NationStates Jolt Archive

In response to the recent trend in producing horrendously large, and utterly impractical vessels with seemingly impenetrable hull and shielding, the E.S. now continues its development in advanced weaponry and ship design with the announcement of a full scale program aimed at massively increasing the strength of it's vessel's hulls and the speed of it's drives, all while scaling down even further, the size and crew of it's already diminutive vessels. (Compared to other race's 235141234 km ships.)

The first vessel that will be tested is the recently introduced Praemus battlecarrier. With a current shield strength rating of only 200 some odd TJ, the vessel will need a massive boost in order to compete with such other vessels as the Xessthima's Star Dreadnaughts., Gaian's Piledrivers, and Scandi Amend class vessels.

The second program will be reflected with a huge shift in the current doctrine of space combat for the E.S. While the original plans called for an immediate and swift assault with starfighters against any and all targets, including such huge vessels, the new doctrine will call for a massive and heavy, ultra long range barrage of space artillery against larger targets, before a combined assault made by both star fighters, and our own future heavy dreadnaught. Because of this shift, a new vessel will be designed with weapons designed to strike from hundreds of light years away, with nearly pinpoint accuracy. (Against such a large ship anyway.)

The third main shift will the development of newer, larger and more powerful battle stations in order to better defend the frontier. Current battle station plans are being drawn up at the Tar'en Secret R&D systems on the Sovereignty's outer fringe worlds.

Basic overview of new research programs.

-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (3/9)

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (3/15)

-Battlestation development: (3/17)

Cue that professor: Good news everyone!


-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (4/9)
Notes: In the latest trials, the improved armor and shielding for our venerable battlecarriers has rated nearly 7000 RUs.

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (4/15)
Notes: Space artillery vessels are currently having their long range targeting systems checked out. Current accurate range is estimated at nearly 1 earth AU. Not much more information can offered here.

-Battlestation development: (3/17)
Notes: Battle station development remains at the drawing board level. Once again, not much else to report here.

-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (5/9)
Notes: In the latest trials, the improved armor and shielding for our venerable battlecarriers has rated nearly 7500 RUs.

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (5/15)
Notes: Space artillery vessels are currently having their long range targeting systems checked out. Current accurate range is estimated at nearly 1 Earth AU. The inertial drive systems that offer fighter maneuverability even for a battlecarrier seem like they won't be able to be properly integrated on these new "Space Artillery" ships. Severely reduced maneuverability has resulted. No plans for fixing this flaw have yet been conceived.

-Battlestation development: (3/17)
Notes: Same as before.

-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (6/9)
Notes: Huge jumps made! In the latest trials, the improved armor and shielding for our venerable battlecarriers has rated nearly 10,000 RUs.

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (6/15)
Notes: Maneuvering flaw corrected. Agility is finally on par with that of our carriers. Which themselves are as maneuverable as fighters.

-Battlestation development: (3/17)
Notes: Same as before.

-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (7/9)
Notes: Current Armor rating: 17,000 RUs. Shield ratings are in the 7.0 × 10^14 joules

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (7/15)
Notes: Space artillery systems have been finalized. Current range of accurate fire, with space wap aided targeting is about 2 AU. Currently designing a hull capable of housing it's massive reactors. Current power rating of the reactors is around 1.978 petajoules

-Battlestation development: (3/17)
Notes: Same as before.

((Those fighters must be slow on the maneuvering... unless you manage to put thousands of small thrusters in the hull and still maintain enough room for weapon and other systems. Plus, what is an RU to you?))

((Those fighters must be slow on the maneuvering... unless you manage to put thousands of small thrusters in the hull and still maintain enough room for weapon and other systems. Plus, what is an RU to you?))


Actually, no. They maneuver just fine. If you read up on how my engines work, they eliminate the inertia in ship. There is no force to counter. So they literally can all turn on a dime.

As for the RU, I've actually been hoping that someone would tell me sooner or later. I haven't been able to find what that meant. So I guess, right about now, it doesn't mean much... If you could tell me, that'd be great, and I'll be able to edit my stats reasonably.

((I would use it for resource unit... but I have little idea as to how others use it, I haven't even seen RU used here... Here is the literal definition.

ru·the·ni·um
n. Symbol Ru

A hard white acid-resistant metallic element that is found in platinum ores and is used to harden platinum and palladium for jewelry and in alloys for nonmagnetic wear-resistant instrument pivots and electrical contacts. Atomic number 44; atomic weight 101.07; melting point 2,310°C; boiling point 3,900°C; specific gravity 12.41; valence 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

))

(OOC: Umm. SW resistance unit I think is what is. Not sure at all. When you asked me what I thought RU meant, I thought that you knew, and were calling a godmod or something on me, on the grounds that my armor values were too high.

I guess I had the wrong idea... Now that I think of it, Huntaer might know.)

(OOC: Umm. SW resistance unit I think is what is. Not sure at all. When you asked me what I thought RU meant, I thought that you knew, and were calling a godmod or something on me, on the grounds that my armor values were too high.

I guess I had the wrong idea... Now that I think of it, Huntaer might know.)

((Must be resistance unit... but what is a resistance unit measured by? anyways I hate getting that technical, ruins the rps in my opinion...))

((Must be resistance unit... but what is a resistance unit measured by? anyways I hate getting that technical, ruins the rps in my opinion...))

(OOC: That's what I thought you would be able to tell me about, lol. About getting technical, I kinda like to do that on occasion, while other times, I'll be in a more story telling mood. I just kinda like to be prepared for both.)

-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (9/9)
Notes: DONE! Current Armor rating: 20,000 RUs. Shield ratings are in the 7.0 × 10^20 joules

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (9/15)
Notes: Space artillery systems have been finalized. Current range of accurate fire, with space wap aided targeting is about 2.7 AU. Currently designing a hull capable of housing it's massive reactors. Current power rating of the reactors is around 3.275 petajoules

-Battlestation development: (3/17)
Notes: Same as before.

-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (9/9)
Notes: DONE! Current Armor rating: 20,000 RUs. Shield ratings are in the 7.0 × 10^20 joules

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (12/15)
Notes: Space artillery systems have been finalized. Current range of accurate fire, with space wap aided targeting is about 3.1 AU. Currently designing a hull capable of housing it's massive reactors. Current power rating of the reactors is around 5.32 petajoules

-Battlestation development: (5/17)
Notes: Same as before.

-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (9/9)
Notes: DONE! Current Armor rating: 20,000 RUs. Shield ratings are in the 7.0 × 10^20 joules

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (12/15)
Notes: Space artillery systems have been finalized. Current range of accurate fire, with space wap aided targeting is about 3.1 AU. Currently designing a hull capable of housing it's massive reactors. Current power rating of the reactors is around 6 petajoules

-Battlestation development: (3/17)
Notes: Same as before.

-Improved armor and shielding technology for Preamus Battlecarrier: (9/9)
Notes: DONE! Current Armor rating: 20,000 RUs. Shield ratings are in the 7.0 × 10^20 joules

-Development of new "Space Artillery" Vessels: (15/15)
Notes: DONE! Space artillery systems have been finalized. Current range of accurate fire, with space wap aided targeting is about 3.9 AU. Hull design complete. Current power rating of the reactors is around 10 petajoules

-Battlestation development: (10/17)
Notes: Preliminary hull design finalized. Armaments to be decided.


New Projects:
"Leaon" level PPAD system: (1/20)
Notes: New advancements in energy transfer have yielded a new shield system. Details are sketchy at best, although it is believed that the new system will involve some form of "shield sharing".

(OOC: Expect the rest of the development to be continued in another thread. Here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=424808.)