Terran Federation ship classifications

Hey remember Drakkar were created as to stop/slow down Progenitor so they must be good at something ( beside war ), it could well be ship building. Yea I know they don't seem to think a lot but whose saying this dreadnought is anything like T-Feds, I bet its pretty simple. There is a saying in relation to Orks from Warhammer universe, mainly if they belive in somthing and want it to happen very much, well they make it happen :P I like to think of Drakkar as Orks of this universe so maybe that applies :)

500m before 750m afterwards. :-)

Tefler

I thought Invictus was 400m before it got expanded...

7OO Tnega Terces

Plus the other 100-150 Drakkar ships JK

Wookey

I believe it's called a dreadnought in the chapter, which leads me to wonder where the hell it came from. As it was mentioned in the chapter, this is the first time in generations that the Drakkar have been united, so how did they manage to build a dreadnought, which is something a united TFed has only been able to build a few of? Perhaps the BSP gave them the traitor Terran's dreadnought? If that's the case, then...shit.

Jedi Khan

There was no mention by Tefler how big the Grand Ugly Overlord Drakkar's ship is. Interested to compare vs Invictus including firepower. Suspect will have the weekend if only done Part one.

Wookey

It would probably be safe to assume they are equivalent to Terran ship classes and sizes.

Jedi Khan

Any idea about Drakkar ships lengths & classifications

Wookey

I'm not quite sure how to work it into a good name, but a reference to the Nemean Lion, of Greek mythology, seems like a great idea. Especially because it could only be killed by a demigod, as no mortals could harm it.

cittran genericlastname

Do you mean hyper active? lol

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

I think Tefler need roughly 10 days complete the chapter 78. So I think he will post chapter 78 on the 10th of may

Tefler, You've been putting up revised chapters, ranks, damage, etc.; (which has ben appreciated greatly) but nothing about your new computer, how it will impact your writing time, nor anything about time to chapter 78? When will you will you be able to get back to writing?

Why complicate it? The Raptor is a specialized Assault craft - originally designed for Stealth. (also, ALL assault craft would be capable of Planetary landing and likely be used as fighters/suppression after delivering their "payloads.") I agree that there needs to be a scout class, or courier. I suspect they are just seen as "boats" and not as warships though so likely exist. Tactical scouting in this universe seems to be done by destroyers.

Daniel Sifrit

Keep in mind the Raptor is hyper capable.

Like the term "asymmetric confrontation" VD

Wookey

The Invictus is an absolute nightmare. Huge arsenal, incredible manueverability, Calara's near zero miss rate, plus Raptor, Mech and Irillith hacking. Even highly outnumbered they still have a significant advantage. Plus what fleet is even remotely prepared for such an asymmetric confrontation?

VycronDyz

Also add a 'Scout' ship (60m) to hyper-warp capable ships, this is one of the most basic ships that will be used.

This is what i would suggest: Fighter (10m); Heavy fighter (15m) Bomber (20m) Gunship (25m) - more heavily armored than fighter, with the ability to carry a handful of troops, with weapons to support ground troops. (max. capacity 10-15 depending on versions) Shuttle (27m) - for normal ship-to-ship transportation (max. capacity 20) Assault craft (30m) - to be used for ship-to-ship boardings, search&rescue (max. capacity 30). Raptor-class SpecOps crafts (35m) - part gunship, part assault craft, part drop ship. (max. capacity 15) Planetary dropships (40-50m) - to be used for major ship-boarding actions, especially capital ships and for planetary insertion. (max. capacity 300-500 depending on version)

Tef, you should reclassify the normal dropships and the Raptor-class dropships separately. In current military organizations and ORBATs, the military units used for amphibious assaults using infantry landing crafts or LCUs have a strength ranging between a company and a battalion (150-300). In 3SM or similar universes, the Marines will be using two types of dropships, one for planetary insertion typically comprising of atleast battalion strength (300 or more) for an effective deployment, and the other one for ship-boarding actions and search&rescue ops with a capacity to carry a couple of platoons (15-30). The Raptor-class fro SpecOps should be somewhere in the middle, having the ability for planetary insertions as well as maintaining enough maneuverability to evade point-defence systems to breach a ship for boarding.

The firepower of the new Invictus would not challenge a dreadnought. It would devastate a single dreadnought in a one on one battle, since the Invictus has weapons with far greater range than the dreadnought has. Think about it. They both have Singularity Drivers - although Dana has enhanced the ones on the Invictus - but they are not effective against each other with the shields up. The Invictus, however, has dual Nova Lances which would take down the shields, if not the vessel itself entirely, in one shot... thus rendering the dreadnought vulnerable while the Invictus remains secure, long before any other weapons fire could be exchanged. Also, even if the dreadnought attempted to charge the Invictus to come within more general weapons range, the Invictus has the speed and maneuverability to maintain any distance it wishes from the dreadnought while still bringing all of its weapons to bear as desired. Bottom line: No Contest.

Evan

And where does Dana's new toy (aka the mech) fit in there?

The firepower of the new Invictus may even chalenge a dreadnought with Dana moding the hell out of anything she touches.

Correct but I think a dreadnaught has more firepower than a fleet carrier. I think the fleet carrier is more about the fighter/bombers/attack craft/drop ships added to the mix. They probably have plenty of guns as well though

So John and crew have a battle cruiser capable of maneuvering like a bomber/fighter with more fire power than a fleet carrier. Does that about describe the Invictus?

Grimlakin

I think tefler could do a Technical update as a special chapter on literotica.