Hmmm, a thought. Do we know that Gatlantis vessels would have the migobueza coating? As I recall it was a fairly new thing being tested by Shultz's fleet at Pluto... so lasers might be more effective than we expect.
At point-blank range, maybe. Not anywhere else- it was previously established that the only reason earth stopped the Gamilas was with shock cannons, and Gatlantis ships have similar, maybe even higher, toughness levels.
Class: Project 2180 class Guided Missile Battleship, no formal name assigned, unofficially named 'Sinop'
Length: 320 m
Weapons:
96 x Heavy Anti-Ship Missile Cells
32 x Torpedo Tubes
300mm Triple Mounted Shock Cannon
4 x 250mm Double Mounted Shock Cannons
2 x 320 mm Triple Mounted Forward Fixed Shock Cannons
400mm Spinal Mounted Heavy Shock Cannon
4 x 7-turret antiaircraft batteries
Defenses:
Refractory Metal Armor
Hull Number SBBG-231 has had many names. For most of the war it was Koroleva Bol'shogo Angara Rossiya—The Great Hangar Queen of Russia.
Before the war, she was planned to be commissioned as the Petropavlovsk, a vessel that her designers believed would usher in a new era of Guided Missile-based fleet combat. When the technology didn't pan out, the ship became a figure of controversy among the navy, going though an endless amount of cutbacks, and was only just nearing completion by the time first contact was made, when construction was halted indefinitely. The only thing that saved her from being scrapped was the local command being unwilling to scrap a battleship only a few months away from being combat worthy.
So she sat in her hangar for years, until finally, a mission came along that would need every major hull they could spare. Ever the optimists, as she was being refit, her future crew would decide to rechristen her as the Tsushima.
Commander: Captain Nikolai Moskvin, one of the Eurasian Union's few remaining veteran Captains. Rumored to be somewhat unstable, but an undeniably stubborn officer in the field.
Advantages: Heavy long range firepower due it's the Tsushima's vast array of missiles, as well as it's spinal mounted weapons. It's reliance on missiles limits it's use on extended missions.
Weaknesses: It has a lack of direct fire weaponry, with it's sole major turret weapon being poorly positioned. It's propulsion systems were not fully upgraded either, so while it has good speed for it's size, it has poor maneuverability.
Class: Project 2180 class Guided Missile Battleship, no formal name assigned, unofficially named 'Sinop'
Length: 320 m
Weapons:
96 x Heavy Anti-Ship Missile Cells
32 x Torpedo Tubes
300mm Triple Mounted Shock Cannon
4 x 250mm Double Mounted Shock Cannons
2 x 320 mm Triple Mounted Forward Fixed Shock Cannons
400mm Spinal Mounted Heavy Shock Cannon
4 x 7-turret antiaircraft batteries
Defenses:
Wave Motion Shield
Last Generation Refractory Metal Armor
Hull Number SBBG-231 has had many names. For most of the war it was Koroleva Bol'shogo Angara Rossiya—The Great Hangar Queen of Russia.
Before the war, she was planned to be commissioned as the Petropavlovsk, a vessel that her designers believed would usher in a new era of Guided Missile-based fleet combat. When the technology didn't pan out, the ship became a figure of controversy among the navy, going though an endless amount of cutbacks, and was only just nearing completion by the time first contact was made, when construction was halted indefinitely. The only thing that saved her from being scrapped was the local command being unwilling to scrap a battleship only a few months away from being combat worthy.
So she sat in her hangar for years, until finally, a mission came along that would need every major hull they could spare. Ever the optimists, as she was being refit, her future crew would decide to rechristen her as the Tsushima.
Commander: Captain Nikolai Moskvin, one of the Eurasian Union's few remaining veteran Captains. Rumored to be somewhat unstable, but an undeniably stubborn officer in the field.
Advantages: Heavy long range firepower due it's the Tsushima's vast array of missiles, as well as it's spinal mounted weapons. During refitting, it was refitted with a wave motion shield as well.
Weaknesses: It's armor was not refitted to modern standard, so it's even more vulnerable than usual without it's shields. It has a lack of direct fire weaponry, with it's sole major turret weapon being poorly positioned. It's propulsion systems were not fully upgraded either, so while it has good speed for it's size, it has poor maneuverability.
I said Kensai couldn't join due to player bloat. Although I suppose I could rend that a non-issue by saying that if a player goes AFK for too long, their ship becomes an NPC vessel and is destroyed the next fight.
I said Kensai couldn't join due to player bloat. Although I suppose I could rend that a non-issue by saying that if a player goes AFK for too long, their ship becomes an NPC vessel and is destroyed the next fight.
Commander: CPT Alastair Matthew Cook, RN. Formerly better known for his achievements in gunboat diplomacy, an officer and a gentleman of the old school, tactful and deferential but with a ruthless core. Unafraid to sacrifice himself, his men or his ship to get the job done.
CAG: CPT Achilleia Anemos, RN. A fiery ace pilot who leads from the front, occasionally to the detriment of higher planning. Blunt, caustic and devoted to her pilots. She and Cook work superbly if tumultuously together.
Air Wing:
2x Squadron (12 ea) SF-52F Cosmofire fighters
Oh and by the way, Braddock is a ex-fighter pilot, and he drives his ship like he's still in a fighter. He can do that, given the Australia's maneuverability.
I just realized, of the three Russian battleships, two were built by Japan , and the third was a procurement nightmare. That kind of dosen't say good things about Russia's shipbuilding capabilities, does it?
I just realized, of the three Russian battleships, two were built by Japan , and the third was a procurement nightmare. That kind of dosen't say good things about Russia's shipbuilding capabilities, does it?
That's on you guys, I made a Eurasian warship--Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan may share the world's oldest spaceport, but they don't have a naval shipyard between them, do they? Plus the only one that was built by Russian shipyards was bought by Japan...hmmm....sounds like treaty shenanigans as much as anything.
