Thrashia wrote:OMG, that ship is, quite frankly, ridiculous. That ship would need to be significantly larger in order to accommodate such a large number of weapon batteries.
Says you. Considering this particular drawing contains no references to power outputs, consumption of power per weapon, or even the width of the ship, you might ask for such details before you start making judgments.
Of course, while I can tell you that the ship is 180m wide at the midpoint, for the other two I'll tell you that it produces "enough" power and that each weapon consumes a "lot" of power. Those are metric measurements, BTW.
Not to mention that the placement of those weapons is equally ridiculous, since the destruction of one could trigger a train-reaction explosion that reaches inside the ship (this estimate based upon whatever munitions or connecting hardware attaches each turret to the main ship).
Not really, no. Since explosive munitions are fairly rare and railguns do not require explosive propellants and are not, generally, prone to exploding dramatically when shot. This also assumes that a large amount of such explosives would be present in each turret prior to firing, Russian ships have central magazines. It would be bloody stupid to keep large amounts of ammunition for each gun in a turret that's already crowded.
In conclusion, your estimate is silly.
Also, this ship would require extremely powerful shields,
Which it has. And very good armor as well.
[qute]since by using so much energy to power its weapon systems, the engine output must be negated by sheer necessity; which in turn repeats the previous point of it being too small.[/quote]
I repeat 'says you.' Our power generation facilities are quite up to the task, thank you. As to speed, inertialess, reactionless drives are fun.
My opinion? Scrap at least 1/3rd of those weapon batteries and enlarge it by half a klom.
I was considering adding projections to the side for more 6" guns. And maybe a couple more 18 inchers as well.