Conventional era ships of Earth powers before first contact with Martian Menace

[Garfunkel (OP)]

The first attempts of building a battle worthy vessel, these shoestring-and-gum projects have been hastily cobbled together.

German Blücher

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Blucher class Corvette      1,031 tons       31 Crew       72.7 BP       TCS 21    TH 9    EM 0
424 km/s      Armour 2-9       Shields 0-0       HTK 6      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 3
Maint Life 3.17 Years     MSP 11    AFR 34%    IFR 0.5%    1YR 2    5YR 25    Max Repair 20 MSP
Oberleutnant zur Raum    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 1 months    Morale Check Required   

Humbold-Still Conventional Engine  EP8.75 (1)    Power 8.8    Fuel Use 187.92%    Signature 8.75    Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 5,000 Litres    Range 0.5 billion km (12 days at full power)

Krupp 10cm C2 Infrared Laser (1)    Range 30,000km     TS: 1,250 km/s     Power 3-2     RM 10,000 km    ROF 10       
Thyssen Beam Fire Control R40-TS625 (1)     Max Range: 40,000 km   TS: 625 km/s     12 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siemens Pressurised Water Reactor R2 (1)     Total Power Output 2    Exp 5%

Altemann Active Search Sensor AS14-R50 (1)     GPS 500     Range 14.7m km    Resolution 50

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
German engineers sweated blood to make it faster than anything else humans had put out by 1899.

British Tribal

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Tribal class Corvette      1,048 tons       29 Crew       83.3 BP       TCS 21    TH 5    EM 0
248 km/s      Armour 2-9       Shields 0-0       HTK 6      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 4
Maint Life 2.78 Years     MSP 12    AFR 35%    IFR 0.5%    1YR 2    5YR 34    Max Repair 20 MSP
Commander    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 1 months    Morale Check Required   

Whitehouse-Lambert Conventional Engine  EP5.20 (1)    Power 5.2    Fuel Use 124.81%    Signature 5.2    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 5,000 Litres    Range 0.7 billion km (32 days at full power)

Foster-Burton 15 cm C2 Plasma Carronade (1)    Range 60,000km     TS: 1,250 km/s     Power 6-2     RM 10,000 km    ROF 15       
Tyler-Hussain Beam Fire Control R60-TS625 (1)     Max Range: 60,000 km   TS: 625 km/s     13 10 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
Bryant-Green Pressurised Water Reactor R2-PB10 (1)     Total Power Output 2    Exp 7%

Barnett Electronics Active Search Sensor AS17-R30 (1)     GPS 600     Range 17.5m km    Resolution 30

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

The very first design that anyone built. Its engine does not enjoy boosting, thus allowing it a slightly longer range which will be handy once orbital movement takes Mars further away from Earth. The powerful plasma carronade is the mightiest weapon in known space.

Russian Krivak

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Krivak class Corvette      1,065 tons       31 Crew       78.3 BP       TCS 21    TH 6    EM 0
281 km/s      Armour 2-9       Shields 0-0       HTK 6      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 3
Maint Life 2.79 Years     MSP 11    AFR 36%    IFR 0.5%    1YR 2    5YR 31    Max Repair 20 MSP
Kapitan vtorogo ranga    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 1 months    Morale Check Required   

Tomska Conventional Engine  EP6.00 (1)    Power 6    Fuel Use 129.10%    Signature 6    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 5,000 Litres    Range 0.7 billion km (26 days at full power)

Fomin 10cm Railgun V10/C1 (1x4)    Range 10,000km     TS: 1,250 km/s     Power 3-1     Accuracy Modifier 100%     RM 10,000 km    ROF 15       
Grigoriev Beam Fire Control R40-TS625 (1)     Max Range: 40,000 km   TS: 625 km/s     12 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andreyev-Solovyov Conventional Reactor R1 (1)     Total Power Output 1    Exp 5%

Popov Electronics Active Search Sensor AS15-R20 (1)     GPS 400     Range 15.3m km    Resolution 20

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Russians managed to be the second power to put a ship out but they had to cut corners. The conventional reactor takes up more space than the more advanced versions that the British and Germans use. Tomska being bigger and more powerful than Whitehouse-Lambert means that the Krivak could, in theory, dictate the range to Tribal - but the minimal range of of its Railgun means it'll have to get into knife-fighting range.

The corvettes of the other seven powers are still on the blueprint stage.

The full story is here: http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?board=252.0
shamelessly pimping my aar

[Vasious]

Anyone else imagine the 1890s Conventional reactor on the Russian Corvette being a Steam Engine

[NightlinerSGS]

Anyone else imagine the 1890s Conventional reactor on the Russian Corvette being a Steam Engine

Well, considering that the more modern Pressurised Water Reactors on the other ships are in fact nuclear powered steam engines, the Russian one probably just runs on coal or diesel.  :p

[Garfunkel (OP)]

Coal pellets soaked in Sorium!  That's how I imagine it working with Conventional engines and reactors - it's coal/gas/LOX mixed with Sorium.

[Father Tim]

Ten to thirty percent (by weight) Sorium sprayed over the coal before burning, depending on tech.

[NightlinerSGS]

Soaking coal in Sorium.  Brilliant.

This thread is now a trainwreck though, so let's fix that. 

I like those super tiny designs.  My warships usually start at 6000+ tons since I try to cram too much stuff into them.
But I have to ask, why didn't you make them FAC's? If you remove the bridge (50 tons) both the Blücher and Tribal drop to below 1000 tons which would make them a FAC which doesn't need a bridge.  Maybe that opens up a ton or two for a bit more fuel, armor or whatever you can squeeze in.

[Father Tim]

Because Garfunkel's 1890s Aurora game doesn't belive in (or even know about) FACs yet.  But fairly soon I expect the French Marine Nationale to put forth some sort of 'New School' thinking of small motor gun boats to challenge the Martians.

[Garfunkel (OP)]

Initially, size is that because then the naval shipyards can start building them almost out of the gate. If I was playing this campaign in VB6, I would have gone for 1,500 ton corvettes and in my notes, that is actually the size for corvettes. But then Steve changed how Continuous Capacity Build works so I went as close to 1k as I could. Rest of it is as Father Tim said - the corvettes will grow to be around 2k size over time and, once engine boosting gets faster, 501-999 ton gunboats will indeed make an appearance. This is because I also want to emulate - at least to some extent - the evolution of real navies.

[liveware]

Because Garfunkel's 1890s Aurora game doesn't belive in (or even know about) FACs yet.  But fairly soon I expect the French Marine Nationale to put forth some sort of 'New School' thinking of small motor gun boats to challenge the Martians.

Handsome Jack and the Hyperion Corporation thank Mr. Garfunkel for his antiquated ship designs and encourage further research and development into 'antique' technologies.

[liveware]

Perhaps not completely in Garfunkel's theme, but I created some old school cowboy ships for my recent campaign that seemed somewhat relevant:

http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=11406.0