Posted by: nuclearslurpee
« on: January 27, 2024, 01:35:43 PM »Once again you are early, however I note with approval that at least you have not been brief.
One wonders what the difference is, and for once as we shall see one need not wonder for too long.
I realize this is a tome about unbuilt ships, but a singly-built ship is quite nearly as interesting and to be frank I am curious here, not only why the Chatham office favors plasma so heavily, but even more so why the Admiralty approved the design at all given their hesitancy and chronic conservatism.
Far be it from me to doubt the Chatham fellows, but 4 keV does seem a bit on the low end for a highly destructive weapon, though it seems to work out in practice and more importantly, I am sure, this is actually a British Imperial Space keV which bears only historical relation to the present-day units.
Here we see a further exercise of tradition, indeed each exercise is as iron as the last in its certainty.
Indeed.
Labour party members have noted an increase in efficiency of wealth transfer to the Sterling shareholders, but as no one listens to Labour party members this finding has yet to come to light.
Further tantalizing adventures I am sure we will never hear of again.
Conversely, a rather more conservative design could have replaced only a few of the railgun batteries of the Tiger class with plasma cannons, perhaps 2-4 as a forward/chase armament. Such a relatively minor alteration could have seen at least minimal acceptance, not least if it could be interbuilt from a shipyard tooled for Tigers.
At least you are honest about it and that is what really separates us from the politicians at the end of the day.
Much like the Naval Estimates, the El Pip Update Estimate has long since lost all real meaning, nevertheless we persist for the sake of tradition. I currently am pegging sometime in late summer for the next one, but I admit that early autumn is within the realm of plausibility, though surely sometime as soon as early summer would be far too much of a rush.
- it was designated as a Strike Cruiser not a Cruiser.
One wonders what the difference is, and for once as we shall see one need not wonder for too long.
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The previous effort of the Ilford Plasmasmiths had been the Prometheus class Battlecruiser, a powerful ship built around a large main battery of Plasma Cannons she had a long and victorious career, however she never had any sister-ships as the Admiralty continued to prefer the 'standard' railgun armed Renown-class.
I realize this is a tome about unbuilt ships, but a singly-built ship is quite nearly as interesting and to be frank I am curious here, not only why the Chatham office favors plasma so heavily, but even more so why the Admiralty approved the design at all given their hesitancy and chronic conservatism.
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Elswick 14"/4keV Mk.I Plasma Cannon (14)
Far be it from me to doubt the Chatham fellows, but 4 keV does seem a bit on the low end for a highly destructive weapon, though it seems to work out in practice and more importantly, I am sure, this is actually a British Imperial Space keV which bears only historical relation to the present-day units.
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however by this point the Naval Estimates were so called because that was name they had always had and there was no obvious reason or need to change them.
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This was something of a fiction as while on paper a cruiser squadron was a City-class jump cruiser, a Colony-class escort cruiser and two County-class cruisers, in reality only the 7th Cruiser squadron out on Halifax Station matched that pattern. The five other cruiser squadrons were all of wildly different sizes and compositions, many still had Daring-class destroyers attached for extra anti-missile firepower and of course the 4th Cruiser Squadron continued to not exist after it's 'temporary' amalgamation with the 3rd at the start of the decade.
Here we see a further exercise of tradition, indeed each exercise is as iron as the last in its certainty.
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Parliament was not quite as foolish as it's reputation suggested so this subterfuge did not go unnoticed, however it did provide a rationale (or excuse) for many waverers to alter their position without anything so gauche as 'changing their mind' or worse 'compromising'.
Indeed.
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but the well known benefits of large volume mass production never seemed to result in any efficiencies or decrease in cost.
Labour party members have noted an increase in efficiency of wealth transfer to the Sterling shareholders, but as no one listens to Labour party members this finding has yet to come to light.
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however the Renown-class had literally been built for assaulting heavily defended jump points and were both far more capable and already in service, while the existing C-class cruisers classes had proven perfectly capable at jump point defence when required.
Further tantalizing adventures I am sure we will never hear of again.
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A bolder design would have sacrificed some 'general purpose' qualities like range or endurance for a substantially higher speed, committing to short range engagement tactics and optimising for that rather than trying to be a match for the Counties in all things.
Conversely, a rather more conservative design could have replaced only a few of the railgun batteries of the Tiger class with plasma cannons, perhaps 2-4 as a forward/chase armament. Such a relatively minor alteration could have seen at least minimal acceptance, not least if it could be interbuilt from a shipyard tooled for Tigers.
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For the rest I did build the Tiger-class and did designate them as Strike Cruisers as it seemed cooler, but I cannot articulate how they were different from a normal Cruiser in any meaningful way. Clearly therefore the explanation had to be politics and bureaucracy.
At least you are honest about it and that is what really separates us from the politicians at the end of the day.
Much like the Naval Estimates, the El Pip Update Estimate has long since lost all real meaning, nevertheless we persist for the sake of tradition. I currently am pegging sometime in late summer for the next one, but I admit that early autumn is within the realm of plausibility, though surely sometime as soon as early summer would be far too much of a rush.