I designed a ship whose main armament would be a large plasma weapon based upon the weapon added to Midway. In addition to the plasma weapon, the ship would be armed with seven laser turrets for point defense. Unlike its inspiration, the Kraken, the Terran shipkiller demands an escort.
Crew would be minimal, as the gun and associated machinery takes up a tremendous amount of the ships internal area. The ship would be about the size of a Tallahassee cruiser, and its armor would be somewhere between that of a Murphy Destroyer and a Plunkett Cruiser.
To facilitate precise aim, the shipkiller has a set of small drives located in a pod that can be moved along the forward half of the ship. In the pictures below, the pod is in the aftmost position.
I admit, I'm an old SRA guy so I can't tell if my designs are ridiculous or not. Is this a dumb idea or could Confed field a ship like this?
Crew would be minimal, as the gun and associated machinery takes up a tremendous amount of the ships internal area. The ship would be about the size of a Tallahassee cruiser, and its armor would be somewhere between that of a Murphy Destroyer and a Plunkett Cruiser.
To facilitate precise aim, the shipkiller has a set of small drives located in a pod that can be moved along the forward half of the ship. In the pictures below, the pod is in the aftmost position.
I admit, I'm an old SRA guy so I can't tell if my designs are ridiculous or not. Is this a dumb idea or could Confed field a ship like this?