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New Groton Industries introduces its newest ship: The Argos!

Ramissle
09-03-2005, 00:02
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/grunt74/wdw.jpg

The Argos is a Battleship meant to counter the increasing threats of other large capital ships. Improving on the most imposing ship, the Doujin, we here at New Groton Industries feel we have reset the bar on capital ships.

Whole Ship Stats
Length: 2230 feet (680 meters)
Beam: 840 feet (256 meters)
Side Hull Stats
Length: 1302 feet (397 meters)
Width: 168 feet (51 meters)
Armaments of the Argos:
20 Guided Missile Launching System
12 20 Inch ETC’s
20 5 Inch Guns
84 25mm Ball Turrets
12 64 Cell VLS Systems
32 RIM-116 RAM Launcher Systems
5 Vertical Guns for Advanced Ships (VGAS)
52 MK 141 Launchers

Compartmentation
The Argos uses compartmentation to protect it self from hazards such as fire and direct hits. Between every compartment is 4 inches of tungsten triangle grating. Covering this is 2 inches of steel plating. This is painted by a flame retardant mixture. Each of the compartments are water tight.
Hull
Clicky (http://img22.exs.cx/img22/7263/ramarmour9fx.png)
(more on this soon, thanks to DPUO for the design!)
Propulsion
The Argos has a total of six propellers. Two, the larger ones, are on the middle hull, and two are on each of the outer hulls.
Aircraft
The Argos is capable of carrying a total of 12 VTOL aircraft in its hanger. This is to counter any long range bomber threats.
Power Plant
Five Pressurized Water Reactors power the Argos. This provides over 6,000 Megawatts of power.
Cost for each: 115 Billion

The Incorporation will be building two of these ships, and may be producing more in the future.
(OOC: Note: These are not for sale yet.)
Ramissle
09-03-2005, 02:07
bump
Ramissle
09-03-2005, 02:29
*sigh*
I spend two weeks collaberating with the best ship designers in NS, and no one replies because I don't have a picture.
Ramissle
09-03-2005, 02:43
Is it really that bad?
Omz222
09-03-2005, 02:55
OOC: Interesting, though you could have some more CIWS systems as opposed to plain 25mm anti-air guns... With that, I'd guess that perhaps a fraction of that could be fitted as CIWS systems, which are much more effective.

As well, what's the displacement of this thing?
Ramissle
09-03-2005, 02:58
OOC:
The Ball Turrets are multipurpose, so thats why there are so many of them. They would preform the role of both CIWS and AA.
As for the displacement, I have no clue. I've been waiting for the armour scheme so I could finish this for about a month, and obviously I needed that to calculate displacement.
Ramissle
10-03-2005, 00:26
bump
The Phoenix Milita
15-03-2005, 12:33
tag-bump :D
The Phoenix Milita
10-03-2006, 01:43
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/grunt74/wdw.jpg
Ramissle
10-03-2006, 01:55
New Picture!
(yessss!)
The Phoenix Milita
10-03-2006, 01:57
i could have sworn i showed u a smillir picture, like a year ago lol but theres a new one for you :P