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Originally Posted by maximusslade
No comments on my cruiser???
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I like it. It's closer to my concept of an NGFS ship.
If you had a chance to go through all the other threads on battleship/NGFS you'd find that I proposed a much more simplified form of your cruiser for the duty.
She's more like a type of armored cruiser. Very basic to cut down cost and construction time. There should be enough armor to withstand shells of up to 76mm. She would have 2, maybe 3 tubes of 6" or 8" guns in single turrets. She would displace no more than 15,000t. Other than the main guns, she would have up to 4 76mm or 57mm guns. She would have 64 ESSMs quad-packed in 2 8 cell Mk 41 launchers. There will be no AEGIS since she's not built for fleet air defense. There will only be basic hull mounted sonar and Mk. 46 torpedoes for emergency self defense. There will be, however, a decent sized helo hanger and deck space for up to 3 medium helos.
I think a ship like that is entirely adequate for NGFS. She would be of limited use for anything else though. But if we pack all the capabilities we want into her, then we might as well buy more Ticos and Burkes.
Fitz, if you could, please comment on my concept. I know it's probably a ship looking for a mission, but it's always fun...for me.
