1 designs. But that just be my learning curve thing... But the flavor is still ther - Mass 8 scout average Hull 2 boxes FTL Drive 6 Firecon NB smallest FTL ship (there are no intentions of having a non-FTL ship in the Nekton Fleet) to carry a NB. Smallest warship in the fleet. Mass 10 Corvette Average Hull 3 boxes FTL Drive 6 Firecon NB Mass 20 FF Average Hull 6 boxes FTL Drive 6 *2* Firecon NB Class-2, 3 arc Alternate Weak Hull 4 boxes FTL Drive 6 1 firecon NBx3 PDS Mass 30 DD Average Hull 9 boxes FTL Drive 6 *2* firecons PT NB Alternate Weak Hull 6 boxes FTL Drive 6 *2* firecons NBx2 PDS Mass 40 DHAA Average Hull 12 boxes FTL Drive 6 firecon ADFC PDSx6 Class-2, 3 arc Class-1 Mass 50 LC Average Hull 15 boxes FTL Drive 6 2 firecons PTx2 NB PDS Alternate same hull same FTL same Drive same firecons PT NB PDSx6 60 mass EC Average Hull 18 boxes FTL Drive 6 2 firecon Screen-1 NB Class-2 AFDC PDSx7 80 mass HC Average Hull 24 boxes FTL Drive 4 *3* firecons PTx2 NBx3 Class-3, 3 arc Class-2, 6 arc Class-1 PDSx5 100 Mass BC Average Hull 30 boxes FTL Drive 4 3 FCS PTx3, 3 arc NBx3 2x class-3, 3 arc - angled to overlap in fore. 140 Mass BDN (new class) Average Hull 42 boxes Armor 14 FTL Drive 2 2x class-4, 5 arc /2/ FCS (concession) 1 FTR bay (always interceptors) PDSx9 Alternate (new class) Strong Hull 56 boxes (no armor) FTL Drive 2 3 FCS 1 FTR bay (as above, Lord this really galls the Nekton High Command) PTx6, 3 arc PDSx8 160 Mass SDN (old design, no new known) Super Hull 80 Boxes FTL Drive 2 Screen-1 *4* FCS NBx3 PT, 3 arc 6 (2 centered forward, and 2 angled to each side and overlapping in fore) PDSx6 Class-2, 6 arc x2 180 Mass SDN (new design) Super Hull 90 Boxes Armor 10 FTL Drive 2 Class-4, 3 arc Class-3, 5 arc Class-3, 3 arcs x2 (angled to overlap in fore) Class-2, 6 arc 3 FCS PDSx6 200 Mass SDN (new design) Strong hull 80 boxes Armor 20 FTL Drive 2 3 FCS NB PT, 3 arc x8 (half centered each side, overlap in fore) PDSx7 "PC" (Convoy Close Escort - Patrol cruiser) New design 60 mass Average Hull 18 boxes Armor 6 FTL 2 FCS Drive-3 (!) NBx2 AFDC Class-2, 6 arc PDFSx5 Class-1 x5 This is a first cut, please let me known if I made any math or rule errors. Feel free to discuss design *in light of Nekton standard practices/preferences* please. Yes, ther are some (human-centric) inefficiencies but that is the Alien in... I mean "for" you, of course!