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Originally posted by joespaniel
It would be nice if you posted a link...![]()
I dug out the specs for said "Darkshade class" battleship. He does have quite an active imagination. Scary, too.
Originally posted by Simon Darkshade
Battleships
These are nuclear powered, and equipped with 12 25" guns, which fire ordinary, and extended range munitions. With a top speed of over 45 knots, they are clad with up to 25 inches of electromagnetically hardened steel and titanium, with internal bulkheads and kevlar where appropriate. At 1250 feet long, and displacing over 100 000 tons, they are the most powerful ships afloat, in this microcosm.
They carry the SPY-1 AEGIS radar, and SM-2 MR and ER Missiles (Block V), fired from launchers, and VLS. The ships also have a 204 cell VLS for Tomahawk missiles, as well as fully modernized ASROC capability. They additionally carry 48 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. They also have the following capabilities - flagship operations, Target Acquisition Battery (TAB) radar, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS), mine detection systems and counter measures, cooperative engagement box, 8 Phalanx CIWS, 1 extended range, reloadable MLRS in armored box (for even more shore support) and the secondary armament of 24 5" guns.
They have the capacity to accomodate several hundred troops, as well as having hospital and forge facilities, and and carrying supplies.