Post by Minister on Feb 2, 2004 15:23:28 GMT -5
Right, BFG stats combined with preliminary design blurb for a series of ships for Battlefleet Anargo’s ships. Note that I’ve only done some of them, the rest will have to wait, or be thought up by you lot.
So, thoughts, suggestions, comments...
The Ironclad Battleship is an ancient design predating the Imperium. Its origins can be traced back to the fleets built by Kar Duniash over the Age of Strife in an attempt to hold back the raiders which plagued them over those dark centuries. Few now survive, and those that do languish in the reserve fleets and training facilities, an outmoded tribute to past glories.
The ship itself is well armed and armoured, albeit short ranged, but the drives are under-powered for a front line ship and the shielding is distinctly second rate. Of the six times in recent history where one has been brought to battle, three times they have been relatively ineffective due to being unable to get to grips with the foe, twice they have been out-manoeuvred; out-ranged and taken down, and once the opposing flagship was taken out with a single concentrated point-blank volley.
Ironclad Battleship
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Battleship /10 15cm 45o 1 6+ 3
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Port Batteries 30cm 20 Left
Port Torpedoes 30cm 4 Left
Starboard Batteries 30cm 20 Right
Starboard Torpedoes 30cm 4 Right
Dorsal Batteries 45cm 4 Left/front/right
Prow Torpedoes 30cm 4 Front
Prow Batteries 30cm 4 Front
Prow Batteries 15cm 26 Front
Originating in the last centuries before the Age of the Apostasy, the Coruscation was the first of a new generation of battlecruisers to come out of the Martian yards, and one of the last major warship classes to lack the distinctive prow which was later to become so widespread within the Imperial fleet. Although the series fell into disfavour over the following millennia, the Coruscation lingers on in many areas where newer ships are not forthcoming.
Coruscation Class Battlecruiser
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Cruiser /8 20cm 45o 2 5+ 3
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Port Batteries 45 cm 8 Left
Starboard Batteries 45 cm 8 Right
Dorsal Batteries 45 cm 6 Left/front/right
Prow Batteries 60 cm 6 Front
Where the Dictator class found favour amongst most warfleets in support of the Lunar class, Battlefleet Ulthima desired a vessel to augment its Dominator ships without having to sacrifice the increasingly rare Mars battlecruisers. The Autocrat was built to fill this niche, combining launch capabilities with the fearsome long-range power of the Nova Cannon.
Autocrat Cruiser
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Cruiser /8 20cm 45o 2 6+ front/5+ 2
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Port launch bays Furies: 30cmStarhawks: 20cm 2 -
Starboard launch bays Furies: 30cmStarhawks: 20cm 2 -
Port Batteries 30 cm 6 Left
Starboard Batteries 30 cm 6 Right
Prow Nova Cannon 30-150cm 1 Front
The Pontifex is an abnormality among Imperial capital ships, as it was never designed with the main wall of battle in mind. Instead it was designed to assume the lead role in aggressive hunter/killer groups comprised mostly of escort ships. Using the temperamental Vonshere augmented plasma drives across the fleet was not justifiable, but the limited introduction of such a system in forward strike elements could, and did, yield dividends.
The first recorded action of a Pontifex cruiser was the Morshan incident. A fleet of Eldar corsairs had been harrying shipping lanes for months and the Imperial Navy had dispatched the Huricane, under Commodore Gergrade, to protect the merchant ships. Elder raiders hit the first protected convoy, but scattered when they found their target to be more formidable then they had previously thought. Pushing the drives to their very limits, and leaving the escorts floundering behind, the Huricane managed to catch three of the raiders before they were able to disengage, although the damage to the overloaded drives took a week in drydock to repair.
Pontifex Cruiser
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Cruiser /8 25cm 45o 1 6+ front/5+ 2
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Port Batteries 30 cm 10 Left
Starboard Batteries 30 cm 10 Right
Prow Lances 30 cm 3 Front
Special Rules:
Augmented Drives: The Pontifex may choose to overload its drives when taking an All Ahead Full special order. If this is done then the ship will move an extra XD6 cm instead of the normal YD6. However, if a double is rolled then a Thrusters Damaged is applied immediately after the move and no further All Ahead Full rolls may be attempted (this is applied whether the test is successful or not).
The Claymore Frigate is a far less versatile ship than the smaller and more common Sword, and is designed solely with firepower in mind. Groups of these ships are commonly used as "pocket cruisers" in fleets where capital ships are unavailable.
Claymore Frigate
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Escort /1 25cm 45o 1 6+ 1
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Batteries 30 cm 4 Left/front/right
Batteries 30 cm 2 Front
Let's hope that those tables translate...
So, thoughts, suggestions, comments...
The Ironclad Battleship is an ancient design predating the Imperium. Its origins can be traced back to the fleets built by Kar Duniash over the Age of Strife in an attempt to hold back the raiders which plagued them over those dark centuries. Few now survive, and those that do languish in the reserve fleets and training facilities, an outmoded tribute to past glories.
The ship itself is well armed and armoured, albeit short ranged, but the drives are under-powered for a front line ship and the shielding is distinctly second rate. Of the six times in recent history where one has been brought to battle, three times they have been relatively ineffective due to being unable to get to grips with the foe, twice they have been out-manoeuvred; out-ranged and taken down, and once the opposing flagship was taken out with a single concentrated point-blank volley.
Ironclad Battleship
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Battleship /10 15cm 45o 1 6+ 3
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Port Batteries 30cm 20 Left
Port Torpedoes 30cm 4 Left
Starboard Batteries 30cm 20 Right
Starboard Torpedoes 30cm 4 Right
Dorsal Batteries 45cm 4 Left/front/right
Prow Torpedoes 30cm 4 Front
Prow Batteries 30cm 4 Front
Prow Batteries 15cm 26 Front
Originating in the last centuries before the Age of the Apostasy, the Coruscation was the first of a new generation of battlecruisers to come out of the Martian yards, and one of the last major warship classes to lack the distinctive prow which was later to become so widespread within the Imperial fleet. Although the series fell into disfavour over the following millennia, the Coruscation lingers on in many areas where newer ships are not forthcoming.
Coruscation Class Battlecruiser
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Cruiser /8 20cm 45o 2 5+ 3
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Port Batteries 45 cm 8 Left
Starboard Batteries 45 cm 8 Right
Dorsal Batteries 45 cm 6 Left/front/right
Prow Batteries 60 cm 6 Front
Where the Dictator class found favour amongst most warfleets in support of the Lunar class, Battlefleet Ulthima desired a vessel to augment its Dominator ships without having to sacrifice the increasingly rare Mars battlecruisers. The Autocrat was built to fill this niche, combining launch capabilities with the fearsome long-range power of the Nova Cannon.
Autocrat Cruiser
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Cruiser /8 20cm 45o 2 6+ front/5+ 2
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Port launch bays Furies: 30cmStarhawks: 20cm 2 -
Starboard launch bays Furies: 30cmStarhawks: 20cm 2 -
Port Batteries 30 cm 6 Left
Starboard Batteries 30 cm 6 Right
Prow Nova Cannon 30-150cm 1 Front
The Pontifex is an abnormality among Imperial capital ships, as it was never designed with the main wall of battle in mind. Instead it was designed to assume the lead role in aggressive hunter/killer groups comprised mostly of escort ships. Using the temperamental Vonshere augmented plasma drives across the fleet was not justifiable, but the limited introduction of such a system in forward strike elements could, and did, yield dividends.
The first recorded action of a Pontifex cruiser was the Morshan incident. A fleet of Eldar corsairs had been harrying shipping lanes for months and the Imperial Navy had dispatched the Huricane, under Commodore Gergrade, to protect the merchant ships. Elder raiders hit the first protected convoy, but scattered when they found their target to be more formidable then they had previously thought. Pushing the drives to their very limits, and leaving the escorts floundering behind, the Huricane managed to catch three of the raiders before they were able to disengage, although the damage to the overloaded drives took a week in drydock to repair.
Pontifex Cruiser
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Cruiser /8 25cm 45o 1 6+ front/5+ 2
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Port Batteries 30 cm 10 Left
Starboard Batteries 30 cm 10 Right
Prow Lances 30 cm 3 Front
Special Rules:
Augmented Drives: The Pontifex may choose to overload its drives when taking an All Ahead Full special order. If this is done then the ship will move an extra XD6 cm instead of the normal YD6. However, if a double is rolled then a Thrusters Damaged is applied immediately after the move and no further All Ahead Full rolls may be attempted (this is applied whether the test is successful or not).
The Claymore Frigate is a far less versatile ship than the smaller and more common Sword, and is designed solely with firepower in mind. Groups of these ships are commonly used as "pocket cruisers" in fleets where capital ships are unavailable.
Claymore Frigate
Type/Hits Speed Turns Shields Armour Turrets
Escort /1 25cm 45o 1 6+ 1
Armament Range/Speed Firepower/Strength Fire Arc
Batteries 30 cm 4 Left/front/right
Batteries 30 cm 2 Front
Let's hope that those tables translate...