So, I've been watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and I figured I'd cave into temptation and do a game based off the series. It's strictly a 'for funsies' run, so there's no real emphasis on being sensible, just being as cool as the show. (Thousands of ships at a time, tissue-thin armour, enough lasers to make a person overly-enamoured of lasers weep because there's too many and so on and all that palaver)
Still, it's going to be a change for me, this one. I'm having to learn to differentiate between classes by means other than 'this is a carrier, that one's a missile ship'. Those of you who've seen the Eurasian Union and TATO games I've done know that's my usual MO. But you see, I want to do this the LotGH way; good old pre-War style ship design principles. None of this newfangled 'missile' business. After all, warfare is civilised and chucking bits of metal is so peasant-like. (I'm kidding of course. It's chucking rocks that's peasant-like).
I imagine the Blucher-class to be the one ship you always see blowing up in the show. Nothing fancy, just a short-legged, short ranged destroyer designed to compliment the wall of battle.
Blucher class Destroyer 2 600 tons 80 Crew 287.2 BP TCS 52 TH 192 EM 0
3692 km/s Armour 3-16 Shields 0-0 Sensors 6/6/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 12
Maint Life 3.14 Years MSP 69 AFR 54% IFR 0.8% 1YR 10 5YR 157 Max Repair 38.4 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 3
Krug-Apelt Engineering Company 96 EP Ion Drive (2) Power 96 Fuel Use 41.21% Signature 96 Exp 8%
Fuel Capacity 100 000 Litres Range 16.8 billion km (52 days at full power)
Eicke-Freud 10cm C2 Visible Light Laser (4) Range 60 000km TS: 3692 km/s Power 3-2 RM 2 ROF 10 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Weiner-Menninger Fire Control S01 32-2000 (2) Max Range: 64 000 km TS: 2000 km/s 84 69 53 37 22 6 0 0 0 0
Eichinger Design Bureau Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (2) Total Power Output 9 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Gerber Engineering Active Search Sensor MR4-R40 (1) GPS 480 Range 4.6m km Resolution 40
Gerber Engineering Thermal Sensor TH1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Gerber Engineering EM Detection Sensor EM1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Next, the Berlin. An extra engine, some of its 10cm lasers swapped for uprated 12cm lasers (that yes, are capped at the lower-range of the fire control they use) and about 2-and-a-half times the fuel capacity of the Blucher-class. Not quite a destroyer leader, since I have this idea that it operates in cruiser squadrons that the Blucher-class accompanies.
Berlin class Light Cruiser 4 000 tons 114 Crew 413.8 BP TCS 80 TH 288 EM 0
3600 km/s Armour 4-22 Shields 0-0 Sensors 6/6/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 20
Maint Life 1.76 Years MSP 65 AFR 128% IFR 1.8% 1YR 26 5YR 388 Max Repair 38.4 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 0
Krug-Apelt Engineering Company 96 EP Ion Drive (3) Power 96 Fuel Use 41.21% Signature 96 Exp 8%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 27.3 billion km (87 days at full power)
Eicke-Freud 10cm C2 Visible Light Laser (4) Range 60 000km TS: 3600 km/s Power 3-2 RM 2 ROF 10 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Eicke-Freud 12cm C2 Visible Light Laser (2) Range 64 000km TS: 3600 km/s Power 4-2 RM 2 ROF 10 4 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Weiner-Menninger Fire Control S01 32-2000 (2) Max Range: 64 000 km TS: 2000 km/s 84 69 53 37 22 6 0 0 0 0
Eichinger Design Bureau Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (3) Total Power Output 13.5 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Gerber Engineering Active Search Sensor MR4-R40 (1) GPS 480 Range 4.6m km Resolution 40
Gerber Engineering Thermal Sensor TH1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Gerber Engineering EM Detection Sensor EM1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Ah, the Bismarck. I like this one. Wee bit tougher than the Berlin-class, and has the reach advantage. Full suite of heavier lasers, and is designed to be the protector of the Crownworld of Earth.
Bismarck class Heavy Cruiser 4 650 tons 130 Crew 494 BP TCS 93 TH 288 EM 0
3096 km/s Armour 6-24 Shields 0-0 Sensors 6/6/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 24
Maint Life 1.49 Years MSP 66 AFR 172% IFR 2.4% 1YR 33 5YR 501 Max Repair 38.4 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 1
Krug-Apelt Engineering Company 96 EP Ion Drive (3) Power 96 Fuel Use 41.21% Signature 96 Exp 8%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 23.5 billion km (87 days at full power)
Eicke-Freud 12cm C2 Visible Light Laser (6) Range 80 000km TS: 3096 km/s Power 4-2 RM 2 ROF 10 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
Weiner-Menninger Fire Control S01.5 48-2000 (2) Max Range: 96 000 km TS: 2000 km/s 90 79 69 58 48 38 27 17 6 0
Eichinger Design Bureau Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (3) Total Power Output 13.5 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Gerber Engineering Active Search Sensor MR4-R40 (1) GPS 480 Range 4.6m km Resolution 40
Gerber Engineering Thermal Sensor TH1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Gerber Engineering EM Detection Sensor EM1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
I actually designed this one while I was tinkering with the post. It's a pocket-battlecruiser, essentially. Built using the same guns as Blucher/Berlin-classes, with the armour of the Bismarck-class and able to outrun even a Blucher, thanks to the new larger engines it uses. Substitutes the longer range of the 12cm's for the punch of more 10cm's.
Rhine class Battlecruiser 5 750 tons 153 Crew 603 BP TCS 115 TH 432 EM 0
3756 km/s Armour 6-28 Shields 0-0 Sensors 6/6/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 27
Maint Life 0.83 Years MSP 66 AFR 264% IFR 3.7% 1YR 80 5YR 1196 Max Repair 57.6 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 3
Krug-Apelt Engineering Company 144 EP Ion Drive (3) Power 144 Fuel Use 38.92% Signature 144 Exp 8%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 20.1 billion km (61 days at full power)
Eicke-Freud 10cm C2 Visible Light Laser (9) Range 60 000km TS: 3756 km/s Power 3-2 RM 2 ROF 10 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Weiner-Menninger Fire Control S01 32-2000 (3) Max Range: 64 000 km TS: 2000 km/s 84 69 53 37 22 6 0 0 0 0
Eichinger Design Bureau Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (4) Total Power Output 18 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Gerber Engineering Active Search Sensor MR4-R40 (1) GPS 480 Range 4.6m km Resolution 40
Gerber Engineering Thermal Sensor TH1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Gerber Engineering EM Detection Sensor EM1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km