@Sep
Quick question. Exactly what should go under Unique Technology? All the tech used onboard a ship, including weapons, as none are native to the verse in question and thus "unique"? Or just the most powerful/rare tech that the race puts on their space craft?

// Halo is cool, but I've done a lot of Halo in the past. So I'm going to run with the expanse... meaning I might need an FTL drive if anyone has a spare *nervous laugh*

Name of Ship: MCRN Solomon
Home Universe/Name of Franchise: The book series wiki
Ship Class: Donnager-class battleship
Role: Battleship/flagship
Physical Description/Image:

Physical Size: 475.5 in length
Armament/Complement:
- 2✕ VX-12 Foehammer Turreted Ultra-Heavy Railguns (Used in CQC, but I have to note that the Expanse does distance in space battles better than most others. SO what they consider CQC is easily the average engagement distance in Stargate or Starwars. At least from what I've seen...)
- 6✕ Forward Torpedo Launchers (variable loadout, high-explosive (HE), plasma, flechette, and nuclear warheads. Flechette explode before impact, acting as an oversized fragmentation grenade)
- 8✕ Aft Torpedo Launchers (variable loadout)
- 59✕ Nariman Dynamics 40mm Point Defense Cannons (guided by a computer and equipped with advanced cooling systems. Retractable and moved along/rotate around the hull)
- 2✕ Vacant hardpoints (Designed to house additional VX-12 Foehammer Railguns on future models or naval experiments)
- In regard to the hardpoints, I'm going to ask if I can add the two additional railguns to them. The reason that this could be explained is a new method of cooling was brought to the ship, enabling it to handle the additional load.
- 6 Corvette-class frigates
- Chariot-type dropship, MCRN version Much smaller than the frigates, I'd assume a dozen could be carried. They could also act as fighters, but wouldn't be very maneuverable. It is not stated how many could be carried.
- Repair skiffs Could probably hold a dozen easily as they're quite small. Again,
it is not officially stated.

History of the Ship: The ship is the 12th of its line and named after Solomon Epstein, the creator of the Epstein drive and the unfortunate victim of it as well. The Solomon's paint is still fresh as it came out of the shipyards weeks ago. Along for the ride is a completely fresh crew out of the MCRN Naval Academy. The ship itself doesn't have much of a history. It has only acted in anger once, having stopped a small group of pirates operating near an MCRN shipping lane. The fight was short, with the Solomon deploying its complement of frigates and railguns/torpedoes. The Solomon finished by deploying several dropships to an asteroid, where marines, accompanied by force recon in powered armor, killed the rest of the pirates hiding in an installation in the aforementioned asteroid. The soldiers found a device with planned pirate operations, which earned them applause from MCRN command.

All of the Solomon's plans stopped when, during a burn to a suspected pirate ambush site, the Solomon encountered a bright flash and then complete darkness.
Notable Crew:
Captain Mark Jaeger - Captain of the ship.
Lieutenant Lee Harden - XO of the ship
Commander Kyle Reed - Commander of the Marines and Force Recon on board.
Dr. Kate Lovato - The head doctor and lead scientist aboard the Solomon.

Optional, but helpful:
Unique Technology: Nothing really.
Crew Size: 1000, plus marines and force recon.
Faction/Operator/Owner: MCRN

@Sep
Quick question. Exactly what should go under Unique Technology? All the tech used onboard a ship, including weapons, as none are native to the verse in question and thus "unique"? Or just the most powerful/rare tech that the race puts on their space craft?

Unique tech is basically anything your ship boasts that's of particular interest/unique to your craft in its own universe. So with an Aurora class, your main thing is the Drones.

@Mataus - Interesting. Accepted. Feel free to put it across. I'll use the 0th post to sort out the CS table.

In terms of my sheet, I'm going to wait to see what some other people come up with. I have two ideas in my head, but it'll depend on what niche I feel needs filled within the group.

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Unique tech is basically anything your ship boasts that's of particular interest/unique to your craft in its own universe. So with an Aurora class, your main thing is the Drones.

@Mataus - Interesting. Accepted. Feel free to put it across. I'll use the 0th post to sort out the CS table.

In terms of my sheet, I'm going to wait to see what some other people come up with. I have two ideas in my head, but it'll depend on what niche I feel needs filled within the group.

Alright. I'll place a link for it under the Unique section as well. Also, are unused Stasis Pods permissible? Given what happened to his crew, the captain won't really be using them very much or in anyway that I can think of as overpowered.

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Alright. I'll place a link for it under the Unique section as well. Also, are unused Stasis Pods permissible? Given what happened to his crew, the captain won't really be using them very much or in anyway that I can think of as overpowered.

Yeah they're fine. A lot of races have them and at the end of the day they're just really long term beds.

Also I realise I keep saying Lantaen rather than Lantean. It's force of habit after I named my people Lantaen on stellaris.

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Yeah they're fine. A lot of races have them and at the end of the day they're just really long term beds.

Also I realise I keep saying Lantaen rather than Lantean. It's force of habit after I named my people Lantaen on stellaris.

Oof. That's alright. My brain automatically corrects it when I read it. Also, would hyperdrives count as unique? Or should I just move them into the Navigation System section I have? Kind of a silly question I know, but I want to be sure the hyperdrives the Ancients use don't count as unique before I make a change.

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Oof. That's alright. My brain automatically corrects it when I read it. Also, would hyperdrives count as unique? Or should I just move them into the Navigation System section I have? Kind of a silly question I know, but I want to be sure the hyperdrives the Ancients use don't count as unique before I make a change.

Depends on what class as Lanteans have two. They've got the Intergalactic and the weaker Intragalactic.

Also the reason I'm specifically saying Lantean rather than ancients is just to be specific. Ancients have a long obscure history, I feel like it's important to be specific in this case.

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Depends on what class as Lanteans have two. They've got the Intergalactic and the weaker Intragalactic.

Also the reason I'm specifically saying Lantean rather than ancients is just to be specific. Ancients have a long obscure history, I feel like it's important to be specific in this case.

Well I put Sublight Drives on there for the Puddle Jumpers it has in it's docking bays, and the Ancient Hyperdrive, the stronger one, for the main ship itself.

Though I got the info from the wiki, as my knowledge on their ships was not that deep, so it might be wrong.

@ZAVAZggg basically when it comes to the sheet the more details the better that's the best way to put it. @Mataus sheet is a good example.

@ZAVAZggg basically when it comes to the sheet the more details the better that's the best way to put it. @Mataus sheet is a good example.

Alright.

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Unique tech is basically anything your ship boasts that's of particular interest/unique to your craft in its own universe. So with an Aurora class, your main thing is the Drones.

@Mataus - Interesting. Accepted. Feel free to put it across. I'll use the 0th post to sort out the CS table.

In terms of my sheet, I'm going to wait to see what some other people come up with. I have two ideas in my head, but it'll depend on what niche I feel needs filled within the group.

Awesome, thank you.
The ship isn't a tank but I have a Lantean battleship to hide behind!

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Awesome, thank you.
The ship isn't a tank but I have a Lantean battleship to hide behind!

Ye. We shall rek those fools!

In regards to the comment about Asgard Beam Weapons those ships had just dropped from hyperspace and as you recall in the episode comment is passed about the ships just leaving hyperspace and not having their shields up yet.



I still need to finish season3....

My CS so far. Just need to work on the history section, when it's not 3 AM in the morning, and it'll be done. I also took some liberties with the ship board ranks. May have to make some minor alterations to words or sentences to add more "flavor" though.

In regards to the comment about Asgard Beam Weapons those ships had just dropped from hyperspace and as you recall in the episode comment is passed about the ships just leaving hyperspace and not having their shields up yet.



I still need to finish season3....

Haha I watched all those fun little ship videos! (For the expanse)

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Haha I watched all those fun little ship videos! (For the expanse)

I really like that the actual Expanse team helped make the Expanse related videos. Fun fact I was tempted to go a Battlestar, and checking dimensions the Donnager could have fit (uncomfortably) into one of it's hangars for FTL. Though I decided with an Aurora class which will probably be our biggest ship/possible flagship to go with something else.

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I really like that the actual Expanse team helped make the Expanse related videos. Fun fact I was tempted to go a Battlestar, and checking dimensions the Donnager could have fit (uncomfortably) into one of it's hangars for FTL. Though I decided with an Aurora class which will probably be our biggest ship/possible flagship to go with something else.

Totally agree. It's pretty great that he got to be actual canon. I hope S4 /w Amazon taking the reins allows for some more interesting ship interactions.

That's a pretty crafty idea with the FTL. I see where you're coming from though. What ship do you want to use? We have a flagship and a missile boat/support.

I do have one question. Should I have the drones aboard the Renatus explode on impact with a ship, or have them survive the impact and return to the ship like in the show?

(I could compromise and have some get destroyed while others don't)

I do have one question. Should I have the drones aboard the Renatus explode on impact with a ship, or have them survive the impact and return to the ship like in the show?

(I could compromise and have some get destroyed while others don't)

The show also has some of them destroyed. Though the reason why is never properly explained. Though like the show we can assume that drones are single use. Once they've been fired, they can't be reactivated even if they do survive as their power source runs out (See Atlantis S01E01).

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The show also has some of them destroyed. Though the reason why is never properly explained. Though like the show we can assume that drones are single use. Once they've been fired, they can't be reactivated even if they do survive as their power source runs out (See Atlantis S01E01).

Ah, okay.