So! There seems to be no canonical battleships anywhere in confed lore, for some reason.
There's a Dreadnaught, there's a few Super Carriers, there's some Heavy Cruisers, there's those BattleCruisers... but no actual Battleships. You know, Big, Heavy, Slow, heavy armor, huge guns, maybe a bunch of missiles, very thick with lots of structure, no fighters, and, this being the Wing Commander universe, heavy shields -- nothing like that.
So muse for me for a little bit... what would one *look like*, based on what you about flying in the WC games, and what features would it have?
I'd say, if it's not going to be directing flight operations, does it really need a very exposed bridge? Does it need an external bridge at all?
Further, could it's design be such that vital systems can only be targeted from specific angles, so a torpedo coming from an 'off' angle would impact a nonessential part of the ship, and a bomber or torpedo or capship missile coming at an 'on' angle would be subject to a very large amount of turret fire?
Would it need to be 'long' like most confed ships? Presumably their shipyards work best making long, flat ships, but how much could that be varied?
Does anyone have any ideas of what a dedicated confed battleship might actually look like?
There's a Dreadnaught, there's a few Super Carriers, there's some Heavy Cruisers, there's those BattleCruisers... but no actual Battleships. You know, Big, Heavy, Slow, heavy armor, huge guns, maybe a bunch of missiles, very thick with lots of structure, no fighters, and, this being the Wing Commander universe, heavy shields -- nothing like that.
So muse for me for a little bit... what would one *look like*, based on what you about flying in the WC games, and what features would it have?
I'd say, if it's not going to be directing flight operations, does it really need a very exposed bridge? Does it need an external bridge at all?
Further, could it's design be such that vital systems can only be targeted from specific angles, so a torpedo coming from an 'off' angle would impact a nonessential part of the ship, and a bomber or torpedo or capship missile coming at an 'on' angle would be subject to a very large amount of turret fire?
Would it need to be 'long' like most confed ships? Presumably their shipyards work best making long, flat ships, but how much could that be varied?
Does anyone have any ideas of what a dedicated confed battleship might actually look like?