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decommitioning - type25 destroyer
15 years ago
the type25 medium destroyer as you all know is a reclessly over endowed gunship... i have encountered many problems with it... it is way to powerful for its own good and is way too out of proportion... with 20+ cannons on it there is room enough for 3 crew and just under 50 rounds for each gun
not exactly the best design... it infact has more weapons that the Judicator
so i have decommitioned the design... but i have not left a gap in the chain of ships, it will be replaced with the type26 heavy destroyer
this new ship is not significantly larger than the type25 but it is alot more well thought out... room for 12 crew and over 5000 rounds, being propelled by superior engines and even fitted with a pair of ducted compressors the type26 is a tribute to the most under-developed ship in the fleet
the name "warhammer" will be passed on to the first of these heavy destroyers, i said i was finished with the fleet... but i have continued to detail my craft, in doing so i was forced to redesign the destroyer
infact i am replacing a ship... not adding one
not exactly the best design... it infact has more weapons that the Judicator
so i have decommitioned the design... but i have not left a gap in the chain of ships, it will be replaced with the type26 heavy destroyer
this new ship is not significantly larger than the type25 but it is alot more well thought out... room for 12 crew and over 5000 rounds, being propelled by superior engines and even fitted with a pair of ducted compressors the type26 is a tribute to the most under-developed ship in the fleet
the name "warhammer" will be passed on to the first of these heavy destroyers, i said i was finished with the fleet... but i have continued to detail my craft, in doing so i was forced to redesign the destroyer
infact i am replacing a ship... not adding one
im sorry if i didnt quite understand your comment
Admittedly it has no effect on the structural integrity, except that you can also restock replacement parts and additonal repair crew through the portal.
Using ships when you already have gates still makes sense since you need a way to get the gates to the location you want them.
Some year ago I had an idea for a widespread interstellar civilisation who by the time of the story made most of their income from taxing all the other folks who used their portal system, and expanded the portal system by sending explorer ships with inbuilt portals ever deeper into space.
the wings on the old typ25 are less than 10 meters apart... the internal crew space is bearly tall enough to stand up in
i cant place such a massive peice of equipment into a ship that could itself go through the gate, and my power generators are tiny... they couldnt posiblly generate enough power to open a wormhole
only the ships equiped with quantum drive have the raneg for a radio signal to be unuseable and even then only the biggest of ships are fitted with quantum drive
i can see your point of view but a stargate on a ship with such a short flyable range is a total waste or resorces