Approved Starship Sikune-Class Naval Artillery Battleship

[Saera Willamina Savan]

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Image Credit: Dyanus-Class :: MSG
Intent: To create a world-class naval artillery and bombardment ship.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Ri'ess Regal Drives
Model: Sikune-Class Battleship
Affiliation: The Confederacy of Independent Systems
Modularity: N/A
Production: Mass-Production
Material: Durasteel Frame, Titanium Alloy Chassis
Description: The Sikune-Class was created with exactly one role in mind - to unleash hell on enemy ships and ground installations from behind the lines of larger, better-armed assault ships. It has a long, narrow design with radial-mounted gun batteries holding four colossal heavy long-range ion cannons each. The force of full-conjoined firing is enough to push the vessel back tens of meters even in the vacuum of space. Since the vessel has been shaped and designed around the sole purpose of being a firing platform for these massive weapons, it has virtually no other defensive weapons and requires an escort of starfighters and non-capital ships just to deploy.

Classification: Heavy Cruiser (Balanced)
Role: Naval Artillery/Anti-Ship Battleship
Height: 270 m.
Width: 290 m.
Length: 920 m.
Power Core Generator/Reactor:

• x1 - Heavy Ion Sublight Engine
• x2 - Antimatter Reactors

Hyperdrive Rating: 1.0 (7.0 reserve)
Minimum Crew:

• Bridge - 8
• Deck Hands - 680
• Weapons/Maintenance - 320

Optimal Crew: Apx. 1,400
Armaments:

• x2 - Topside Heavy Long-Range Turbolaser Cannon Battery (80)
• x1 - Topside Heavy Long-Range Ion Cannon Battery (40)
• x1 - Underside Heavy Long-Range Turbolaser Cannon Battery (40)
• x10 - Port-side Turbolaser Cannons
• x10 - Starboard-side Turbolaser Cannons

Hangar:

• x4 - Gunships
• x2 - Dropships or Shuttles

Non-Combative Attachments:

• Communications Array
• Encryption Network
• Escape Pods
• HoloNet Transceiver
• Standard Deflector Shield Generator
• Standard Detention Cells
• Standard Life Support Systems
• Standard Navigational Systems
• Standard Sensor Array
• Standard Targeting Systems
• Single Forward Tractor Beam

Passenger Capacity: N/A
Cargo Capacity: 800 metric tons
Consumables: 2 mo. at Optimal Capacity
Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: 6.0

 

[Ayden Cater]

[member="Særa Ayña Savan"]

There are only two "problems" with this.

• First off; as a bombardment ship, ion cannons don't really do any hard damage to things. They just fry electronics, and those can be replaced. If you want to keep up with the artillery theme, you might consider making one or two batteries turbolasers instead of ion cannons.
• Heavy Cruisers are speed 6, not 8.

 

[Saera Willamina Savan]

Sweet, thanks. Edited. [member="Ayden Cater"]

 

[Ayden Cater]

Everything looks in order then.

Approved, pending secondary approval.

 

[Lief]

Approved.