The Macabees
13-11-2004, 03:22
Rommel Class Battleship
Armor: The Rommel class Battleship is built with a coating of seventeen inch armor. However, the actual RHA value of the armor skyrockets to around thirty-five inch, while only carrying the weight of a seventeen inch armored coating. Macabee engineers have adapted Armacor tank armor technology to their battleships. Using a C60 buckyball matrix, which has have heated debates over the intrinsic strength and bonding values, the Macabees have been able to bond a third generation single crystal double helix. However, the bonding used to the C60 buckyball in this instance is different from the Macabee NiAl ADBONDs (ADvanced BONDs). Instead, in order to support the strength needed to stop a shell shot from a normal gun, or in more advanced instances, a rail gun, Macabee engineers have bonded the C60 buckyball matrix to the third generation diamond helix with an extremely strong third generation crystal superalloy bond, used increasingly in aircraft turbines and such. This aircraft technology has found use in the navy, in their ships.
However, it should be noted that the Rommel is the only ship in the Macabee navy to incorporate this armor to date, and the battleship is no longer in service actively in the Imperial Navy (however, I plan on re-instating them soon). The Rommel is solely designed as an export piece, and the armor is more of an experiment than a sure thing. So, if this armor does work, it should be known that this is most likely for a limited time, so gets your fast.
It is important to note that the Rommel is a trimaran ship, which makes it heavy, but safe.
Propulsion: The Rommel class Battleship has two Valhalla nuclear reactors, allowing the system to be propelled at a very fast velocity of 39 knots, although this speed is rarely used in war (a task force can only go as fast as its slowest ship). The Valhalla nuclear reactors incorporate Baldur meltdown technology. The Baldur meltdown inhibitor uses sensors placed selectively inside the hull, close to the room of the nuclear reactors, to sense internal breaches, either by water pressure, or enemy pressure (missiles and other projectiles). Consequently, in case of a breech the Baldur is able to automatically shut down the two Valhalla nuclear reactors as quickly as possible, thus avoiding a catastrophic nuclear reaction.
The two Valhalla nuclear reactors use six screws to push the Rommel at the velocity wanted. Each screw has six blades, and are of medium size, however, larger than most of the screws used by the Ohio class Battleships. However, in order to decrease cavitation the Rommel has two MACCAVAB (MACabee CAVitation Absorbing) devices, which absorb the popping noises that bubbles make around the hull and the screws (known as cavitation). This technology was first begun by the United States Navy, but since then enhanced and improved by the Macabee Imperial Naval Engineering Corp under the pay of Valhalla Naval National, the sole naval production provider for the Macabee Navy. This makes the battleships much more quiet when under operations, although the battleships are still making noise.
Aircraft: Each Rommel class Battleship has five helipads, under use by five Sea Serpent ASW (Anti-submarine warfare) helicopters. However, the Sea Serpents are exchanged with the custom Sea King IIs when sold abroad, but nations can always scrap the Sea Kings and provide their own ASW choppers. The Sea Serpents can be bought with the battleship; however, this adds an extra ten million to the price tag due to the price of the choppers, as well as just pure wage, rent, and interest.
Armaments:
Praetorian V SAM System: The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Rommels to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.
The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Rommel class Battleship, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.
The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.
For SAM purposes each Rommel sports twenty Praetorian V batteries, giving the Rommel the firepower to defend with four hundred SAMs in each volley. The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Rommel battleship is outfitted with two thousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.
Loki ASROC: The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Rommel carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.
The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.
MSCIWS: The MSCIWS used on Macabee ships is better known as something the Macabees calls Second Generation Metal Storm. This MSCIWS incorporates the advances made in Armacor’s 2nd Generation Metal Storm, with some better technology used to modify the system. The 3rd Generation Metal Storm is a twelve barreled rapid firing gun, which has from 60rps to 1 million rps (although the latter is never used, because no ship has the stock to run this amount of ammunition). However, the round used a thick armor piercing round, capable of going through up to 700mm of armor if enough rounds are put into it. It uses basic Avenger gun technology; the Avenger capable of going through the armor of an early T-80. However, it also uses the ship’s MLT-1 LIDAR system, as well as the MRT-1 and MRT-4 RADAR systems for accuracy. Dozens of these guns are spread across the Rommel’s deck for an up close and personal defense.
It is often proclaimed that the third generation MSCIWS will put an end to the surface anti-shipping missile, and after every war this seems closer and closer to the truth.
Vertical Launch Tubes: Like most battleships used today the Rommel is more of a missile boat than a conventional dreadnought; and it is much larger. Each Rommel carries somewhere around one thousand Principe III anti-shipping missile launched torpedoes, and one thousand five hundred MAAM Ausf. B cruise missiles. To fire these massive stockpiles of missiles each Rommel has ten VLT systems. Each VLT system has a four slot revolving missile launcher, which in order to fire a volley it fires, turns, fires, turns, etc, until all missiles are fired. The reloading process is even shorter, using a hydraulic loading system to push the missile back into the slot after each turn, meaning that the VLT system can keep a continuous launch sequence without pause. This makes the Rommel extremely dangerous when taking in the fact that the VLTs can continuously fire missiles off at enemies until the enemy is destroyed. The VLT system also uses a THYMONEL 8 coating to maintain the HEE and pressure giving to the launching platforms.
Main Guns: The Rommel has a forward quadruple platform 18” rail gun, with a range of about three hundred and fifty miles (ca. 2020 technology). The rail gun was installed after seeing New Empire’s ships in action against the Balearics. The Rommel has another quadruple platform 18” rail gun in the rear end of the ship, to provide secondary fire support. However, the Macabees rarely use this for offensive purposes, instead relying on missiles, which give the Macabees a greater range.
SONARs: The Rommel class Battleship uses the Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.
The Rommel also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is as long as the Rommel itself, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong nylon line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Rommel also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.
RADARs: Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.
Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.
Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition.
Other Numbers: The Rommel displaces a total of 120,000 tons of water, with a length of 1400.7’ and a beam 161.3’. The Rommel has a crew of 2,000 members.
Cost: $1.6 billion USD
Armor: The Rommel class Battleship is built with a coating of seventeen inch armor. However, the actual RHA value of the armor skyrockets to around thirty-five inch, while only carrying the weight of a seventeen inch armored coating. Macabee engineers have adapted Armacor tank armor technology to their battleships. Using a C60 buckyball matrix, which has have heated debates over the intrinsic strength and bonding values, the Macabees have been able to bond a third generation single crystal double helix. However, the bonding used to the C60 buckyball in this instance is different from the Macabee NiAl ADBONDs (ADvanced BONDs). Instead, in order to support the strength needed to stop a shell shot from a normal gun, or in more advanced instances, a rail gun, Macabee engineers have bonded the C60 buckyball matrix to the third generation diamond helix with an extremely strong third generation crystal superalloy bond, used increasingly in aircraft turbines and such. This aircraft technology has found use in the navy, in their ships.
However, it should be noted that the Rommel is the only ship in the Macabee navy to incorporate this armor to date, and the battleship is no longer in service actively in the Imperial Navy (however, I plan on re-instating them soon). The Rommel is solely designed as an export piece, and the armor is more of an experiment than a sure thing. So, if this armor does work, it should be known that this is most likely for a limited time, so gets your fast.
It is important to note that the Rommel is a trimaran ship, which makes it heavy, but safe.
Propulsion: The Rommel class Battleship has two Valhalla nuclear reactors, allowing the system to be propelled at a very fast velocity of 39 knots, although this speed is rarely used in war (a task force can only go as fast as its slowest ship). The Valhalla nuclear reactors incorporate Baldur meltdown technology. The Baldur meltdown inhibitor uses sensors placed selectively inside the hull, close to the room of the nuclear reactors, to sense internal breaches, either by water pressure, or enemy pressure (missiles and other projectiles). Consequently, in case of a breech the Baldur is able to automatically shut down the two Valhalla nuclear reactors as quickly as possible, thus avoiding a catastrophic nuclear reaction.
The two Valhalla nuclear reactors use six screws to push the Rommel at the velocity wanted. Each screw has six blades, and are of medium size, however, larger than most of the screws used by the Ohio class Battleships. However, in order to decrease cavitation the Rommel has two MACCAVAB (MACabee CAVitation Absorbing) devices, which absorb the popping noises that bubbles make around the hull and the screws (known as cavitation). This technology was first begun by the United States Navy, but since then enhanced and improved by the Macabee Imperial Naval Engineering Corp under the pay of Valhalla Naval National, the sole naval production provider for the Macabee Navy. This makes the battleships much more quiet when under operations, although the battleships are still making noise.
Aircraft: Each Rommel class Battleship has five helipads, under use by five Sea Serpent ASW (Anti-submarine warfare) helicopters. However, the Sea Serpents are exchanged with the custom Sea King IIs when sold abroad, but nations can always scrap the Sea Kings and provide their own ASW choppers. The Sea Serpents can be bought with the battleship; however, this adds an extra ten million to the price tag due to the price of the choppers, as well as just pure wage, rent, and interest.
Armaments:
Praetorian V SAM System: The Praetorian V is a massive improvement over the Praetorian IV system, which was basically copied off the Bisonic S-500 SAM system. The Praetorian V should provide better accuracy, as well as better quality, to the consumers of this product. Using a twenty rocket launch system, four rows of five missiles, the Praetorian V SAM system can provide massive fire support in case of massive bomber, or missile raids, allowing the Rommels to put up a quality defense against belligerents, and ensuring survival on the deadly waters. Each Praetorian V missile can be interchanged by another SAM, assuming that the chosen SAM is smaller, or the same size. The Praetorian V is rather small, and uses either a conventional engine to engage sea-skimmers, or a scramjet engine to seek and destroy conventional high flying missiles, or aircraft.
The Praetorian V SAM system incorporates the MLT-1 LIDAR system onboard each Rommel class Battleship, which as a range of about 165 miles (or about 300kms). The MLT-1 LIDAR system uses normal LIDAR, which uses a laser to detect the range of the target, as well as Doppler LIDAR which is used to detect the velocity of the target. DIAL is also used to detect chemical composition of the target. The Praetorian Vs are also hooked up to the MRT-1/N RADAR system used by Macabee Naval vessels. The MRT-1 is based off the TENEX SPY-6 RADAR system, however uses a larger power box, as well as a larger computer network to catch enemy flyers at 700kms. However, the MRT-1 is restricted to altitude of over thirty meters in height (around 100 miles), and for lower altitudes (100 miles to 1,000 miles) is severely restricted in range. The MRT-4 RADAR system is used for sea-skimming missiles, or low flying aircraft. It uses radio waves to track below the minimum range of the MRT-1. The advantages in having two systems do what one could do are that now we have specialization of jobs, and the MRT-4 can focus on one thing, while the MRT-1 focuses on another. To support this massive computer system the CPU uses ln2 coolant to over clock a twenty gigahertz system to thirty gigahertz.
The actual Praetorian V has its own CPU installed on the backside of the missile, above the scramjet engine, and it uses its own MLT-2 LIDAR system, which has a range of two kilometers, and is used for final phase target location purposes. The Praetorian V missile uses the computers to still use the ship based MRT-1, MRT-4 and the MLT-1 systems. This provides a very accurate and effective surface to air missile system. The Praetorian V can be used as an anti-missile, as well as an anti-air SAM.
For SAM purposes each Rommel sports twenty Praetorian V batteries, giving the Rommel the firepower to defend with four hundred SAMs in each volley. The Praetorian V system uses an advanced reload system using hydraulic propulsion to lift the missile out of stock racks and push into the barrel of the Praetorian V launch platforms. Each Rommel battleship is outfitted with two thousand Praetorian V missiles in stocks, giving each SAM one hundred Praetorian V missiles, useful for five volleys each SAM.
Loki ASROC: The Loki ASROC system is a ten tube 500mm torpedo launch system placed strategically around naval vessels which incorporate the system. The Loki ASROC can use the MAT-1 anti-torpedo, the MT-2 SuCav torpedo for short ranges, and the MT-3 water ramjet/pumpjet torpedo for long range use. Each Rommel carries one hundred of each type of torpedo, used in five different ASROC batteries placed on the battleship.
The Loki ASROC has an advanced material composition using THYMONEL 8, a third generation single crystal super alloy, as a coating on the steel launch platform. The THYMONEL 8 coating allows for the resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement, and the heat of the missile booster. This allows for a rate of fire of all ten torpedoes in eight seconds time. A hydraulic reloading system can restock the Loki ASROC system in ten seconds time.
MSCIWS: The MSCIWS used on Macabee ships is better known as something the Macabees calls Second Generation Metal Storm. This MSCIWS incorporates the advances made in Armacor’s 2nd Generation Metal Storm, with some better technology used to modify the system. The 3rd Generation Metal Storm is a twelve barreled rapid firing gun, which has from 60rps to 1 million rps (although the latter is never used, because no ship has the stock to run this amount of ammunition). However, the round used a thick armor piercing round, capable of going through up to 700mm of armor if enough rounds are put into it. It uses basic Avenger gun technology; the Avenger capable of going through the armor of an early T-80. However, it also uses the ship’s MLT-1 LIDAR system, as well as the MRT-1 and MRT-4 RADAR systems for accuracy. Dozens of these guns are spread across the Rommel’s deck for an up close and personal defense.
It is often proclaimed that the third generation MSCIWS will put an end to the surface anti-shipping missile, and after every war this seems closer and closer to the truth.
Vertical Launch Tubes: Like most battleships used today the Rommel is more of a missile boat than a conventional dreadnought; and it is much larger. Each Rommel carries somewhere around one thousand Principe III anti-shipping missile launched torpedoes, and one thousand five hundred MAAM Ausf. B cruise missiles. To fire these massive stockpiles of missiles each Rommel has ten VLT systems. Each VLT system has a four slot revolving missile launcher, which in order to fire a volley it fires, turns, fires, turns, etc, until all missiles are fired. The reloading process is even shorter, using a hydraulic loading system to push the missile back into the slot after each turn, meaning that the VLT system can keep a continuous launch sequence without pause. This makes the Rommel extremely dangerous when taking in the fact that the VLTs can continuously fire missiles off at enemies until the enemy is destroyed. The VLT system also uses a THYMONEL 8 coating to maintain the HEE and pressure giving to the launching platforms.
Main Guns: The Rommel has a forward quadruple platform 18” rail gun, with a range of about three hundred and fifty miles (ca. 2020 technology). The rail gun was installed after seeing New Empire’s ships in action against the Balearics. The Rommel has another quadruple platform 18” rail gun in the rear end of the ship, to provide secondary fire support. However, the Macabees rarely use this for offensive purposes, instead relying on missiles, which give the Macabees a greater range.
SONARs: The Rommel class Battleship uses the Poseidon SONAR system, which is capable of detecting louder shipping at up to one hundred kilometers away at the right circumstances, and advanced submarines at a maximum range of ten kilometers, burning through anechoic tiling quite easily. The Poseidon is considered one of the better SONAR systems used presently. The Poseidon is also programmed to detect the “black hole” effect which submarines using MHD have; making it easier to detect MHD propelled submarines.
The Rommel also has a new thin line towed array called the TB-163, which is as long as the Rommel itself, using thousands of hydrophones to detect submarine presence at up to forty kilometers away (ca. 28 miles). The TB-163 uses a strong nylon line to ensure that it doesn’t snap, although this could be potentially dangerous to the crew if its used stupidly. The Rommel also has another towed array called the TB-87 which focuses on shorter distances, using powerful hydrophones to detect close enemies.
RADARs: Macabee ships use the MRT-1 RADAR system to detect enemy aerial assets anywhere from 120 kilometers minimum to 700 kilometers maximum; depending on the circumstances, stealth levels, and altitude. The MRT-1 use a very powerful super computer and several screens to detect, filter, and portray enemy aerial assets. Based of the TENEX SPY-6 this well built system is, again, one of the better ones in use around the world, and provide the Macabees with a reliable early warning system.
Additionally, Macabee ships integrate the MRT-4 RADAR system which was built to focus on sea-skimmers. RADAR radio waves are able to catch both missiles and other objects, such as waves, and filter what is a wave, and what is a missile; and quite easily, and through regular technology. Simply, by using a supercomputer and C based program, the computers can detect range, vector, and velocity – hence, it can distinguish what is a missile or aircraft, and what isn’t. A wave doesn’t last at the same altitude, velocity and vector for ever – the wave falls short quite quickly – while a missile lasts in the air for quite a while (of course). Hence, it wasn’t too difficult to design a system capable of picking sea-skimmers up.
Finally, the Macabee ships include an MLT-1 LIDAR system which as a range of about 250 kilometers (165 miles). The MLT-1 uses regular LIDAR to detect range, Doppler LIDAR to detect velocity, and DIAL LIDAR to detect chemical composition.
Other Numbers: The Rommel displaces a total of 120,000 tons of water, with a length of 1400.7’ and a beam 161.3’. The Rommel has a crew of 2,000 members.
Cost: $1.6 billion USD