The Silver Sky
11-11-2005, 05:26
'Neptune'-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught Flight II
(OOC: No picture as of yet, anyone is welcome to make one)
History of the Neptune-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught:
The inspiration for the Neptune-Class Super Dreadnaught began with the creation of both Credonia’s Credonia Class Super Dreadnought and Space Union’s Courageous-Class Super Dreadnaught and the possibility of them being exported to potentially hostile nations and the host of other SD’s built by PIW and exported to other nations. Up until then The Silver Sky Republican Navy had purchased Super Dreadnaughts from IPS or PIW, but these vessels were either lacking in power or everyone other nation and their grandmother had one. After months of deliberation the decision was made that The Silver Sky Republican Navy would design and produce their own Super Dreadnaught, and with the help of PIW we have produced what is before you today.
History of the Neptune-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught Flight II:
The 'Neptune'-Class has long been the staple of the Silver Sky Republican Navy's might, and has even served in several other nations navies, the "Neptune" Neptune-Class SDN has even served with distinction in multiple conflicts at the forefront of the 1st Naval Armada commanded by Naval Admiral Michael Sutherland.
But even with the Neptune's spotless record it was decided improvements could be made to ease logistical strains on the fleets, thus we present you with the Neptune-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught Flight II.
The Original 'Neptune'-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaughts are expected to be upgraded to Flight II standards within the next 5-8 years, two ships are already being cleaned and fitted for the new weapons.
Armament:
Even before the Neptune-Class Super Dreadnaught had even begun design the decision was made to arm her with a main armament of at least 15x 25” guns. The mounting of 25” main guns on a SD was breaking the tradition of the usual main armament of either 27” or 30” guns, and although when you compare the guns the 25 incher seems to lack in stopping power gun for gun, the decrease in weight and increase in ROF was a great trade off, so while a Doujin-class or a ship like it is just about to fire, a Neptune-class would have already launched it’s 25” guns and be preparing another salvo. While this amount of guns (15) was good enough for awhile, with the arrival of the Northumberland Class Pocket-Superdreadnaught on the scene this amount was increased to 24 guns in 6 turrets. These guns are believed to have a broadside weight pound-per-pound greater then the Doujin-Class Super Dreadnaught. The Navy also made the decision to add 8x 8” railguns in four double turrets. The secondary armament consists of 24x 6” guns in 12 dual turrets, 12x 3” guns in single turrets along the out riggers.
The main missile armament consists of 12x 96 cell Mk 136 VLS and 18 Hornet Medium ranged SAM launchers. The CIWS is comprised of 36x 'Rattlesnake' CIWS which consist of a 35mm ‘Rattlesnake’ chain gun, ‘Yellow Jacket’ Mini-SAM and decoys.
The Primary ASW armament is comprised of 6x 650mm Torpedo tubes and 2x 324mm Torpedo tubes, an Anti-Torpedo CIWS is made up of 35mm Super-Cav rapid fire cannons and decoys to destroy/disable or confuse incoming enemy torpedoes.
Flight II Armament:
The staple of the Neptune SDs, as with all other SDs, was it's 25 inch main armarment, now, the Neptune repeatedly found it's self with problems with the turrets, the 25 inchers were much slower to turn, fire and load then their 24 inch counterparts on the fleets BBs, and logsitics sometimes delivered the wrong shells to the wrong ships, a solution to this problem was obvious, arm the Neptunes with 24 inch guns, the saving were obvious, all logistical problems would be promptly ended, and decrease in barrle size, although small, would allow for a quicker reaction (Turning, loading, firing) time then their 25 inch brothers, and it allowed the turrets to become a bit smaller and lighter.
Domestic Version: Due to a recent development(OOC: 10 minutes ago) with Soviet Bloc The Silver Sky Republican Navy has been cleared for the use of the Mark 71 Advanced Naval Cannons (http://s6.invisionfree.com/International_Mall/index.php?showtopic=817), these weapons will be mounted with all of the weapons from the main 24" guns to the small 3" guns, these weapons are also mounted on the Domestic Version of the PIW Avenger Class Pocket Super Drednaught. These weapons provide dramatic increase in penetrating power over ETC and even in some cases rail guns.
Main Gun Magazines: Each turret has four armored magazine boxes several decks below the turrets with:
250x 24 inch Mark 71 Naval Shaped Charged Shells (Guided or regular)
250x 24 inch Mark 71 Naval (DU)Armor Piercing Incendiary Shells (Guided or regular)
200x 24 inch Mark 71 Naval Sabot(Penetrator is 20 inches) Guided (DU)Armor Piercing Incendiary Shells
200x Various Mark 71 Naval Shells (Nuclear, Cluster, more of the other kinds)
Total: 800 Shells
Keep in mind this is only the safest, most comfortable load, you could fit another 200 shells into the magazines.
Secondary Armament: The secondary armament is very similar to that of the orginal Neptunes, the 4 turrets of dual 203mm railguns have been removed, however the number of 6" ETC guns has been increased by 4, and the caliber upped to 8" inches, this allows the Neptune to engage more armored targets at close range without waiting for the relatively slow 24 inchers. The amount of 3" autocannons has also been increased from 12 turrets to 18 turrets to allow for more air targets to be engaged at the same time.
Other Weapons: "Rattlesnake" CIWS systems have been increased by 4 from 36 to 40 systems, 2 more SAM launchers have been added for a grand total of 20.
Also a relatively new addition to PIW and the world, the 1000mm ultra large torpedo tube has been added, when engineers had learned of the marvel of technology they decided it was a must have for the Neptune, two of the huge tubes have been added, although The Silver Sky has yet to officially purchase any 1000mm torpedoes, also the 324mm tubes have also been increased from two to four tubes.
Another new feature is that the 324mm torpedo tubes can change size, this will allow the 324mm tubes to fire the next generation of PIW torpedos, the torpedoes tubes are capable of firing the following sizes:
324mm tubes: 200mm to 400mm
Although the official stated sizes for firing a torpedo safely and repeatedly are as follow:
324mm tubes: 240mm, 324mm
Export Version: All 24", and 8" guns are regular ETC and have been equipped with Soviet Bloc pioneered EMAS [Electro-Magnetic Acceleration System](Both 24 and 8 inchers) and DGA [Dynamic Gas Assist](8 incher only) system, although this adds weight it allows for much inproved muzzle velocities. A feature also allows for the crew to shut down the EMAS in the event of reactors going off-line, thus reducing power available, or just to save energy when engaged against smaller targets.
1000mm tubes are replaced with 2 more 650mm TTs.
Otherwise it is the same ship as the domestic version
Flight II Armor:
The Silver Sky Navy had decided early on that the Neptune-Class must be greatly armored if it were to survive more then a few battles in today’s world of huge Anti-Ship missiles and 30inch guns. The main armor scheme consist of layers of Advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, amorphous steel, aluminum, and ballistic ceramics.); further protection is provided by double-bottomed, reinforced keel, void spaces and a titanium honeycomb frame. Composite rods, KERI foam installed in void spaces, and ceramic kinetic reducing plates for further protection against KE attacks. With an average armor thickness of 2125mm and much greater/smaller in some areas the Neptune-class can shrug off anything below and including a 25 inch gun without sustaining major damage, how every, multiple hits with 25inch guns can penetrate the armor eventually, the 'Neptune', like all other ships, can take a horrific beating, but it is not invincible. The specific armor scheme was created in response to The Macabees’ Argentine-Class Galleon.
Other:
The Neptune-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught incorporates many stealth and countermeasure devices. Most of the stealth devices on the ship are relatively low tech, these include the elimination of any and all 90 Degree surfaces from the ship, this includes railings, stairs, hatches, and the conning(sp?) tower, another measure is that all vertical/horizontal cylinder shapes have been removed including the gun barrel which is made up of a diamond shape, all radar/lidar/laser domes have been angled, and even the age old anchor ties have been reshaped. More high tech devices include LIDAR absorbing materials, and RADAR absorbing paint
Also included is a layer of Space Union’s Quiet Sound solution to the entire ship, this helps lower sound by up to 15-20 Decibels. Countermeasures include, Flares to confuse incoming IR-Seeking missiles; Chaff launchers to confuse incoming Active-Radar Seeking missiles; Active Directional and Un-Directional Radar Jamming System (AD/UDRS): for use against Radar-seeking missiles and fighters, with limited capabilities against small surface ships; Laser Defense System (LDS): Consists of 6 Dome Laser emitters which target and destroy small missiles using lasers and can be used to disable laser guided weapons; 2 (1 bow and stern) Shortstop and Warlock Electronic Protection System (EPS): Disables most any incoming device with an electronically controlled fuse with an 85% success rate.
Another device to help lengthen the battle-life of a Neptune-Class SD is that each ‘Rattlesnake’ CIWS gun and ‘Yellow Jacket’ RAM launcher has its own RADAR and LIDAR emitter/receiver for totally independent targeting, this allows for the engaging of over 36 targets and tracking of over 5,000 targets, land, sea, and air. Another feature is that each gun turret aboard the Neptune can be used for engaging an enemy missile threat, from the big 24” guns to the small 3” guns, they can all fire Fin-Stabilized Canisters or huge shotgun like rounds, although the rounds have yet to receive an official designations, the sailors have dubbed them "Pop Rocks", the name of an American candy, for the sound they make when they go off.
Major Differences:
Besides the differences already metioned their are even more differences between the original Neptune and the Flight II"
The removal of the capacity to unload large amounts of troops, this was done to free up weight/space for more munitions and other things
The complement of aircraft has been decreased from 144 planes to 72 planes, although the most likely combat load is 48, this decreases the clutter of the flight decks and allows for a safer work enviroment, also Naval commanders didn't see the need to carry a super carrier sized amount of planes when the Neptune would likely have a number of aircraft carriers as escorts.
Improvments to the LDS allow the amount of emitters to be reduced from 18 to six, where as the older model could only engage one target at a time the newer models can engage up to 4 targets.
With all of these improvments in design and production the price has dropped by 25 billion USD allowing for faster and cheaper production.
Stats:
Length: 992 m; Beam: 231 m; Draught: 26.9 m
Displacement: 2.54 million tons full load
Domestic Version Armament:
6x 4 610mm (24”) Mark 71 Naval Guns in A, B, C, X, Y, Z positions(Replaced with ETC in Export Version)
28x 203mm (8”) Mark 71 Naval Guns in 14 dual turrets (7 each port and starboard)(Replaced with ETC in Export Version)
18x 76.2mm (3”) Mark 71 Naval Guns, Anti-air/fast ship guns in single mounts (9 each port and starboard on out riggers) (Replaced with ETC in Export Version)
40x 'Rattlesnake' 35mm CIWS (20 each port and starboard )
18x Anti-torpedo CIWS (anti-torpedo super-cav 35mm cannon and countermeasures)
4x 324mm Torpedo Tubes
6x 650mm Torpedo Tubes
4x 1000mm Ultra-Large Torpedo Tubes
12x 96 cell Mk 136 VLS (Enough to hold 1152 'Scourge' anti-ship missiles, or many more smaller missiles)
20x SAM launchers (9 each port and starboard. Capable of launching Hornet Medium SAMs or similar missiles)
Protection: Advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, amorphous steel, aluminum, and ballistic ceramics); double-bottomed, reinforced keel, void spaces and a titanium honeycomb frame. Composite rods, KERI foam installed in void spaces, and ceramic kinetic reducing plates for further protection against KE attacks.
Engine Compartment: 2,200mm
Hull, Deck, and Hatches: 1,900mm
Magazine and Turret: 2,100mm
Glue Structures(Section that connects all the hulls): 2,300mm
Aircraft: Capable of carrying and launching 72 aircraft on two full flight decks along the outriggers. Also carries 24 helicopters for ASW patrols.
Complement: 11,000 naval; 600 aircrew; 2,000 Naval infantry
Propulsion: 12x Pebblebed nuclear reactors with 14 propulsors and eight internalized waterjets. Compulsators provide power from central power system to turrets. Extensive thermal insulation surrounds each reactor to reduce noise emissions and infrared signature. 32 knots maximum 30 knots maximum cruise.
Electronics: AN/SLY-2 (V) Advanced Integrated Electronics Warfare System
AN/SPY-4 MFR and AN/SPN-23 navigational radars
AN/SQR-6 (B ) passive towed array and AN/SQS-57 dual-mode mounted digital sonar array
A/P Mounted Sonar: AN/SQS-57 active/passive, preformed beam, digital sonar providing panoramic echo ranging and panoramic (DIMUS) passive surveillance.
Countermeasures: AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Flares/Chaff to confuse incoming IR/RADAR-Seeking missiles
Active Directional/Un-Directional Radar Jamming System (AD/UDRS): for use against Radar-seeking missiles and fighters, with limited capabilities against surface ships; Max range:100km Effective range: >25km
Laser Defense System (LDS): Consists of 6 Dome Laser emitters which target and destroy small missiles using lasers and can be used to disable laser guided weapons.
Shortstop and Warlock Electronic Protection System (EPS): Disables any incoming device with an electronically controlled fuse with an 90% success rate. Effective range: 1500m
Production Price: $250 Billion USD
Price for export version: $270 billion USD (Will do background checks)
Price for Refits of existing Neptune SDNs to Flight II Export: $50 Billion USD
[[I]'Neptune'-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught Flight II's in Service]
The Silver Sky:
SSRS 'Kaitou' - Flagship of the 1st Naval Armada
SSRS 'Jason H. Garner' - Deployed with the 1st Naval Aramda
SSRS 'Neptune' - Deployed with the 1st Naval Aramda
SSRS 'Tranquility' - Flagship of the 2nd Naval Armada
SSRS 'North Point' - Deployed with the 2nd Naval Armada
SSRS 'Distant Thunder' - Deployed with the 2nd Naval Armada
SSRS 'Aurora' - Flagship of the 3rd Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Challenger' - Flagship of the 4th Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Discovery' - Flagship of the 5th Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Freedom' - Flagship of the 6th Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Atlantis' - Flagship of the 7th Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Hogsweat' - Flagship of the 8th Naval Fleet
(OOC: No picture as of yet, anyone is welcome to make one)
History of the Neptune-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught:
The inspiration for the Neptune-Class Super Dreadnaught began with the creation of both Credonia’s Credonia Class Super Dreadnought and Space Union’s Courageous-Class Super Dreadnaught and the possibility of them being exported to potentially hostile nations and the host of other SD’s built by PIW and exported to other nations. Up until then The Silver Sky Republican Navy had purchased Super Dreadnaughts from IPS or PIW, but these vessels were either lacking in power or everyone other nation and their grandmother had one. After months of deliberation the decision was made that The Silver Sky Republican Navy would design and produce their own Super Dreadnaught, and with the help of PIW we have produced what is before you today.
History of the Neptune-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught Flight II:
The 'Neptune'-Class has long been the staple of the Silver Sky Republican Navy's might, and has even served in several other nations navies, the "Neptune" Neptune-Class SDN has even served with distinction in multiple conflicts at the forefront of the 1st Naval Armada commanded by Naval Admiral Michael Sutherland.
But even with the Neptune's spotless record it was decided improvements could be made to ease logistical strains on the fleets, thus we present you with the Neptune-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught Flight II.
The Original 'Neptune'-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaughts are expected to be upgraded to Flight II standards within the next 5-8 years, two ships are already being cleaned and fitted for the new weapons.
Armament:
Even before the Neptune-Class Super Dreadnaught had even begun design the decision was made to arm her with a main armament of at least 15x 25” guns. The mounting of 25” main guns on a SD was breaking the tradition of the usual main armament of either 27” or 30” guns, and although when you compare the guns the 25 incher seems to lack in stopping power gun for gun, the decrease in weight and increase in ROF was a great trade off, so while a Doujin-class or a ship like it is just about to fire, a Neptune-class would have already launched it’s 25” guns and be preparing another salvo. While this amount of guns (15) was good enough for awhile, with the arrival of the Northumberland Class Pocket-Superdreadnaught on the scene this amount was increased to 24 guns in 6 turrets. These guns are believed to have a broadside weight pound-per-pound greater then the Doujin-Class Super Dreadnaught. The Navy also made the decision to add 8x 8” railguns in four double turrets. The secondary armament consists of 24x 6” guns in 12 dual turrets, 12x 3” guns in single turrets along the out riggers.
The main missile armament consists of 12x 96 cell Mk 136 VLS and 18 Hornet Medium ranged SAM launchers. The CIWS is comprised of 36x 'Rattlesnake' CIWS which consist of a 35mm ‘Rattlesnake’ chain gun, ‘Yellow Jacket’ Mini-SAM and decoys.
The Primary ASW armament is comprised of 6x 650mm Torpedo tubes and 2x 324mm Torpedo tubes, an Anti-Torpedo CIWS is made up of 35mm Super-Cav rapid fire cannons and decoys to destroy/disable or confuse incoming enemy torpedoes.
Flight II Armament:
The staple of the Neptune SDs, as with all other SDs, was it's 25 inch main armarment, now, the Neptune repeatedly found it's self with problems with the turrets, the 25 inchers were much slower to turn, fire and load then their 24 inch counterparts on the fleets BBs, and logsitics sometimes delivered the wrong shells to the wrong ships, a solution to this problem was obvious, arm the Neptunes with 24 inch guns, the saving were obvious, all logistical problems would be promptly ended, and decrease in barrle size, although small, would allow for a quicker reaction (Turning, loading, firing) time then their 25 inch brothers, and it allowed the turrets to become a bit smaller and lighter.
Domestic Version: Due to a recent development(OOC: 10 minutes ago) with Soviet Bloc The Silver Sky Republican Navy has been cleared for the use of the Mark 71 Advanced Naval Cannons (http://s6.invisionfree.com/International_Mall/index.php?showtopic=817), these weapons will be mounted with all of the weapons from the main 24" guns to the small 3" guns, these weapons are also mounted on the Domestic Version of the PIW Avenger Class Pocket Super Drednaught. These weapons provide dramatic increase in penetrating power over ETC and even in some cases rail guns.
Main Gun Magazines: Each turret has four armored magazine boxes several decks below the turrets with:
250x 24 inch Mark 71 Naval Shaped Charged Shells (Guided or regular)
250x 24 inch Mark 71 Naval (DU)Armor Piercing Incendiary Shells (Guided or regular)
200x 24 inch Mark 71 Naval Sabot(Penetrator is 20 inches) Guided (DU)Armor Piercing Incendiary Shells
200x Various Mark 71 Naval Shells (Nuclear, Cluster, more of the other kinds)
Total: 800 Shells
Keep in mind this is only the safest, most comfortable load, you could fit another 200 shells into the magazines.
Secondary Armament: The secondary armament is very similar to that of the orginal Neptunes, the 4 turrets of dual 203mm railguns have been removed, however the number of 6" ETC guns has been increased by 4, and the caliber upped to 8" inches, this allows the Neptune to engage more armored targets at close range without waiting for the relatively slow 24 inchers. The amount of 3" autocannons has also been increased from 12 turrets to 18 turrets to allow for more air targets to be engaged at the same time.
Other Weapons: "Rattlesnake" CIWS systems have been increased by 4 from 36 to 40 systems, 2 more SAM launchers have been added for a grand total of 20.
Also a relatively new addition to PIW and the world, the 1000mm ultra large torpedo tube has been added, when engineers had learned of the marvel of technology they decided it was a must have for the Neptune, two of the huge tubes have been added, although The Silver Sky has yet to officially purchase any 1000mm torpedoes, also the 324mm tubes have also been increased from two to four tubes.
Another new feature is that the 324mm torpedo tubes can change size, this will allow the 324mm tubes to fire the next generation of PIW torpedos, the torpedoes tubes are capable of firing the following sizes:
324mm tubes: 200mm to 400mm
Although the official stated sizes for firing a torpedo safely and repeatedly are as follow:
324mm tubes: 240mm, 324mm
Export Version: All 24", and 8" guns are regular ETC and have been equipped with Soviet Bloc pioneered EMAS [Electro-Magnetic Acceleration System](Both 24 and 8 inchers) and DGA [Dynamic Gas Assist](8 incher only) system, although this adds weight it allows for much inproved muzzle velocities. A feature also allows for the crew to shut down the EMAS in the event of reactors going off-line, thus reducing power available, or just to save energy when engaged against smaller targets.
1000mm tubes are replaced with 2 more 650mm TTs.
Otherwise it is the same ship as the domestic version
Flight II Armor:
The Silver Sky Navy had decided early on that the Neptune-Class must be greatly armored if it were to survive more then a few battles in today’s world of huge Anti-Ship missiles and 30inch guns. The main armor scheme consist of layers of Advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, amorphous steel, aluminum, and ballistic ceramics.); further protection is provided by double-bottomed, reinforced keel, void spaces and a titanium honeycomb frame. Composite rods, KERI foam installed in void spaces, and ceramic kinetic reducing plates for further protection against KE attacks. With an average armor thickness of 2125mm and much greater/smaller in some areas the Neptune-class can shrug off anything below and including a 25 inch gun without sustaining major damage, how every, multiple hits with 25inch guns can penetrate the armor eventually, the 'Neptune', like all other ships, can take a horrific beating, but it is not invincible. The specific armor scheme was created in response to The Macabees’ Argentine-Class Galleon.
Other:
The Neptune-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught incorporates many stealth and countermeasure devices. Most of the stealth devices on the ship are relatively low tech, these include the elimination of any and all 90 Degree surfaces from the ship, this includes railings, stairs, hatches, and the conning(sp?) tower, another measure is that all vertical/horizontal cylinder shapes have been removed including the gun barrel which is made up of a diamond shape, all radar/lidar/laser domes have been angled, and even the age old anchor ties have been reshaped. More high tech devices include LIDAR absorbing materials, and RADAR absorbing paint
Also included is a layer of Space Union’s Quiet Sound solution to the entire ship, this helps lower sound by up to 15-20 Decibels. Countermeasures include, Flares to confuse incoming IR-Seeking missiles; Chaff launchers to confuse incoming Active-Radar Seeking missiles; Active Directional and Un-Directional Radar Jamming System (AD/UDRS): for use against Radar-seeking missiles and fighters, with limited capabilities against small surface ships; Laser Defense System (LDS): Consists of 6 Dome Laser emitters which target and destroy small missiles using lasers and can be used to disable laser guided weapons; 2 (1 bow and stern) Shortstop and Warlock Electronic Protection System (EPS): Disables most any incoming device with an electronically controlled fuse with an 85% success rate.
Another device to help lengthen the battle-life of a Neptune-Class SD is that each ‘Rattlesnake’ CIWS gun and ‘Yellow Jacket’ RAM launcher has its own RADAR and LIDAR emitter/receiver for totally independent targeting, this allows for the engaging of over 36 targets and tracking of over 5,000 targets, land, sea, and air. Another feature is that each gun turret aboard the Neptune can be used for engaging an enemy missile threat, from the big 24” guns to the small 3” guns, they can all fire Fin-Stabilized Canisters or huge shotgun like rounds, although the rounds have yet to receive an official designations, the sailors have dubbed them "Pop Rocks", the name of an American candy, for the sound they make when they go off.
Major Differences:
Besides the differences already metioned their are even more differences between the original Neptune and the Flight II"
The removal of the capacity to unload large amounts of troops, this was done to free up weight/space for more munitions and other things
The complement of aircraft has been decreased from 144 planes to 72 planes, although the most likely combat load is 48, this decreases the clutter of the flight decks and allows for a safer work enviroment, also Naval commanders didn't see the need to carry a super carrier sized amount of planes when the Neptune would likely have a number of aircraft carriers as escorts.
Improvments to the LDS allow the amount of emitters to be reduced from 18 to six, where as the older model could only engage one target at a time the newer models can engage up to 4 targets.
With all of these improvments in design and production the price has dropped by 25 billion USD allowing for faster and cheaper production.
Stats:
Length: 992 m; Beam: 231 m; Draught: 26.9 m
Displacement: 2.54 million tons full load
Domestic Version Armament:
6x 4 610mm (24”) Mark 71 Naval Guns in A, B, C, X, Y, Z positions(Replaced with ETC in Export Version)
28x 203mm (8”) Mark 71 Naval Guns in 14 dual turrets (7 each port and starboard)(Replaced with ETC in Export Version)
18x 76.2mm (3”) Mark 71 Naval Guns, Anti-air/fast ship guns in single mounts (9 each port and starboard on out riggers) (Replaced with ETC in Export Version)
40x 'Rattlesnake' 35mm CIWS (20 each port and starboard )
18x Anti-torpedo CIWS (anti-torpedo super-cav 35mm cannon and countermeasures)
4x 324mm Torpedo Tubes
6x 650mm Torpedo Tubes
4x 1000mm Ultra-Large Torpedo Tubes
12x 96 cell Mk 136 VLS (Enough to hold 1152 'Scourge' anti-ship missiles, or many more smaller missiles)
20x SAM launchers (9 each port and starboard. Capable of launching Hornet Medium SAMs or similar missiles)
Protection: Advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, amorphous steel, aluminum, and ballistic ceramics); double-bottomed, reinforced keel, void spaces and a titanium honeycomb frame. Composite rods, KERI foam installed in void spaces, and ceramic kinetic reducing plates for further protection against KE attacks.
Engine Compartment: 2,200mm
Hull, Deck, and Hatches: 1,900mm
Magazine and Turret: 2,100mm
Glue Structures(Section that connects all the hulls): 2,300mm
Aircraft: Capable of carrying and launching 72 aircraft on two full flight decks along the outriggers. Also carries 24 helicopters for ASW patrols.
Complement: 11,000 naval; 600 aircrew; 2,000 Naval infantry
Propulsion: 12x Pebblebed nuclear reactors with 14 propulsors and eight internalized waterjets. Compulsators provide power from central power system to turrets. Extensive thermal insulation surrounds each reactor to reduce noise emissions and infrared signature. 32 knots maximum 30 knots maximum cruise.
Electronics: AN/SLY-2 (V) Advanced Integrated Electronics Warfare System
AN/SPY-4 MFR and AN/SPN-23 navigational radars
AN/SQR-6 (B ) passive towed array and AN/SQS-57 dual-mode mounted digital sonar array
A/P Mounted Sonar: AN/SQS-57 active/passive, preformed beam, digital sonar providing panoramic echo ranging and panoramic (DIMUS) passive surveillance.
Countermeasures: AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Flares/Chaff to confuse incoming IR/RADAR-Seeking missiles
Active Directional/Un-Directional Radar Jamming System (AD/UDRS): for use against Radar-seeking missiles and fighters, with limited capabilities against surface ships; Max range:100km Effective range: >25km
Laser Defense System (LDS): Consists of 6 Dome Laser emitters which target and destroy small missiles using lasers and can be used to disable laser guided weapons.
Shortstop and Warlock Electronic Protection System (EPS): Disables any incoming device with an electronically controlled fuse with an 90% success rate. Effective range: 1500m
Production Price: $250 Billion USD
Price for export version: $270 billion USD (Will do background checks)
Price for Refits of existing Neptune SDNs to Flight II Export: $50 Billion USD
[[I]'Neptune'-Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught Flight II's in Service]
The Silver Sky:
SSRS 'Kaitou' - Flagship of the 1st Naval Armada
SSRS 'Jason H. Garner' - Deployed with the 1st Naval Aramda
SSRS 'Neptune' - Deployed with the 1st Naval Aramda
SSRS 'Tranquility' - Flagship of the 2nd Naval Armada
SSRS 'North Point' - Deployed with the 2nd Naval Armada
SSRS 'Distant Thunder' - Deployed with the 2nd Naval Armada
SSRS 'Aurora' - Flagship of the 3rd Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Challenger' - Flagship of the 4th Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Discovery' - Flagship of the 5th Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Freedom' - Flagship of the 6th Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Atlantis' - Flagship of the 7th Naval Fleet
SSRS 'Hogsweat' - Flagship of the 8th Naval Fleet