NationStates Jolt Archive

No pictures, sorry. It would take me for frickin' EVER to render the things myself

>PRESS RELEASE COMMENCES<

Godulan Defense Directorate Commander Hans Corbox announced that the keels of four of the newest classes of Godulan Juggernaut-Class Battleships had completed initial construction yesterday. Announcing that the new shipyard would be capable of commencing a construction rate of one new Battleship per year on an overlapping construction schedule.

The Juggernaut, a four-kilometer-long sledgehammer of a ship, will be the largest type of war vessel commissioned by the Godulan Defense Directorate, stressing that tactical maneuverabilty outweighs even the strongest of weapons. The vessel will incorporate all of the Dominion's latest technological achievements, as well as being the only vessel to include a planetary-defense class Voidshield system, making certain that as long as its on the battlefield, superweapons are essentially useless.

General Corbox was quoted as saying "Superlasers, Planetkiller Bombs, I don't give a shit what they call them. That freaky 'explosive reaction'... what was it Cassius called it? The Holtzmann Effect? Them voidshields will make DAMN sure that missiles don't do jack crap in Protospace, and using a superlaser will be the worst damn decision anybody could make around us."

As for the vessel's design, many call it a "Railroad Spike", others call it a "Big Black X of Death", and truthfully, both descriptions work. The ship resembles two star destroyers superimposed over, and perpendicular to each other, then stretched to a sharper wedge shape and slimmed down. The design is intended to allow for the juggernaut to fire off all of its cannons in an 8-sided broadside, all the while remaining as small a target as possible.

The vessel stats are as such:

Length: 4.4km

Width (at base): 1km

Maximum Speed: "Full Impulse"

Acceleration: 900g (Any Direction)

Armor: Heavy Neutronium/Duranium steel composites

Weapons:
-96 Heavy Flux Cannons
-20 Protium Arc Disintegrators
-20 Anti-Fighter/Harassment Flux Cannons
-24 Phase Torpedo Bays
-1 VoidShield Generator
-5 squadrons of Godulan StarBolt Fighters (75 fighters total)

Defenses:
-Ablative Shielding
-VoidShield Generator
-Heavy Armor
-Gravity Well Countermeasures
-Broad Spectrum Jammers
-Probability "Blinking"
-Stealth Configuration

Sensors:
-Gravitic Mass Radar (Detects the gravitic signature of all objects within range, higher resolution models can actually determine the shape of the object by calculating mass distribution)
-CE Passive Array (Focuses primarily on comms traffic and energy expenditures, reads information much like a passive sonar array)
-Multiphasic Radar (Your typical space-age "Whoop, there it is!" radar)
-InterD Sub-Planar Incursion Detector (Detects ships in extra-dimensional states, such as Hyperspace and even some forms of cloaking, and states the nature of said extra-dimensional space, allowing the detecting vessel to locate and enter the correct plane)

Communications:
-GravWave Interplanetary Comms (Instantaneous and low-energy means of communicating between planets and vessels in a solar system, works to provide communications between ships in realspace and ships in Protospace, as well)
-SuperSpace Comms Array (Interstellar communication, expect some lag)

Engines: Gravitic Redirectors (Spatial Distortion Engines), capable of extreme changes in acceleration and direction with no effect on occupants. Enables the ship to move in any direction without first having to FACE that direction, allowing for the ship to frontal-broadside enemy vessels while circling them, along with other tactically advantageous applications.

Drive:
-Probability Drive with 1.5 Targeting Modifier (Distance Unlimited, but the further the distance, the longer the calculation time. It could take mere seconds to transit from one spot in a solar system to another, a couple hours to go between solar systems, a couple days to go cross-galaxy, and a couple weeks to bridge the very galaxies themselves in one transit)
-SuperSpace Dimensional Drive (Does not travel "Distances", only shifts dimensions)

Miscellaneous:
-Transportation Devices with a range of up to and including 40,000km
-Mechanized Ant-Type Dedicated Repair Swarm x10 (For fixing up hull breaches and such)
-Full Scientific Suite including Planetary Scanning Array and Chemical Synthesis Capability (It doesn't take up much space, actually!)

Crew Compliment: 400 Personnel, 600 Godulan Marines
Maximum Operating Time without Resupply: 5 months
Maximum Operating Time without Refueling: Not Applicable

For Comparison Purposes, a simple 1km Godulan Battlecruiser, armed only with 16 flux cannons, four anti-fighter cannons, and 8 torpedo tubes, is easily capable of going toe-to-toe with a standard ISD, despite the latter vessel's larger size and fighter complement.

The construction time of the first vessel, to be named "Dawn Runner", is expected to take five years. After that, the next nine ships will leave the shipyard at a rate of one ship every two years. After these first ten depart, and the second shipyard gets underway, we can expect to see one of these ships leaving stardock every year, due to the overlapping construction schedules. Construction of normal ships will also be sped up, but by how much is not certain.

>PRESS RELEASE ENDS<

(and no, they're not for sale)

Edited to add Sensor and Comms info, and again to add some miscellaneous info.

Questions? Comments?

Also adding sensor and communication information.

No critiques even? :(

OOC: Seems like a good design, would like to see a pic but i more than understand about the rendering, been working on some new stuff myself. i would assume this new ship has transporter technology now. Keep up the good work.

Oh. Fergot about the transporters. Thankies.

And yeah, the only major problem with getting pictures is that I would have to make the pictures myself, which would mean I would have to re-learn all the crap I forgot in 3ds Max. Adding in picture hosting which I seem to have a minor phobia against, and it just gets worse.

Bump fer more comment if any

Bump fer more comment if any

It seems almost ungodly powerful. But hey that's just me :p

And I could do a render for you with Doga if you like.

Actually, I might just draw a picture and scan it. Would be a lot easier, though even after its been condensed into jpg format it'll likely be a bit of a whopper.

And in regards to the "Ungodly Powerful" bit, in what manner?

I'm trying to keep these in line with a comparative strength of One Godulan Battlecruiser = 1 ISD. Though I think I may have gone too high on the acceleration figures, and I might have to reduce the numbers of flux cannons and Protium arc disintegrators by 16 and 10 respectively to bring the vessel more in line with the power curve.

The Juggernaut's larger size over the typical battlecruiser enables it to hold more stuff, primarily in the form of weapons and defenses, as Godulan engineering precludes a lessened reliance on human personnel. (I think I may have gone too high on the crew complement figures, too)

The Godulan means of locomotion doesn't actually require thrusters, per se, as it uses spatial distortion to create an acceleration vector in whichever direction the vessel chooses. We COULD actually design our ships to look much like classical flying saucers, but we prefer our version of a wedge shape in order to maximize offensive power.

Actually, I might just draw a picture and scan it. Would be a lot easier, though even after its been condensed into jpg format it'll likely be a bit of a whopper.

And in regards to the "Ungodly Powerful" bit, in what manner?

I'm trying to keep these in line with a comparative strength of One Godulan Battlecruiser = 1 ISD. Though I think I may have gone too high on the acceleration figures, and I might have to reduce the numbers of flux cannons and Protium arc disintegrators by 16 and 10 respectively to bring the vessel more in line with the power curve.

The Juggernaut's larger size over the typical battlecruiser enables it to hold more stuff, primarily in the form of weapons and defenses, as Godulan engineering precludes a lessened reliance on human personnel. (I think I may have gone too high on the crew complement figures, too)

The Godulan means of locomotion doesn't actually require thrusters, per se, as it uses spatial distortion to create an acceleration vector in whichever direction the vessel chooses. We COULD actually design our ships to look much like classical flying saucers, but we prefer our version of a wedge shape in order to maximize offensive power.


I was just referring to your void shields making you near invulnerable. But a lot of people have similar tech so I don't think you should tone it down. It's just something I consider to be really powerful.

As for the picture, ok. I did however make one of what I think it looks like.

Tell me what you think.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/Xessmithia/Godular1.jpg

I think I might be in troble if one of thes drops by, the closest thing to a warship my country has is an asteroid tug, thats 300 meters long, carrys 4 plasma weopons (fire steler temp. plasma, and gides it to it target useing magnetic fealds, which also servre to keep the plasma hot in the very efecient cooling medium of space). And is driven by a fusion torch drive, that produces a torch about half an AU in leangth, or about 47,000,000 miles.

Xessmithia: Oo! Damn, that looks surprisingly close to what I had in mind. REALLY close. Even the pod at the rear.

I wouldn't worry about guns though, comparative size would put them cannons at around half a kilometer in length... I actually had sorta like star trek phaser banks in mind for the flux cannons, so they shouldn't even be visible at that range.

And as for the VoidShield, the main thing that distinguishes this is that the portal itself cannot move once its been activated. So it disrupts the enemy superweapon, but that's really all its good for. It isn't made to soak up bolt after bolt of conventional blaster fire. That stuff simply gets pumped out at too high a volume.

That's where our Ablative shielding comes in. :D

That and the probability blinkage...

Bugger! That reminds me! I need to start up research on hologram projectors!

Bumpity

And I can TG more information about the voidshield if you want, Xess. It doesn't so much make superweapons useless as... well... it basically means "If you have a superweapon, so do we!"

Bumpity

And I can TG more information about the voidshield if you want, Xess. It doesn't so much make superweapons useless as... well... it basically means "If you have a superweapon, so do we!"

Naw, I'm cool. I was just saying that I wouldn't ever have tech like that more than anything else.

And I'm glad you like my design, use it if you want or don't if you don't want to. Either way I'm cool.

Just an update: At this time, Two Juggernauts have been completed and are currently entering service into the Home Guard

Another thing: After about 50 of these things enter service, we'll likely have enough financial/resource oomph to make certain that two of these bastards leave stardock each year with an overlapping construction schedule. We fully intend for these to become the primary ships in the defense directorate, with other vessel types relegated to support roles.

I.E. by the time 50 of these things enter service, we intend to have two more shipyards up.

Its odd. The Godulan Defense Directorate seems to get off on the idea of "Why have one when you can have two for twice the price?" and extending it even further.

Another update: As of this time, 4 Juggernauts have been commissioned.

Also, due to the... cliche naming of these vessels, we have decided to re-name the vessels DawnRunner-Class Ships of the Line.

They are currently forming up support fleets organized in the following manner:

1 DawnRunner
5 Godulan Battlecruisers (comparable to ISDs, but using Godulan designs)
10 Disintegrator Cruisers (Support Platforms, the 'Heavy Artillery')
10 Support Cruisers (Anti-Fighter, Carriers)
40 Corvette-Class Vessels, primarily torpedo boats

325 Starbolt Fighter Craft per fleet (75 on dawnrunner, 25 on each Support Cruiser).

This fleet arrangement will be applied to all DawnRunners that leave the shipyards, with new shipyards being constructed in order to satisfy the soon to be increased work load.

Secret IC:
The Klingtonian authorities had heard about the strange new voidshield tech being wielded by there Godular allies, a ComLink was opened up:
"Hello!" It was Admiral Tasak of Klington, "We are allies in the fight against the sith, and we are wondering, could we have some of that voidshield technology? With it we stand a better chance agaisnt the enemy, what do you say?"

Secret IC:
The Klingtonian authorities had heard about the strange new voidshield tech being wielded by there Godular allies, a ComLink was opened up:
"Hello!" It was Admiral Tasak of Klington, "We are allies in the fight against the sith, and we are wondering, could we have some of that voidshield technology? With it we stand a better chance agaisnt the enemy, what do you say?"

Secret Response To our Klingtonian Allies

We would be more than happy to provide you with a supply of Voidshield Generators. If you provide us the numbers of your heaviest battleships, we can send you an assortment of generators more than sufficient to equip on all of them.

We shall also send a contingent of Godulan officers with orders to train the relevant individuals in their use.

However, in order to preserve the sanctity of our own technology, as well as preserving your own well being, we feel it necessary to install anti-tampering devices on them, in order to prevent any attempts at gleaning some form of information from the generators.

Keep in mind, this measure is more for your own well being than anything else. Protospace is fraught with danger, and the unprepared swiftly see the error in their actions.

In compensation for this boon, we wish primarily to establish trade relations, mostly in respect to the acquisition of raw materials. Steel, Ceramics, Plastics, so on and so forth. We need all we can get our hands on, in order to fuel the ever-accelerating construction efforts, and we find that we must constantly expand our list of acquisitional contacts in order to meet the ever-increasing demand.

Oh, and supply depots and such would be nice too. :D

Don't find us we'll find you blah blah blah, if your nation is hidden we can arrange a mutual point of contact yakkity smakkity, yes we DO talk to much yadda yadda yadda...

We look forward to hearing from you and especially to future negotiations.




P.S. Should you request it, the Godulan Defense Directorate can include your nation on a 'Targeting Solution Pre-Set' for our Probability Drives, enabling us to react VERY swiftly in the event you are attacked by hostile forces.

OOC: When confirmation of both agreement and receipt are noted, we'll TG ya with the dynamics of how the Voidshield works. Its quite potent.

Secret Response To our Klingtonian Allies

We would be more than happy to provide you with a supply of Voidshield Generators. If you provide us the numbers of your heaviest battleships, we can send you an assortment of generators more than sufficient to equip on all of them.

We shall also send a contingent of Godulan officers with orders to train the relevant individuals in their use.

However, in order to preserve the sanctity of our own technology, as well as preserving your own well being, we feel it necessary to install anti-tampering devices on them, in order to prevent any attempts at gleaning some form of information from the generators.

Keep in mind, this measure is more for your own well being than anything else. Protospace is fraught with danger, and the unprepared swiftly see the error in their actions.

In compensation for this boon, we wish primarily to establish trade relations, mostly in respect to the acquisition of raw materials. Steel, Ceramics, Plastics, so on and so forth. We need all we can get our hands on, in order to fuel the ever-accelerating construction efforts, and we find that we must constantly expand our list of acquisitional contacts in order to meet the ever-increasing demand.

Oh, and supply depots and such would be nice too. :D

Don't find us we'll find you blah blah blah, if your nation is hidden we can arrange a mutual point of contact yakkity smakkity, yes we DO talk to much yadda yadda yadda...

We look forward to hearing from you and especially to future negotiations.




P.S. Should you request it, the Godulan Defense Directorate can include your nation on a 'Targeting Solution Pre-Set' for our Probability Drives, enabling us to react VERY swiftly in the event you are attacked by hostile forces.

OOC: When confirmation of both agreement and receipt are noted, we'll TG ya with the dynamics of how the Voidshield works. Its quite potent.

"Alright, I agree to all of the terms. Im uploading all of the data needed into your database. Thanks Ally."

"Excellent, a Battlecruiser should arrive shortly with the cargo, the necessary personnel, and a host of merchant vessels. We suppose the proper goodbye phrase in these troubled times is 'Knock 'em Dead'?"

Update: Six Dawnrunners in active service, with full support fleets.

We also intend to construct a second Land-Based shipyard in order to meet the increased support vessel construction demands that we'll be expecting soon.

Final Update:

Dawnrunner numbers shall now only be mentioned in the Research/Construction thread.