Gateworld Virtual Fleet 2.0

[immhotep]

gave up on the cruiser however i have made a fighter..this can be for any race, it might even be an option for a human PJ..

[hotshotalpha1]

immhotep, may be a stupid question but did fleet replinshment ships count in the cargo section!

[immhotep]

Have we done cargo ships yet? we did cruisers, and mine was frieght cruiser..but i dont think fleet replensihment ships have event been mentioned, if you want to explain or submit a design thats good, we could add it straight in, but i would need it explained as to what the difference is between that and my frighter.
BTW unless anyone objects the atlantis/ATS personell carrier/ dropship combo has won the latest poll. Theres only been 1 vote which is why its open to objections.

[hotshotalpha1]

a fleet replen ship is a fleet auxilarly ship. It is a vessel owned by the military for re-supplying combat vessels away from shore bases.Usually large cargo ships with substantial self defense aramament. These types of ships are also used as aircraft transport and maintence, ordance replen and general repairs of damaged vessels.

I agree for the Atlantis/ATS combo for an assault transport, but what about ship to ship transport, personel transport, small troop insertion, and a general purpose transport , that can be carried aboard all ships. Thats the reason behind my Valkyrie, a bit like a modent day blackhawk or merlin

[immhotep]

Well the ATS has the role as well, they can be used seperately or as unit. Also large scale resupply is one of the functions of the ASIS. Post the ship and ill see where it fits in relation to the rest..

[hotshotalpha1]

ok give me bout 20 minutes

[hotshotalpha1]

Right ,the fort class replen ship. I kinda rushed it but it should be good. Also i think it would be more versitile than the ASIS because of the cargo pod modules.

Designation – Fleet replenishment vessel
Class name – Fort class
Technology bass – Terran/ Asgard

Lenght – 400m
Beam (Main Hull) – 130m
Beam (engine pods) – 240m
Height (main hull) – 100m
Height (Island) – 125m

Minimum Crew – 12
Maximum Crew – 80 + up to 1400 passengers in place of cargo
Standard Crew complement – 24
Decks – 30 (2.5 m tall)

Power-plant – mark 3 naquida reactor
Propulsion – 3 main heavy thrusters on the rear of the hull, 4 smaller manoeuvring thrusters ,18 emergency mass reactive thrusters, 6 on the nose, 3 dorsal mid, 3 ventral mid, 6 at the end of the tail

Defensives – Asgard built shields with 1 shield generator,
Between 80cm and 20 cm of titanium/carbon/naquida armour ,Kevlar splash damage armour, Interior titanium bracing and honeycombing

Other technology – 2 sets of rings, Asgard transporter, etc

Cargo section – is 260m long and has 24 modular holds 40m X 20m X 40m (32,000m cubed each) pressurised holds. Each module is locked into a skeloton which conatins the power generators, propulsion, hyperdrive, bridge and weapons. Each module is slotted either downwards into the to row or up wards into the dottom row. Modules can be placed in any position . The exterior armour on the sides is permanently in place and the top and bottom armour around the cargo section swings open on hindges hidden on the ships centerline. When the module is put in place the armour swings shut and when the module has to open so does the armour. This forms a second hatch over the modules. Each hold can be replaced with a hanger for 9 F-302’s, or 4-5 dropships or barracks for 150 Special Forces, or a 3 story vehicle bay for 50 vehicles. Re-enforced armoury pods for ordnance carriage, pods with robotic arms and unmanned service vehicles for starship repair, laboratory and investigation pods, and pods designed to be hospitals are also available.

Weapons
1 200mm / 8 inch rail gun dorsal fore
12 quadruple 35mm railguns (2 dorsal fore, 2 ventral fore, 2 dorsal mid, 2 ventral mid, 2 dorsal tail, 2 ventral tail)
2 X 16 tube sabre missile launchers with 3 reloads per tube, in front of island, topside

Hanger
Up to 6 F-302’s or equivalent ready to fly, or 16 knocked down, or 3 Valkyrie ready to fly or 4 Puddle jumpers or equivalents ready to fly. Or any combo

Hardpoints and air gates – 10 Hardpoints ventral and 2 airgates. 1 airgate in nose

Brief history
The fort class replen ships were designed to repair and resupply combat ships for the TSC in deep space away from any major fleet bases. The fort class can also be used as a light carrier, assault ship, repair depot for ships, aircraft maintance or transport ship with a minimum of effort. Each cargo pod can be swapped for a different module in under 2 hours.

[immhotep]

thats a good ship, its alot like mine, i would put both up, yours being the military version of the Hermes. Or we could have a revote on the Cargo ship class, anyone else..

[hotshotalpha1]

fine by me . I'll need to update the history for my ship , but yea why not. Should have the new version on by 10.am tomorrow

[Davidtourniquet]

Call me stupid but who won the cruiser class, finding it difficult to get back on track with this thread.

[immhotep]

Well buba won the Miliatary cruiser, and i won the civilian. But mine is a cargo cruiser techniclaly so im just gunna put the hermes and your FRS as the civilian and military version of the class.

Oh and hi david, nice to see you around, id hoped you would have stayed about more, your were the one who perseuded me to do this

[hotshotalpha1]

Heres the re-supply ship again just with a better back story

Designation – Fleet replenishment vessel
Class name – Fort class
Technology bass – Terran/ Asgard

Length – 400m
Beam (Main Hull) – 130m
Beam (engine pods) – 240m
Height (main hull) – 100m
Height (Island) – 125m

Minimum Crew – 12
Maximum Crew – 80 + up to 1400 passengers in place of cargo
Standard Crew complement – 24
Decks – 30 (2.5 m tall)

Power-plant – mark 3 naquida reactor
Propulsion – 3 main heavy thrusters on the rear of the hull, 4 smaller manoeuvring thrusters ,18 emergency mass reactive thrusters, 6 on the nose, 3 dorsal mid, 3 ventral mid, 6 at the end of the tail

Defensives – Asgard built shields with 1 shield generator
Between 80cm and 20 cm of titanium/carbon/naquida armour
Kevlar splash damage armour
Interior titanium bracing and honeycombing

Other technology – 2 sets of rings, Asgard transporter, etc

Cargo section – is 260m long and has 24 modular holds 40m X 20m X 40m (32,000m cubed each) pressurised holds. The bottom holds open directly to space through swing doors, and the roof of bottom hold retracts to allow the top holds to be emptied into bottom holds thus into space /onto ground. Each hold can be replaced with a hanger for 9 F-302’s, or 4-5 dropships or barracks for 150 Special Forces, or a 3 story vehicle bay for 50 vehicles. Re-enforced armoury pods for ordnance carriage, pods with robotic arms and unmanned service vehicles for starship repair, laboratory and investigation pods, and pods designed to be hospitals are also available. A weapons pod carrying 25 longbow missile tubes with 2 reloads per tube, is also available but in very limited numbers (by 2040 there were only 5 of these in existence, but the Aschen wars, speeded up the rate of production of these modules. A ship with 4 such pods could act as an escort frigate for convoys or with 24 such pods missile cruisers for the whole fleet.)

Weapons
1 200mm / 8 inch rail gun dorsal fore
12 quadruple 35mm railguns (2 dorsal fore, 2 ventral fore, 2 dorsal mid, 2 ventral mid, 2 dorsal tail, 2 ventral tail)
2 X 16 tube sabre missile launchers with 3 reloads per tube, in front of island, topside

Hanger
Up to 6 F-302’s or equivalent ready to fly, or 16 knocked down, or 3 Valkyrie ready to fly or 4 Puddle jumpers or equivalents ready to fly. Or any combo of the above

Hardpoints and air gates. – 10 Hardpoints ventral and 2 airgates. 1 airgate in nose

Brief history
The fort class replen ships were designed to repair and resupply combat ships for the TSC in deep space away from any major fleet bases. The fort class can also be used as a light carrier, assault ship, repair depot for ships, aircraft maintance or transport ship with a minimum of effort. Each cargo pod can be swapped for a different module in less than 2 hours. The fort class ships are very easy and fast to produce. Each module takes 3 weeks to make and each spaceframe takes 5 months to commission. The first the Fort Georgia was built in 2037. The 4th ship ,the Fort Royal, was the first Terran ship to be built at the new orbital dockyards over the military base at Aquila, 53,000 ly from earth, The first offworld base with shipyard capability.

By 2041 7 fort class ships had been built in time for the Aschen wars. They were in huge demand both to resupply the combat ships and carriers of the TSC, and to act as stand in escorts and assault ships. The ships demand caused the construction program to be speeded up and an extra 16 ships were built in 4 years both over earth and Aquila. On average factories on earth world wide churned out a new module every 36 hours for the program, meaning that each ship went into service very well equipped and supported. Normally a fort class would carry 2 hanger modules, 1 with fighters and 1 with dropships, 1 assault pod with marines and 1 repair pod whatever its mission. The other 20 slots being filled up as needed with mission specific modules. In 2042 the standard load was supplemented by 2 missile pods , reducing module space to 18 slots.

[hotshotalpha1]

Well buba won the Miliatary cruiser, and i won the civilian. But mine is a cargo cruiser techniclaly so im just gunna put the hermes and your FRS as the civilian and military version of the class.

Oh and hi david, nice to see you around, id hoped you would have stayed about more, your were the one who perseuded me to do this

sorry if i sound dumb, But your saying that you won the civvy cargo ship section and i won the military cargo ship design?.and Buba still won the military combat cruiser

[Davidtourniquet]

Well buba won the Miliatary cruiser, and i won the civilian. But mine is a cargo cruiser techniclaly so im just gunna put the hermes and your FRS as the civilian and military version of the class.

Oh and hi david, nice to see you around, id hoped you would have stayed about more, your were the one who perseuded me to do this

Sorry Immhotep, had internet problems at uni up until last week and then I had a gig monday and then work the last few days so it's been difficult. But I am back now, ready to power through. Although it would be nice to win a class .

[immhotep]

Ok fair enough david, look forward to seeing you enter designs
Yes hot. I won the civilian cargo cruiser, you have won the miliatry cargo ship and buba has the military cruiser. its complicated but you have kinda muddled it up, in all fairness you should have entered when we were doing that class.