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Starship Design Project

20-03-2004, 19:01
http://www.slipstreamnews.com/images/news/andromeda_ascendant.jpg

Above is a concept design of our Next Generation Warship, the project, named Aquila will be replacing the Starstream starship type which is now starting to show its age compared to newer, off the shelf starships that have been introduced to the Wintrees Fleet.

Physical Characteristics:
Length: 1301m
Beam: 976m
Height: 325m
Inertial Mass: 96,408,876kg
Max Speed: Classified

Manpower:
Ship's Complement: 4132
Officer/Enlisted: 1/11

Sensors:
PAS-37Q System Search Sensor (Phased Array)
HSS-114D Hyper Spectral
AIS-117M Advanced Imaging Sensor (Synthetic Aperture/Moving Target Indicator)
AIS-117I Advanced Imaging Sensor (Inverse Synthetic Aperture)
ES/A-9R Electronic Support and Attack Measure Suite

Combat Systems:
140 ELS missile tubes
120 PDL turrets
16 Sustained laser banks
15 Sector defence shields
5 Back-up defence shields
15 Squadrons of bay launched fighters
4 Squadrons of rail launched fighters
160 ES-115 Oracle heavy sensor/attack drones
80 ES-14 Janus light sensor/attack drones
60 Radiating Counter Measure generators
1 AI command and control entity

Standard Armament:
OM-5 standard offensive kinetic kill missiles
DM-5 standard defensive kinetic kill missiles
PM-6 Star Arrow smart anti-ship missiles
PM-6L Strategic Star Arrow smart anti-ship missiles (extended range variant)
PM-6LII Strategic Star Arrow multiple independent kill vehicle (MIKV) variant
SAPM-6III Strike Arrow surface attack variant

Anyone wishing to contibute to this project, where be it donations or the use of manpower and resources are to contact the Wintrees Military via this thread.

Limited design rights will be given to anyone who contibutes.
Central Facehuggeria
20-03-2004, 19:06
OOC: I believe that someone else is using those pictures, you may want to find a picture of the Andromeda from a different angle or something.
Xendi
20-03-2004, 20:42
CF, who is using the Andromeda Ascendant? I forgot.. and I think I am correct in assuming no one is currently using Minbari tech? (babylon 5) I havn't seen anyone and Doujin started developing minbari tech in December (I am Doujin, so..) but..
Muktar
20-03-2004, 20:50
You forgot the Nova Bombs.
21-03-2004, 11:05
Nah, I don't go for super weapons.
Lomaks Empire
21-03-2004, 11:07
or u could always make ur own damn pictures
21-03-2004, 11:10
Yeah, but that wouldn't truly represent the uncreative hack I really am.
Lomaks Empire
21-03-2004, 11:16
yah, u probly gonna mooch off wlefare and such when u old