NationStates Jolt Archive

Yes, my friends, its that time, that time when LRR gets scared and needs to build something bigger and badder.

We are building the first line of Abraham Lincoln class battlecruisers (to continue with the anti-slavery theme).

The design encorperates the following elements:

The Farad System (Double hull)
Antimatter Drives
Antimatter Cannons
Laser Point Defense (Klonor via GA)
EM shield
Laser ECM
Docking and Construction Bay (For 25 fighters, plus 3 resourcers, 6 dropships, and 10 support dropships)

It borrows heavily on designs by the Capsule Corporation, such as the double hull. But there the similarities end. It is built of LRR's best composites, like Plasteel, which are strong, long-lasting, and easy to make. There will be two motor nacelles, one on each hull, and the bridge will be mounted in the center of the two hulls to give good protection and visibility. Weapons mounts are as follows:

20x Antimatter Cannons
40x Laser Point Defense
4x Missile Bays
2x Torpedo Bays
Advanced Sensors Suite
Advanced Medical Bay
Advanced Science Bay (For maintaining Olof Palme frigates)

LRR proposes to build 25 of this type, 20 for LRR, and five for the GA. This, as you can plainly see, will take quite a while, and, we estimate, with the drive yards operating at 100% power, 6 years to complete all the ships.

OOC: Usually, historians spell 'Lincon' Lincoln.

OOC: Usually, historians spell 'Lincon' Lincoln.

OCC: :oops: I knew that....... I have horrible spelling.

OOC: Yes, but my state motto is 'The Land of Lincoln'.

This continues LRR's tradition of lettingthe world know when we do something. It lessens the prospect of godmodding.

Incorperated on this ship will be several new, and off-the-shelf technologies.

EMP torpedoes (Should be able to disable a frigate. Would be used to remove hostile ships from a battle without destroying them.)
EM shield (off the shelf. used by most LRR ships)
Plasma Cannons (Usually mounted on bombers, most usefull against frigates, etc.)
Defensive ECM (A medium-power signal scrambler which should scramble torpedo and missile guidance systems. Not an offensive ECM.)
Sensors Suite (Same as the Emancipator class, but smaller and less buggy.)

Note: These technologies will also be implemented on other LRR ships.

u realize EMPs don't work on MANY ships, right? They wont effect any Capsule ship, thats for sure. Every CC ship has heavy EM cshielded circuitry because of all the energy flowing around in the farad systems and the Rail Cannons.

u realize EMPs don't work on MANY ships, right? They wont effect any Capsule ship, thats for sure. Every CC ship has heavy EM cshielded circuitry because of all the energy flowing around in the farad systems and the Rail Cannons.

Well, it would be able to knock out some fighters and corvettes. But thanks for the information. I will change it.

And also, do I plan to battle you with these ships? No. I don't.

lol I am just saying there are many nations which completely shield their circuitry because of high EM fields around their ship.

lol I am just saying there are many nations which completely shield their circuitry because of high EM fields around their ship.

I know that. (I learned the hard way.)

u realize EMPs don't work on MANY ships, right? They wont effect any Capsule ship, thats for sure. Every CC ship has heavy EM cshielded circuitry because of all the energy flowing around in the farad systems and the Rail Cannons.

By their nature, sensors and communications systems are sensitive to EMPs. If you shield them or armor them then they don't work anymore.

You can make them resistant to EMPs, but they will still glitch and turn off (have to be reset) when/if an EMP goes off.

So the question is, are your ships totally immune to EMPs or are they able to detect and communicate with other ships? Pick one.

True, wazzu, good point. Sensors and stuff would get screwed up temporarily. but power, engines, weapons, computers, and everything one could hope to take out with an EMP, would not be widely effected.

Maybe if you use some really heavy Ion cannon like the one in empire strikes back, where it actually has force and kocks the ship around and digs deep inside to fry systems beyond any shielding... but that's a little different.

True, wazzu, good point. Sensors and stuff would get screwed up temporarily. but power, engines, weapons, computers, and everything one could hope to take out with an EMP, would not be widely effected.

Maybe if you use some really heavy Ion cannon like the one in empire strikes back, where it actually has force and kocks the ship around and digs deep inside to fry systems beyond any shielding... but that's a little different.

Well, thats all true. Sensors have a light EM shielding, but not enough to really screw them up. We pride ourselves in the redundancy of our technology. But anyways, LRR cannot undertake offensive operations against any country unless provoked by hostile actions on that other country's part, and only if a peaceful settlement cannot be reached. So you have nothing to fear from LRR ships. The fleets usually hang around major spaceports or asteroid belts, or the homeworld, and the ships most likely for you to see of LRR design are the small patrol frigates and science frigates, and freighters. So don't feel threatened by LRR construction projects. Not to mention, the plasteel and composites we make our ships out of is not very conductive.

(Assuming Pedaphiliac is dead)

LRR is also developing some planetary ships.

Specs for the designs can be found here:

http://www.cold-war.net/cw_EA_dropship.html

http://www.cold-war.net/cw_warbrat.html

http://www.cold-war.net/cw_EA_APC.html

http://www.cold-war.net/cw_zetakat.html

http://www.cold-war.net/cw_hoverbike.html

And a new space vessel:

http://www.cold-war.net/cw_tug.html