Starship Smackdown OOC

[Holeypaladin]

Who would win between the Enterprise and a Star Destroyer? What about the Mimbari vs the Borg? Or your original sci-fi space fleet versus someone else's?

Here's where we find out! All hail the Starship Smackdown! Where you smack down starships with other starships!

This will be a RP based on combat between spaceships. Copy your favorite ships from sci fi, or make your own! I will monitor the fights while gauging weapons, defenses, ship sizes, tactics, etc. I will favor good writing but also good ships, effective designs, and effective tactics.

Battles will be determined based on a resource pools. I will examine your ship information and assign resource costs to each of your ships. Competitors will be able to field as many ships as they have resources, putting them together into a fleet or spending them all on a single vessel to be placed against the enemy.

I am considering adding in "reinforcement resources" for those players who advance to further rounds in this tournament-based arena RP. More on that when I get some feedback regarding whether players want to have a uniform resource cost for each fight or an incentive to keep as many ships alive as possible to field a larger fleet in the next round.

Without further ado, I'm going to put forward the ship application. Fill out as many of these as you desire different ship types in your fleet. Describe their size and equipment as needed. Unless otherwise stated, I will assume a "laser" is a beam of focused electromagnetic light. Other weapons may be self-explanatory, or I might need further detail regarding what they are.

When filling out weapon information, please specify how the weapons are mounted (broadside, forward-facing, turreted, etc) as it affects ship tactics as well as maximum weapon size.

Ship information sheet:
Ship class:
Size: (please don't give me simple length. If you specify in terms of length, also provide me with width and height, but I will be converting them all to volume measurements when determining resoruce cost)
Role:
Main armaments: (if applicable)
Secondary armaments: (if applicable)
Other armaments: (if applicable)
Defenses:
Power plant:
Engine:
Crew:
Miscellaneous:

[Silux]

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Credit: Me. Fuck yeah.

//--Type--VL39 'Venom' Hull / 'Spyder'

//--Class--Destroyer

//--Size--300m Length // 75m Width // 45m Height // 1012500m3 Volumetric //

//--Role--Precision Attack // Electronic Disruption

//--Main armaments--3x 300Gj Repeaters - (Rotary Axis) // 5x Plasmatic Coil Repeaters - (Forward facing) // 10x Forge Drivers - (Rotary Axis on Spinal Column) // 6x Stratic Plasma Lance - (2x Forward 4x Broadsides) //

//--Secondary armaments--15x Plasmatic Coil Repeaters - (Rotary Axis) // 3x Torpedo Tubes - (Forward facing / homing torpedos) //

//--Other armaments--'Black Widow' Jamming System - (Omnidirectional System) // 'Tarantula' Leeching System (Omnidirectional System) //

//--Defenses--Electric Reactive Armour Plating // Procedural Reconstructive Energy Transfer Shields // THRONE APS //

//--Power plant--Twin Fusion Coolant Power Plant - Electrical Regulation and Ionic Transfer via Crystal Matrix //

//--CPU--ACCBAEN Liquid Quantum Computational Engine

//--Engine--Rellion Forge Omnidirectional Thrusting system - Quad-Drive Subliminal Phase Reactors //

//--Crew--250 Crew members //
-------------------150 Marines //
-------------------50 Gunnery Staff //
-------------------15 Navigational Pilots //
-------------------10 Medical Personnel //
-------------------10 Unspecialised Staff //
-------------------15 Mechanical Personnel //

//--Designations--

System: These Repeater Cannons are loaded with a small explosive charge that is electromagnetically stable. These charges are then fired through a 300Gj/s pulse that is transferred through the repeater barrel via a liquid transfer solution that runs through the coolant system, firing the small charges at a little over 500km/s which causes heavy piercing damage in a small area.

Effective Range: 20,000 km Optimum. 40,000 km Maximum.

Developer: Excellion Forgeworks and Weapon Research and Manufacture - 'EFWRM'

Power Drain: 300Gj Firing charge. 20Mj Tracking and CPU run cost.

System: These repeaters work on the same principle as GigaJoule repeaters with the exception of the explosive charges being replaced with a magnetically contained superheated gas which can retain 90% of it's active temperature even in the void of space. This is achieved through a mix of artificial friction generated through it's travel and through a self charging containment field that has residual energy saturated into it during the firing phase.

Effective Range: 10,000 km Optimum. 20,000 km Maximum.

Developer: Excellion Forgeworks and Weapon Research and Manufacture - 'EFWRM'

Power Drain: 200Gj Firing charge. 5Mj Tracking and CPU run cost.

System: Pushing a huge fluctuating AC pulse through a series of 5 different focusing liquid lenses allows that same current to take the form of a deadly strobe-like beam that transfers 5 Terajoules of energy into a 3nm area multiple times per second, making it a great armour piercing weapon. Stratic Plasma lances are developed specifically to disable hardpoints and systems of importance on enemy ships as well as slicing through hulls in more forceful engagements.

Effective Range: 75,000 km Maximum. No Optimum.

Developer: Excellion Forgeworks and Weapon Research and Manufacture - 'EFWRM'

Power Drain: 5Tj Per Second Firing charge. 40Mj Tracking and CPU run cost.

System: Forge Driver systems were an experimental space-borne weapon that was originally intended for use on static platforms such as defence satellites. It was only when proper mobile powering techniques were developed that Forge Drivers became a weapon used on the 'Spyder' Hulls.
Forge Drivers are able to alter the binding properties of material within the void of space. A Strong-Force beam is fired to 'latch' the attacking ship to it's target; this invisible force beam attracts the ions and atoms in the area into the beam to form a strong charge gradient between the Attacking ship, the target and the space between. This charge gradient is then converted into a polarisation wave that aligns the attracted entities within the beam to form a solid, short-lived spear of diamond hard material that spans the gap between the two ships. As the Strong-Force beam usually permeates the target ship, the material often forms within said target, leaving gaping holes within the hull.

Effective Range: 100,000 km Maximum. No Optimum.

Developer: Starforge Industries.

Power Drain: 100Gj Painting Beam. 1Tj Forge Pulse. 30Mj Tracking and CPU run cost.

System: Standard torpedo tubes have since been fitted to this particular Hull since it's conception. These tubes house a host of active warheads which can be fired at enemy ships.
Such warheads include: Hellfire (Combsution Compound), Retribution (Liquid Plasma Solution), Triple Shaped (Three-part Shaped Charge) and Nova (Fusion Core Detonated Warheads)

Effective Range: Varies on Warhead. 200,000 km Average.

Developer: Starfleet Surplus.

Power Drain: Negligible. 10Mj Tracking and CPU run cost.

System: The 'Black Widow' System is actually a highly dangerous electronic warfare / wirelessly transmitted virus software that is used as the Spyder's primary method of incapacitation. The Black Widow Virus is a Metamorphic / Polymorphic Hybrid Self Modifying code that infects the Life Support Systems of enemy vessels. The nature of the Virus allows it to modify and re-write itself with every permutation and usage as to remain largely undetected by traditional virus scanning techniques. The 'Black Widow' targets Oxygen / breathable gas vent networks within ships and essentially shuts down all circulation between decks, often cutting of vital gas supplies to crew within several minutes. The effects can be circumvented by issuing re-breathers to personnel but it does pose a serious inconvenience or threat if not properly dealt with. In addition to targeting gas networks, the 'Black Widow' has a multitude of smaller targets that it can attack in addition to it's main function; it can slow weapon tracking, glitch shields, blow lighting and surveillance and re-direct power flow for an example of it's many detrimental effects.

Effective Range: Transmission Range - 300,000 km.

Developer: Sol Deus Computer Research Facility.

Power Drain: 1Mj Transmission per 100,000 km area covered.

System: The 'Tarantula' system is based on Tesla's method of wireless energy transfer brought into the modern age. The 'Tarantula' uses a specific relay built into the hull aft that performs a 2-step Forced Reverse Direct Induction (Which is a Virus that translates power generated by the affected power source to be re-directed in to a resonant frequency power coil) followed by a Resonant Magnetic Induction to initiate a wireless power link between the power plant of an opposing vessel and the capacitors of the 'Spyder' Hull. This link then leeches an approximate 50% of generated power directly from the target which is then placed into the attacking ship's own power supply. This is a brilliant method for limiting or severely weakening the options of an enemy vessel during combat.

Effective Range: 200,000 km Maximum.

Developer: Repellon Magnetics.

Power Drain: Net gain of 10Tj Average per minute.

System: A new technology called electric reactive armor (also known as electromagnetic reactive armor, or colloquially as electric armor) is in use on the Spyder Hull. This armor is made up of four nano-reconstructive conductive plates separated by an insulating material, creating a high-power capacitor. In operation, a high-voltage power source charges the armor. When an incoming body penetrates the plates, it closes the circuit to discharge the capacitor, dumping a great deal of energy into the penetrator, which may vaporize it or even turn it into a plasma, significantly diffusing the attack. The property of nano-reconstructive plates allows this capacitor circuit to re-open after a small interval, as the plates effectively reconstruct to allow them to diffuse another attack in the same area.

Effective Range: N/A

Developer: ES-ARK

Power Drain: 1Tj Drain.

System: The PRETS System is a prototype energy shielding that works on an entirely new basis when compared to older, more traditional systems. Instead of acting as a physical barrier, the PRETS system creates a 95% efficient total transfer field that is projected using a special procedural algorithm that allows it to maintain maximum effectiveness while using minimal power. The PRETS system actually uses this transfer field as a medium to change the energy of incoming projectiles into much more harmless forms, often causing incoming ordnance to give off intense light at the cost of the majority of it's kinetic or explosive energy, severely softening the effect of incoming attacks.

Effective Range: N/A

Developer: ES-ARK

Power Drain: 1Tj Drain

System: A natural evolution of the 'Trophy' APS system in times past. While the Trophy system used a radar to track and classify incoming projectiles and nullify them with a low-explosive buckshot, the THRONE is far more advanced in it's detection systems. Using a form of radio tracking combined with electromagnetic distance tracking, the computer analyses the projectile, classifies it and logs it's properties into the Hull linked network. A vector is then calculated and neutralizers are fired at the projectile. What differs THRONE from Trophy is the ability to differentiate explosive projectiles, energy projectiles and bullets, and utilize the most efficient method for the incoming projectile (in case of continuous stream weapons, such as laser-based attacks, the THRONE can calculate the source of the attack and fire neutralizer rounds at the source of the stream). This enables the THRONE to engage a maximum of 30+ projectiles with a 95% neutralization rate in a 360 degree sphere around the protected entity. The THRONE systems are all linked to specialised protection classification network, allowing faster classification than other APS systems, allowing a greater number of projectiles to be engaged. THRONE uses diminished Storm Rounds to neutralize projectiles and minimize collateral damage.

Effective Range: 5km Maximum.

Developer: ES-ARK

Power Drain: 500Mj Drain. 50Mj Neutraliser.

Developer: EG-ARK

Power Output: 30Tj Constant. 5Tj Engine dedication. 5Tj Backup. 40Tj Total.

Capability: Sublight: 80 km/s Average. 15 km/s Acceleration.

Developer: PR-ARK

Power Drain: Dedicated 5Tj Drain.

[Skallagrim]

These are the ships used in my sci-fi stories and when I do space-based nation rps.

Type: Xindhi Ship of the Line: Nightmare Class (20)
Long, sleek black latticed-hulled ships that are the main punching power of the Xindhi fleet. These ships are often in command of task force deployments also serving as diplomatic envoy mission escorts for the Lord Counsel and/ or his officers.

Displacement:
1,145,000 tons (standard)
1,152,000 tons (war load)
1,160,000 tons (full load)
Length: 3 miles (15,840 feet between the perpendiculars)
Beam: .8 miles (4,224 feet)
Height: .25 miles (1,320 feet)

Propulsion: Talisan Calabi–Yau manifold N-fold generators (x4) These engines have the power to create a Calabi-Yau torus between two points in space allowing the ship to travel within the tubal vortex of dark energy foam, being propelled forward on the rising and vanishing zero-point energy foam at speeds faster than light.

Range: 4,390 l.y. Standard pulse power. 90,000 l.y. N-fold space point-to-point transport.

Complement: 4,200 officers and men ships crew. Ground/Ship defense forces- 1 or 2 Cughtagh or Aeryn. 250 Sluagh. 1,250 Talisan mercenaries and 850 Shu'fasa assault troops. Total complement: 6,552

Armament:

Xi-particle boson accelerator long range assault cannons (x12): Generating 650MJ of power In four massive turrets. One turret atop the deck in the fore and aft deck positions and one turret on the underdeck in the fore and aft position. Effective range: 192,700 kilometers (119,738 miles)

Dense matter rail guns(x20): Able to accelerate a dense core sabot projectile 260 kms In dual weapon configuration along the top and under side of the ship spaced evenly to allow a system of crossing fire. Effective range: 75,670 kilometers ( 47,019 miles)

Tachyon anti-ship missile launchers (x80): Quad weapon mounted launchers spaced along the craft at intervals to allow maximum missile defense. Effective range: 11,720 kilometers (7,282 miles)

Point defense Integrated dark energy shield system (x16): Dark energy knobs that are computer controlled point defense shield generators that can create dense energy shields around the ship to a maximum distance of 5 miles out. They are aligned two front and aft top deck and two front and aft bottom deck. And four midship two top and two bottom.

Armor:
Belt: 43 feet of Hassium-Tungsten alloy.
Hull: 51.4 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium alloy.
Barbettes: 27.3 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium Alloy.
Turrets: 19.6 feet of Hassium-Tungsten Alloy.
Decks: 17.5 feet of Medelevium-Hassium alloy.

Spacecraft carried:

RQ-21 “Slyph”-Unmanned AI fighter/bombers (122)
VF-223 “Hollow” Manned Interceptors (54)
OS2K “Hopper” Drop ships (15)

Type: Xindhi System Siege/ Assault Ship: Abyssal Class (13)
Long, sleek black latticed-hulled ships that are the spear of the Xindhi fleet when entering hostile systems. These ships are used to eliminate system defenses or lay siege to planets where the Xindhi have no other option than to eradicate the entire planet or merely any life that may be on said planet.

Displacement:
1,410,700 tons (standard)
1,500,900 tons (fully loaded)
Length: 5.2 miles (27,456 feet)
Beam: 1.22 miles ( 6441.6 feet)
Height: .25 miles (1,320 feet)

Propulsion: Talisan Calabi–Yau manifold N-fold generators (x4) These engines have the power to create a Calabi-Yau torus between two points in space allowing the ship to travel within the tubal vortex of dark energy foam, being propelled forward on the rising and vanishing zero-point energy foam at speeds faster than light.

Range: 4,390 l.y. Standard pulse power. 90,000 l.y. N-fold space point-to-point transport.

Complement: 6,092 officers and men ships crew. Ground/Ship defense forces- 1 or 2 Cughtagh or Aeryn. 250 Sluagh. 3,250 Talisan mercenaries and 1,500 Shu'fasa assault troops. Total complement: 11,094.

Armament:

Long-wave gamma burst uni-directional long range assault cannons (x6): Generating the power of 10 to the 44 joules or 1/2000 of an equivalent solar mass. Projecting their burst at 99.95% the speed of light creating slow decaying after glows. In two massive three cannon turrets. One turret atop the deck in the fore position and one turret on the under deck in the fore position. Effective range: 402,336 kilometers (250,000 miles). The afterglow of the turrets firing will last 20 hours and can be seen to a distance of several million light years.

Dense matter rail guns(x20): Able to accelerate a dense core sabot projectile 260 kms In dual weapon configuration along the top and under side of the ship spaced evenly to allow a system of crossing fire. Effective range: 75,670 kilometers ( 47,019 miles)

Tachyon anti-ship missile launchers (x80): Quad weapon mounted launchers spaced along the craft at intervals to allow maximum missile defense. Effective range: 11,720 kilometers (7,282 miles)

Point defense Integrated dark energy shield system (x16): Dark energy knobs that are computer controlled point defense shield generators that can create dense energy shields around the ship to a maximum distance of 5 miles out. They are aligned two front and aft top deck and two front and aft bottom deck. And four midship two top and two bottom.

Uni-directional neutron tipped dense matter rail cannons (x6): These forward firing bays are located on the hull of the ship, three on each side of the prow. Able to accelerate a dense core neutron tipped projectile 450 kms. Used to attack planets destroying life, while leaving a majority of the infrastructure in place. Effective range: 144,840 kilometers (90,000 miles)

Armor:
Belt: 43 feet of Hassium-Tungsten alloy.
Hull: 51.4 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium alloy.
Barbettes: 37.3 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium Alloy.
Turrets: 19.6 feet of Hassium-Tungsten Alloy.
Decks: 17.5 feet of Medelevium-Hassium alloy.

Spacecraft carried:
RQ-21 “Slyph”-Unmanned AI fighter/bombers (312)
VF-223 “Hollow” Manned Interceptors (78)
OS2K “Hopper” Drop ships (32)

Type: Xindhi Ship of the Line- Cruiser Anti-ship: Harbringer Class (52)
Long, sleek black latticed-hulled ships that are the support ships of the Xindhi fleet when entering hostile systems. These ships are used to eliminate enemy warships or space stations and screen the Abyssal siege ships or Queen class carriers.

Displacement:
96,700 tons (standard)
97,900 tons (fully loaded)
Length: 1.75 miles (9,240 feet)
Beam: .55 miles ( 2,904 feet)
Height: .15 miles (792 feet)

Propulsion: Talisan Calabi–Yau manifold N-fold generators (x2) These engines have the power to create a Calabi-Yau torus between two points in space allowing the ship to travel within the tubal vortex of dark energy foam, being propelled forward on the rising and vanishing zero-point energy foam at speeds faster than light.

Range: 4,390 l.y. Standard pulse power. 90,000 l.y. N-fold space point-to-point transport.

Complement: 3,008 officers and men ships crew. Ground/Ship defense forces- 1 Cughtagh or Aeryn. 50 Sluagh. 1,250 Talisan mercenaries and 250 Shu'fasa assault troops. Total complement: 4,559

Armament:

Xi-particle boson accelerator long range assault cannons (x4): Generating 650MJ of power In four massive turrets. One dual gun turret atop the deck mid-ship and one turret on the under deck in the mid-ship position. The upper deck gun is ahead of the conning tower, the under deck gun aft of the conning tower position. Effective range: 192,700 kilometers (119,738 miles)

Dense matter rail guns(x8): Able to accelerate a dense core sabot projectile 260 kms In dual weapon configuration along the top and under side of the ship spaced evenly to allow a system of crossing fire. Effective range: 75,670 kilometers ( 47,019 miles)

Tachyon anti-ship missile launchers (x24): Sextuplet weapon mounted launchers spaced along the craft at intervals to allow maximum missile defense. Effective range: 11,720 kilometers (7,282 miles)

Point defense Integrated dark energy shield system (x8): Dark energy knobs that are computer controlled point defense shield generators that can create dense energy shields around the ship to a maximum distance of 5 miles out. They are aligned two front and aft top deck and two front and aft bottom deck. And four mid ship two top and two bottom.

Uni-directional neutron tipped dense matter rail cannons (x2): These forward firing bays are located on the hull of the ship, both on the starboard prow. Able to accelerate a dense core neutron tipped projectile 450 kms. Used to attack planets destroying life, while leaving a majority of the infrastructure in place. Effective range: 144,840 kilometers (90,000 miles)

Armor:
Belt: 17.2 feet of Hassium-Tungsten alloy.
Hull: 26.5 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium alloy.
Barbettes: 17.3 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium Alloy.
Turrets: 15.6 feet of Hassium-Tungsten Alloy.
Decks: 26.5 feet of Medelevium-Hassium alloy.

Spacecraft carried:
RQ-21 “Slyph”-Unmanned AI fighter/bombers (42)
OS2K “Hopper” Drop ships (12)

Type: Xindhi Frigate Anti-ship/Planetary Patrol: Herald Class (98)
Long, sleek latticed-hulled ships that are the support ships of the Xindhi fleet when entering hostile systems. These ships are used to patrol planetary systems and screen the Abyssal or Queen Class ships during fleet actions.

Displacement:
41,200 tons (standard)
44,900 tons (fully loaded)
Length: .99 miles (5,227.2 feet)
Beam: .25 miles ( 1,320 feet)
Height:.08 miles (422.4 feet)

Propulsion: Talisan Calabi–Yau manifold N-fold generators (x2) These engines have the power to create a Calabi-Yau torus between two points in space allowing the ship to travel within the tubal vortex of dark energy foam, being propelled forward on the rising and vanishing zero-point energy foam at speeds faster than light.

Range: 4,390 l.y. Standard pulse power. 90,000 l.y. N-fold space point-to-point transport.

Complement: 1,076 officers and men ships crew. Ground/Ship defense forces- 1 Cughtagh or Aeryn. 10 Sluagh. 95 Talisan mercenaries and 15 Shu'fasa assault troops. Total complement: 1,197

Armament:

Xi-particle boson accelerator long range assault cannons (x2): Generating 650MJ of power In single gun massive turrets. One gun turret atop the deck mid-ship and one turret on the under deck in the mid-ship position. The upper deck gun is ahead of the conning tower, the under deck gun aft of the conning tower position. Effective range: 192,700 kilometers (119,738 miles)

Dense matter rail guns(x4): Able to accelerate a dense core sabot projectile 260 kms In dual weapon configuration along the top and under side of the ship spaced evenly to allow a system of crossing fire. Effective range: 75,670 kilometers ( 47,019 miles)

Tachyon anti-ship missile launchers (x24): Sextuplet weapon mounted launchers spaced along the craft at intervals to allow maximum missile defense. Effective range: 11,720 kilometers (7,282 miles)

Point defense Integrated dark energy shield system (x8): Dark energy knobs that are computer controlled point defense shield generators that can create dense energy shields around the ship to a maximum distance of 5 miles out. They are aligned two front and aft top deck and two front and aft bottom deck. And four mid ship two top and two bottom.

Armor:
Belt: 17.2 feet of Hassium-Tungsten alloy.
Hull: 16.5 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium alloy.
Barbettes: 17.3 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium Alloy.
Turrets: 15.6 feet of Hassium-Tungsten Alloy.
Decks: 16.5 feet of Medelevium-Hassium alloy.

Spacecraft carried:
RQ-21 “Slyph”-Unmanned AI fighter/bombers (22)
OS2K “Hopper” Drop ships (5)

Type: Xindhi Carrier: Queen Class (9)
Long, sleek black latticed-hulled ships that are the main punching power of the Xindhi fleet. These ships are often in command of task force deployments also serving as a sign of strength in contested space.

Displacement:
1,160,000 tons (standard)
1,172,000 tons (war load)
1,190,000 tons (full load)
Length: 6 miles (31,680 feet between the perpendiculars)
Beam: 1.8 miles (9,504 feet)
Height: .4 miles (2,112 feet)

Propulsion: Talisan Calabi–Yau manifold N-fold generators (x4) These engines have the power to create a Calabi-Yau torus between two points in space allowing the ship to travel within the tubal vortex of dark energy foam, being propelled forward on the rising and vanishing zero-point energy foam at speeds faster than light.

Range: 4,390 l.y. Standard pulse power. 90,000 l.y. N-fold space point-to-point transport.

Complement: 9,112 officers and men ships crew. Ground/Ship defense forces- 1 or 2 Cughtagh or Aeryn. 250 Sluagh. 3,250 Talisan mercenaries and 1,500 Shu'fasa assault troops. Total complement: 14,114.

Armament:

Dense matter rail guns(x40): Able to accelerate a dense core sabot projectile 260 kms. In dual weapon configuration along the top and under side of the ship spaced evenly to allow a system of crossing fire. Effective range: 75,670 kilometers ( 47,019 miles)

Tachyon anti-ship missile launchers (x88): Quad weapon mounted launchers spaced along the craft at intervals to allow maximum missile defense. Effective range: 11,720 kilometers (7,282 miles)

Point defense Integrated dark energy shield system (x20): Dark energy knobs that are computer controlled point defense shield generators that can create dense energy shields around the ship to a maximum distance of 5 miles out. They are aligned two front and aft top deck and two front and aft bottom deck. And four midship two top and two bottom.

Armor:
Belt: 62 feet of Hassium-Tungsten alloy.
Hull: 41.4 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium alloy.
Barbettes: 37.3 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium Alloy.
Turrets: 19.6 feet of Hassium-Tungsten Alloy.
Decks: 27.5 feet of Medelevium-Hassium alloy.

Spacecraft carried:
RQ-21 “Slyph”-Unmanned AI fighter/bombers (244)
VF-223 “Hollow” Manned Interceptors (136)
AT-42 “Scream” Manned Bombers (72)
RD-122 “Flasher” Electronic warfare craft (12)
OS2K “Hopper” Drop ships (30)


Type: Xindhi Destroyer Anti-ship/Planetary Patrol/Escort: Aesr Class (62)

Long, sleek latticed-hulled ships that are the support ships of the Xindhi fleet when entering hostile systems. These ships are used for patrol planetary in hostile systems and screen the Abyssal or Queen Class ships during fleet actions.

Displacement:
71,200 tons (standard)
87,900 tons (fully loaded)
Length: 1.22 miles (6,441.7 feet)
Beam: .35 miles ( 1,847.11 feet)
Height: .09 miles (475.2 feet)

Propulsion: Talisan Calabi–Yau manifold N-fold generators (x2) These engines have the power to create a Calabi-Yau torus between two points in space allowing the ship to travel within the tubal vortex of dark energy foam, being propelled forward on the rising and vanishing zero-point energy foam at speeds faster than light.

Range: 4,390 l.y. Standard pulse power. 90,000 l.y. N-fold space point-to-point transport.

Complement: 1,376 officers and men ships crew. Ground/Ship defense forces- 1 Cughtagh or Aeryn. 30 Sluagh. 120 Talisan mercenaries and 80 Shu'fasa assault troops. Total complement: 1,607

Armament:

Xi-particle boson accelerator long range assault cannons (x4): Generating 650MJ of power In dual-gun massive turrets. One gun turret atop the deck mid-ship and one turret on the under deck in the mid-ship position. The upper deck gun is ahead of the conning tower, the under deck gun aft of the conning tower position. Effective range: 192,700 kilometers (119,738 miles)

Dense matter rail guns(x6): Able to accelerate a dense core sabot projectile 260 kms In dual weapon configuration along the top and under side of the ship spaced evenly to allow a system of crossing fire. Effective range: 75,670 kilometers ( 47,019 miles)

Uni-directional neutron tipped dense matter rail cannons (x4): These firing bays are located on the hull of the ship, two on the starboard prow and two on the port aft. Able to accelerate a dense core neutron tipped projectile 450 kms. Used to destroy shipping, while leaving a majority of the infrastructure in place. Effective range: 144,840 kilometers (90,000 miles)

Tachyon anti-ship missile launchers (x36): Sextuplet weapon mounted launchers spaced along the craft at intervals to allow maximum missile defense. Effective range: 11,720 kilometers (7,282 miles)

Point defense Integrated dark energy shield system (x8): Dark energy knobs that are computer controlled point defense shield generators that can create dense energy shields around the ship to a maximum distance of 5 miles out. They are aligned two front and aft top deck and two front and aft bottom deck. And four mid ship two top and two bottom.

Armor:
Belt: 17.2 feet of Hassium-Tungsten alloy.
Hull: 16.5 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium alloy.
Barbettes: 17.3 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium Alloy.
Turrets: 15.6 feet of Hassium-Tungsten Alloy.
Decks: 16.5 feet of Medelevium-Hassium alloy.

Spacecraft carried:
RQ-21 “Slyph”-Unmanned AI fighter/bombers (36)
OS2K “Hopper” Drop ships (10)

Type: Xindhi Special Operations Attack/Planetary Patrol: Fate Class (102)

Long, sleek latticed-hulled ships that are the support ships of the Xindhi fleet when entering hostile systems. These ships are used to patrol planetary systems and to quell and contain systems that don’t require the presence of a larger ship. They are also used to insert special operations forces onto planets/moons or space stations.

Displacement:
34,200 tons (standard)
42,900 tons (fully loaded)
Length: .30 miles (1,320 feet)
Beam: .06 miles (316 feet)
Height: .04 miles (211 feet)

Propulsion: Talisan MTU 123V98 TE63 generators (x2) These engines have the power to create a Calabi-Yau torus between two points in space allowing the ship to travel within the tubal vortex of dark energy foam, being propelled forward on the rising and vanishing zero-point energy foam at speeds faster than light. The distance is much smaller than the larger N-manifold engines.

Range: 190 l.y. Standard pulse power. 1,025 l.y. N-fold space point-to-point transport.

Complement: 376 officers and men ships crew. Ground/Ship defense forces- 1 Cughtagh or Aeryn. 30 Sluagh. 120 Talisan mercenaries and 40 Shu'fasa assault troops. Total complement: 567

Armament:

Dense matter rail guns (x8): Able to accelerate a dense core sabot projectile 260 kms In single weapon configuration along the top and under side of the ship. They are mounted in single gun turrets mid-ship before and aft of the conning tower position both port and starboard. Effective range: 75,670 kilometers ( 47,019 miles)

Neutron tipped dense matter rail cannons (x4): These cannon are located in dual turrets one on the prow and one beneath on the aft. Able to accelerate a dense core neutron tipped projectile 450 kms. Used to destroy shipping, while leaving a majority of the infrastructure in place. Effective range: 144,840 kilometers (90,000 miles)

Tachyon anti-ship missile launchers (x24): Quadruple weapon mounted launchers spaced along the craft at intervals to allow maximum missile defense. Effective range: 11,720 kilometers (7,282 miles)

Point defense Integrated dark energy shield system (x4): Dark energy knobs that are computer controlled point defense shield generators that can create dense energy shields around the ship to a maximum distance of 5 miles out. They are aligned two front and aft top deck and two front and aft bottom deck.

Armor:
Belt: 17.2 feet of Hassium-Tungsten alloy.
Hull: 16.5 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium alloy.
Barbettes: 17.3 feet of Mendelevium-Hassium Alloy.
Turrets: 15.6 feet of Hassium-Tungsten Alloy.
Decks: 16.5 feet of Medelevium-Hassium alloy.

Spacecraft carried:
RQ-21 “Slyph”-Unmanned AI fighter/bombers (12)
OS2K “Hopper” Drop ships (5)


Imperial Xindhi Fleet Combat systems- A quick overview.

The fire control computer automatically calculates the fire control solution based on - lead angle measurement, bend of the gun measured by the muzzle reference system, velocity measurement from a laser-web sensor on the top of the “head” and data from a pendulum static cant sensor located at the center of the ships body axis.

The AN/AAQ-77 electro-optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) is the first of a new generation of sensor systems fielded on the IXF ships. DAS consists of 144 high-resolution EM sensors mounted around the ships frame in such a way as to provide unobstructed spherical (4pi steradian) coverage and functions around the ship.

The DAS provides three basic categories of functions in every direction simultaneously:

1--Missile detection and tracking (including launch point detection and countermeasure cueing)
2--Ship detection and tracking (Situational awareness IRST & ship-to-ship weapons cueing)
3--Imagery for CIC firing displays and helmsmen command and control.

The IXF DAS was first used in military operational exercises in 4045 and demonstrated the ability to detect and track missiles and ships to ranges exceeding 250,000 miles. It has also demonstrated the ability to detect and track multiple small craft simultaneously in swarm combat flight around the ship.

[Holeypaladin]

Based on the data so far regarding Silux' destroyer, I'm going to tentatively give it a resource cost of 300,000 resource units, subject to change when he completes his data.

As for the massive Xindhi ships, using volumetric-based resource costs I'm going to go with this:
Nightmare class: 900 million resource units each
Abyssal class:2.5 billion resource units each
Harbinger class: 200 million resource units each
Herald class: 30 million resource units each
Queen class: 6 billion resource units each

Using these figures, a sample battle might include Silux using 20,000 destroyers against a single Xindhi queen.

[Silux]

I think that would be a forlorn conclusion

[Skallagrim]

Well I wanted to see where my ships stand in relation to others.

[Silux]

I should probably get to making some larger ships.

[Holeypaladin]

One man's destroyer is another man's battlecruiser. Larger ships aren't necessarily a good thing when you're working with a resource cost, if you prefer swarm tactics instead.

[Skallagrim]

One man's destroyer is another man's battlecruiser. Larger ships aren't necessarily a good thing when you're working with a resource cost, if you prefer swarm tactics instead.

I agree. The Xindhi fleet has some large ships but not many because of the cost in the universe setting they belong to. It's a more stand off fleet, not really for swarming or mixing it up with smaller ships. Which is why they carry unmanned/manned interceptors. I also removed the sand caster defenses for the ships.

[Silux]

Indeed. I hadn't anticipated this as a Fleet battle scenario, rather a singular ship showdown. I will make some more anyway to fit in. I have plenty of designs (SELF BUILT YAY) so it's no problem.

You going to be joining, Paladin?