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Archive through July 18, 2019
Jeffrey George Anderson found something else to do with the almost-worthless Kzinti CVE: replace the disruptors with special sensors and use it as a communications relay ship (i.e., a target for a few special scenarios). There was some discussion of replacing the six fighters with three heavy fighters, and replacing two of the four disruptors with drone racks, but if a raider comes after this thing, it’s dead anyway. While of limited value, it probably did exist and we put this into the R13 file for consideration when that product is finalized.
A shotgun blast of my proposed designs:
Federation
DNP Heavy Plasma Dreadnought
CG Improved Heavy Cruiser
CP Armored Cruiser
CE Heavy Escort Cruiser
CLG Light Guided Weapons Cruiser
CLL Light Plasma Cruiser
CLJ Light Photon Cruiser
FDW Fed Fast War Destroyer
FDWS Fast War Destroyer Scout
LF Large Frigate
FFH Heavy Frigate
FFF Fast Frigate
FSF Fast Scout Frigate
FEF Fast Escort Frigate
FRF Fast Rom-Border Escort Frigate
F-18F Super Hornet Heavy Fighter
Klingon
D8 Cruiser
DT-6 Light Battlecruiser
AD5B Combat Escort Cruiser
F5F Fast Destroyer
Romulan
ROK Optimized King Condor Battleship
SROC Super Optimized Heavy Condor
ROS Optimized Shrike Light Dreadnought
CNM Modular Condor Dreadnought
ME Martial Eagle
SWA Swifthawk-A Fast Destroyer
SWF Swifthawk-S Fast Destroyer Scout
Kzinti
AC Armored Cruiser
DL Light Destroyer
FDW Fast War Destroyer
Gorn
CAN Heavy Carronade Cruiser
CLN Light Carronade Cruiser
FBD Fast Battle Destroyer
Tholian
DW War Destroyer
Orion
WR War Raider
Lyran
CM Pink Panther Medium Cruiser
FDW Straycat Fast War Destroyer
WYN
TUG Hammerhead Tug
CS Sandtiger Strike Cruiser
CWA Orca-A "Moby Dick" Stasis Cruiser
MS Shovelnose Minesweeper
FDD Torpedo Fast Destroyer
I recognise that a lot of these guys have next to zero chance of actually "existing" for any number of reasons, but "ships that never were" seems to fit the bill.
Tholian "Phaser-heavy" CAN
Basic concept: The Tholian CAN is a CW with a welded-on "belly pack" containing 2 disruptors plus additional power. Unfortunately, all the additional power is from APRs and the CAN's MC is increased to 1. Since it has standard CW warp engines, the ship has an absolute maximum speed of 25. The low speed means they were used almost exclusively in a defensive role. While it's kind of neat that the ship has 6 disruptors with no shock, that's not really an efficient weapon suite for a ship which will fight behind webs a disproportionate share of the time (given its defensive mission).
Description: Change all disruptors to phaser-1s. The weapon suite now consists of 11 phaser-1s, 2 phaser-3s, and 2 web generators.
Reasons why never built: This is another one that I think would be built. the weapon suite is simply more efficient for the stated mission than that of the standard CAN.
Tholian "Phaser-heavy" Armed Web Tender
Basic concept" The AWT has several improvements over the basic Web Tender, including the weapon suite (2 phaser-1s). Tholian web reinforcement becomes more energy-efficient over time. Additionally, the standard Tholian PF flotilla includes 2 PFs with web generators replacing the phaser-3s, increasing the web reinforcement capabilities of any Tholian base with a PF module. For these reasons, the Tholians decided they had more than adequate power available at most of their defended positions and considered increasing the phaser armament on their AWTs, even at the expense of reducing the number of APRs.
Description: Start with an AWT. Reduce the APR bank by one "row" (5 AWR boxes). Add 3 FA phaser-1s
Reasons why never built: Seltorians. The need to counter Seltorian web breakers tipped the balance back towards the standard AWT over the phaser-heavy version.
Federation F-15K
Basic concept: Based on its drone firing rate and drone control, the F-15 seems to have the best fire control system of any Fed single-space fighter, superior even to that of the F-14. I don't want the F-15 to be able to launch Type-III drones as that makes it too much like the F-14. But given its superior fire control system the fact that it couldn't launch starfish or multi-warhead drones always seemed a peculiar anomaly to me. The proposed fighter is a late-war modification to the F-15 to allow it to carry 2 Type-IMW (or starfish) drones for breaking up enemy drone swarms.
Description: Start with an F-15D. Four of this fighter's standard rails can be "paired" to carry 2 Type-IVs instead of 4 Type-Is. The K-mod allows these paired rails to carry 2 Type-IMW (not Type-IVMW) as another option.
Reasons why never built: The Feds did build enough of these to field one squadron, plus attrition spares. But the fighters were very expensive and the F-15K wasn't developed until near the end of the General War. Breaking up incoming drone swarms wasn't an issue against the ISC Pacification, still less against the Andromedans. So only a single CVB ever received these fighters.
I don't know if anyone's considered this, and I'm probably opening a can of worms suggesting it....
But since the Picket Carrier was introduced in CL46. Those could obviously be part of a "hook" for R13.
So building on that thought, what if one of the "competing" concepts when PFs were first introduced was to produce a Light Division Control Ship, with 3xPFs and 6xFtrs (instead of the true PFT designs that were actually produced on CW hulls).
Designers thought that PF production wouldn't be enough to equip PFTs that were just doing "skirmish" tasks. So a Light Division Control Ship design was developed. But then the factories told them how many PFs each race could produce (TONS), and then the designs were never built, as production essentially outpaced training the crews for the ships.
I don't know if "Light Control Ship" would work as an acronym, but I would want to keep LCS as the abbreviation.
I would suggest that the fast Kzinti CVS hull mentioned in the class history in CL#26 be added to this product.
Obvious variants, I would love to see fast war destroyers.
Also how about Fast escorts for the fast carriers.
I would also like to see the Fed light PFT.
OBVIOUS VARIANT:
FEDERATION MEDIUM DREADNOUGHT CARRIER (DMV):
Apply the medium dreadnought conversion to the DLV Dreadnought Carrier.
OBVIOUS VARIANT:
KLINGON MEDIUM STASIS DREADNOUGHT (C5MA):
Apply the medium dreadnought conversion to the C5A dreadnought, Kommander Kurlt.
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Romulan K9S Space Control Ship
SFB; PROPOSALS BOARD; SHIPS; Romulan; "Klingon ships the Romulans missed"
Who proposed it, and when Mike West, April 9
Race: Romulan
Time: Y18?
Type: SCS
Hull: K9R
General outline of idea: Unbuilt SCS conversion of K9R
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Romulan K6R Dreadnought
SFB; PROPOSALS BOARD; SHIPS; Romulan; "Klingon ships the Romulans missed"
Who proposed it, and when Mike West, April 9
Race: Romulan
Time: Y160
Type: DNE
Hull: C6
General outline of idea: Kestral version of Klingon C6; unbuilt
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Romulan KLR Light Dreadnought
SFB; PROPOSALS BOARD; SHIPS; Romulan; "Klingon ships the Romulans missed"
Who proposed it, and when Mike West, April 9
Race: Romulan
Time: Y160
Type: DNL
Hull: C5
General outline of idea: Kestral version of Klingon C5; unbuilt
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How about a Pegasus with the HDW system replacing the Repair and Special Sensor boxes? (Maybe even the Tractors too.)
Race/Empire: WYN
Type: TUG (shown as a Battle Tug)
Time: After the War of Return - Conjectural
Base Hull: New Hull
Mission: Conjectural WYN tug for use in campaigns. Not built historically, but contemplated by the WYN after the War of Return.
My unofficial List of new ships:
ISC
1. Destroyer sized Patrol Carrier
2. National Guard Type Scout (from converted DD or FF?)
3. Alternate small Q ship
4. Alternate large Q ship
5. Police PF to replace skiffs
6. Escorts optimized towards defending from the drone guys (D racks replacing some F torps?)
7. Specialist commando support ship (FFV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS).
Gorn
8. DW based Patrol Carrier
9. Light CV comparable to Fed ADW (note this is a failed design due to PF development)
10. Alternate small Q ship
11. Alternate large Q ship
12. Police PF to replace skiffs
13. Specialist commando support ship (FFV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS) NEEDED for Gorns?
Romulan
14. Destroyer based Patrol Carrier (F5, F6 or Skyhawk)
15. Early Kestrel type mini tug
16. F4 based scout
17. Alternate small Q ship
18. Police PF to replace skiffs
19. Alternate large Q ship
20. MurderHawk (killer hawk with D racks replacing F torps)
21. Specialist commando support ship (FFV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS perhaps based on Snipe?)
Tholian
22. Destroyer sized Patrol Carrier
23. PC or DD based ship to act as a minimauler (Basically cored out to hold a phaser 4 with mauler arcs)
24. Conjectural CW or C with webcasters replacing some or all Photons/ Disruptors. Later years as WC become more readily available?
25. Alternate small Q ship
26. Alternate large Q ship
27. Police PF to replace skiffs
28. Neo Tholian DN PF collar
29. Neo Tholian CA/ CL scout collar
30. TK5P (F5 rear hull w/ Tholian built boom replacement) Perhaps with disruptors to P1?
Federation
31. DW based Patrol Carrier
32. Late Middle years drone bombardment ship (OCL based? DD based? A failed ship soon converted back to the original config?)
33. NCL based drone bombardment ship with a special sensor
34. Alternate small Q ship
35. Alternate large Q ship
36. Federation National Guard minitug based on the EY destroyer
37. Fed BCA. BCV with A20s
38. Specialist commando support ship (FFV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS)
Klingon
39. DW based Patrol Carrier
40. Light CV comparable to Fed ADW (note this is a failed design due to PF development. Has special sensor? Converted soon to a light PFT?)
41. First DB ship (D4 based?)
42. Alternate small Q ship
43. Alternate large Q ship
44. Police PF to replace skiffs
45. F6V
46. F6 PFT
47. D4 or F4 based minitug
48. F6 minehunter (to compare to the Sparrowhawk minehunter)
49. F6 commando ship (to compare to the Sparrowhawk commando mission)
50. D3i
51. Specialist commando support ship (F5V or F4V specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS)
Lyran
52. DW based Patrol Carrier
53. Alternate small Q ship
54. Alternate large Q ship
55. Police PF to replace skiffs
56. Middle years replacement for LTT/ FFTs? Canon says they came late to the minitug concept and they need some way to move pallets around. And the Lyran R section of R11 seems to add some support for this idea. Perhaps this is a conjectural design?
57. Lyran CL repaired by Klingons with D5 engines and struts. This thing would be a killer cool, but too expensive and it would mean one less CL -> BC conversion in the long run.
58. Lyran Police PFT (from Crawford) as a more popular alternative to the Police CVE.
59. Specialist commando support ship (FFV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS)
60. Casual PF scout thing (thread in proposals) SPP is very down on it so far due to balance and “everyone would build one” issues. MG thinks its all a matter of pricing.
LDR
61. DW based Patrol Carrier
62. Alternate small Q ship
63. Alternate large Q ship
64. Police PF to replace skiffs
65. Specialist commando support ship (MPV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS)
Kzinti
66. DW based Patrol Carrier
67. Light CV comparable to Fed ADW (note this is a failed design due to PF development)
68. Heavy Survey Cruiser
69. Light Survey Cruiser (based on a CL or CVL? Proposal already at ADB from McG)
70. Alternate small Q ship
71. Alternate large Q ship
72. Police PF to replace skiffs
73. Q ship before fighters were available (drones replace fighters?)
74. Specialist commando support ship (FFV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS)
Vudar
75. DW based Patrol Carrier
76. Alternate small Q ship
77. Alternate large Q ship
78. Police PF to replace skiff
79. Specialist commando support ship (FFV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS)
WYN
80. DW based Patrol Carrier (maybe a couple kinds?)
81. Alternate small Q ship
82. Alternate large Q ship
83. Police PF to replace skiffs
Hydran
84. Heavy Knight (comparable to LNH)
85. DW based Patrol Carrier
86. Alternate small Q ship. More fighters and less weapons?
87. Alternate large Q ship. More fighters and less weapons?
88. Police PF to replace skiffs
89. Specialist commando support ship (FFV specialized to tote along GAS/ GBS)
Orion
90. LR based around a large Centerline weapon (like a G torp for example)
91. Pirate small Q ship
92. Alternate Small Q ship (built around a large weapon like a G torp)
93. Pirate large Q ship
94. Alternate large Q ship (built around a large weapon like an S torp or even R torp)
95. Specialist Ore Freighter based Q ship (basically it LOOKS like an Ore Freighter but is equal to a large Q ship…)
96. LR or CR based Patrol Carrier
97. Later years Orion National Guard Ships
98. Known unique/ rare ships (like the Hammerfield, but different) NOT necessarily more powerful.
Jindarian
99. Metal Hulled BCH? DNH?
100. Metal Hull DNL (conjectural? For free campaigns?)
Seltoran
101. True DNL (conjectural? For free campaigns?)
102. True DN (conjectural? For free campaigns?)
103. True CVA or SCS (conjectural? For free campaigns?)
Andromedan
104. Pure cargo ship? Size class?
LATER Carnivons
105.
LATER Paravians
106.
Peladine
107.
Generic
108. Half sized pods that can be active on a FFT/ DWT
109. Medium Freighter between the Large and Small sized. Has BOTH some integral storage space like a FT (say 12 spaces) and can also tote a pod.
110. Q ship that depends on PFs toted internally (basically a Q ship with the “pods space” replaced by an internally toted PF, 2 repair and a mech link). Special rules for recovery or launching?
111. Q carriers. Does this even need a separate SSD(s)? Is the existing Aux Carrier close enough? Or are there issues that make a separate SSD(s) necessary.
112. Fighter & Bomber based recovery shuttles. Several capabilities:
a) Can tow fighters/ bombers of same or smaller size akin to the PF tow bar concept. Towed unit must eject all weapons / pods/ packs first
b) Designed to recover pois pods. Each size can pick up and tote the equivalent of 2 crews from that sized unit
c) units have lots of chaff and ew pods but little if any armament.
d) Based on the appropriate heavy fighter or med/ heavy bomber this unit has the speed to get in and get out fast.
113. Special pod thing that is basically a defsat with no weapons. Its basic use is to act as a transporter relay for ships that don’t care to show a planet a down shield. Can be set up in tactical time frames but is basically disposable (reattaching it is a pain, whatever). Size? ½ size pod/ PF sized (so it can be linked?)/ HTS sized (so it eats up lots of hanger space?) SIZE and Feasibility OPEN TO DEBATE
114. Qpod for Freighters with the same deception systems as a Qship. Probably less capable than a true Qship as it is not hardwelded. Practical?
115. Qpod (from Alan Trevor, 2/1/10, R13 thread) for LTTs that is somewhat less than a “true battle pod” or CV pod, but has deception systems (for that surprised look from the pirates).
116. Q ship type ground bases. Alternately a way for a base to be hidden until the moment it fires. I would guess this could be just a BPV cost for the “refit?”
117. Ground Bases using armor instead of shields (from the Jindo model?)
118. ONE race builds a Commando Scout ship. Maybe this is a middle years idea that never caught on. Which race is open to debate. I’d say the Lyrans are most likely (ie count somebody wanted a scout and a commando ship and only had the money for one new hull). And the GSC in commando ship mode is WAY too expensive. Something based on a DD or DL?
119.
I want to see the Romulan Battlehawk-B Destroyer Leader, BHB R4.934 from Starfleet Times 34.
http://www.starfleetgames.com/sfb/sft/sft34.htm
Some of the other Rom Old-Series ship designs from there have been published in R modules (Eagle carrier, large scout, etc..).
The BH is possibly my favorite ship, I want to see it get the final upgrade that both the Eagle and Snipe got. There certainly wouldn't have been many of these historically, few Battlehawks built and mostly used for variants, so it fits the module.
I personally would like all of the missing standard combat BBs to be published and I will definitely buy them (as long as the price is reasonably in line with other products).
Here is my list of Standard BBs:
Wyn (fish)
Orion
Vudar
Jindo (rock)
Jindo (metal, for defense of the Freehold, something has to make their defenses overwhelming)
Tholian (Arch, formally)
Here is my list of BB variants:
ISC (a better one, more in line with there natural supremacy, in particular 5 or 6 PPDs and/or more power)
Fed (bigger saucer, smaller rear)
Andro (0,3,6 hangers or something similar)
Jindo Shipyard (rock)
quoted from CL23 page 11:
"At the end of the General War, some freighters had even larger engines (two five-box engines for the small freighter and two nine-box engines for the large freighter"
If there is ever a ship that needs them, this would be it.
just repace the two 12 Warp Engines on a LTT with two 15 Warp engines and call it a day. No other additional notes need to be made because it would function just like a Fleet Tug with Double Weight Pods and all.
SVC: This could be done for many empires, but could you not do this to a standard NCL and produce a fast Raider cruiser? The engine swap idea opens the door to madness.
I'm sure these are "obvious variants", and the flavor text for the fast ships indicate that they were not required in the historical universe.
but I would like to see a scout version of the Fed DDF.
Any chance they might be poiblished?
Someday?
SVC put a note in the R12 topic last week for a carrier esort version of the fast light crusier and fast destroyer.
Federation Fast Frigates have been discussed before, but going back through the archive, most discussions appear to have stalled short of an actual design or SSD. If there is another Fed Fast Frigate design out there already, my apologies in advance if I'm stepping on someone else's idea.
I've had this incomplete SSD sitting in on my computer since I was last on shore duty. Figured I should finish this thing up and post it:
Federation Fast Frigate (FFF)
I debated dropping the number photons to one and leaving the FFG phaser suite intact, but I felt like that left a ship that could find itself frequently behind enemy lines too shy of firepower. The truth is, this "fast" version gains some nice speed (thanks to the lower move cost), but not a lot in terms of power for other things. As speed 15, this ship has 1.25 points of power available for weapons, EW etc over the FFG and at speed 30-31, this rises to only 2. Better? Yes, but not stunningly so.
Any who, thought this might re-fire the fast frigate discussion, at least for the Feds. Any thoughts?
Hmmm, R13 for the home of the Lyran Strike Cruisers (CS, CSH - in playtest since '87) plus whatever else is available...
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Inter-Stellar Concordium Fast War Cruiser
SFB; PROPOSALS BOARD; SHIPS; R13: ISC Proposals; ISC Fast War Cruiser
Who proposed it, and when: Gary Carney, 3 September 2010
Empire: ISC
Time: Y190+
Type: Fast raider/responder
Hull: War cruiser variant
General outline of idea: In order to augment the supply of CLFs in ISC home space, and to cover the absence of fast hulls being diverted to blockade runner production, a fast variant of the war cruiser might be a useful cut-price option for the Concordium in the face of the Andromedan threat.
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I would like to see more of the "gallery of the odd."
Lyran MY CL based LTT.
Klingon first DB ship
The alternate design for the Orion enclave DD contract.
etc.
Many years ago, I (probably along with a lot of other people) sent in a DD conversion that is actually pretty scary. Pull off 2x Photon and replaces with P-1's.
how about a F6 minehunter and commando ship? With the Romulan version of them too. That's 4 pages already! The R section might tell how all of these were conversions made after the base hull (F5M ect) had been heavily damaged and it was decided that upgrading during the repairs was a good idea.
my old "variant Q ships" could fill a dozen pages all by itself!
Hybrid Tholians and Draco Tholians could be another dozen pages.
I've got enough freighter auxiliaries for their own module if some ancient playtest rules were...overlooked. (The result of a campaign that gave everyone a wrecked freighter "truckstop" instead of a shipyard.
Can we put my Ore carrier freighter variant with four squadrons of fighters in there?
I'd like to see something like:
Desperate, Doomed, Delayed, and Dreaded Designs:
The Last Ships of the General War
Product might include:
Heavy Dreadnought SCSs (DNHS)
Heavy Dreadnought CVAs (DNHV) - Klingon C10V is in playtest
Space Patrol Ships (DNZ/SPS)
Various Shock Ships
Heavy Police Cutters (HPC)
Patrol Carriers (DWU) (These are the DW little sister analogs of the D6U/KRU/division control ships)
Heavy Destroyers (DH)
Heavy Frigates (FH)
Heavy and Jumbo Q-Ships (HAQ/JAQ)
Light Monitors
Chuck, there's only a couple of HPCs that aren't already published -
the Feds have the PDD (and a couple of alternate designs) in a CapLog
the Klingons have the G6 (and probably the E6/E5 at some point)
the Romulans don't (whether there would be a SEP version or just an SKP [with an SKPL])
the Kzinti would likely be based on the BFF (like their POL is a lesser armed FF anyway)
the Gorn HPC is their BFF
the Tholians had two designs (PDD and a CW-styled POL)
the Hydran their HGN
the Lyran MP and
the ISC HPL.
Stew -- Some heavy police ships are not published; here are some and suggestions:
Fed: PDD is currently playtest under rule R2.A5
Klingon: F5WI could be published as postulated by the MSSB
Rom: K6 is currently playtest under rule (R4.A37); maybe a suggested SKP
Kzinti: HPC TBD from CL51 Supplement
Gorn: BFF is rather anemic; maybe the Gorn Senate authorized their depot repair a few DDs as DDPs with PL-F replacing a PL-G to save money.
Tholian: PDW is currently playtest under rule R7.A23
Hydran: Published HGN - Maybe produce an HGN modified to convert one fusion to hellebore and drop two fighters (HGH)
Lyran: Published MP. Maybe a one-off Royal FFI internal police enforcer later converted to DWI.
ISC: Aren't they all Heavy Police Ships? 
Somewhere I have a list of "stuff" that I felt were missing from the current roster of classes.
Things like:
*"DW based carriers with full squadrons" *Alternative Q ships for the various empires
*Armed freighter Q ships
*PFT toting Q ships
*Police freighters (which do some kind of police mission using a freighter hull). Probably just a specialized pod or two? For those missions a Police leader ship just can't handle. (Heck, I think I can design the generic version). Police mother ships? Freighters isn't such a good word here.
*Transporter relay mines/ pods (so you can LAY a transporter relay instead of waiting on someone to put up a defsat).
*National guard carriers/ PFT training ships.
*Frigate based repair ship. Runs around just behind the big kids and helps the cripples get fixed enough to get back to base. Maybe based on a FT?
*Lyran CL or DD based tug to move pallets before LTTs, etc.
NOTE; many of these might have been addressed in recent years. I've been deployed without my books a LONG time.
One sort of base I haven't seen so far is a starship construction facility. While we have FRD's and Starbases which can perform major starship repair, what about the production shipyards where these ships get built in the first place? I think these would be interesting SSD's, and I think a number of scenarios could be written around raiding or defending these facilities.
Along similar lines, I would expect there to be large starship repair facilities along battle lines during major wars. Something semi-mobile, and bigger than an FRD, but not as large as a base. Some sort of super-FRD, or perhaps a complex of several linked FRD's? Border fights are going to generate a lot of damaged ships, and they will need to get repaired somewhere. I recently wrote a scenario about a raid on such a complex. I used existing units, but it just seemed smaller than what I would expect during a full-scale war.
There are the Naval Construction Docks (and Mobile Warp Gate) in the Campaign Designer's Handbook that fill the role of starships construction facilities. There are also the early years "Docks."
Given that it already takes two standard warships to tow an FRD, I don't see anything larger working well. Instead it seems just as easy to put multiple FRD in the same location (this is regularly seen in F&E games). This also has the advantage of allowing the assets to dispersed if desireable. It also opens the possibility for some to surivive if the repair point is attacked.
While all the special base ideas are neat. I see them as single occurances (ie only one exists in the universe). As such, they're best done as special rules for a scenario, not a general SSD (which would then have to be racified). They would have fit well in a scenario book. I suppose they could be done in a CL type format (they would have worked better in the Starfleet Times format).
a Seltorian CC. I figure that's easy, just extend the CA/CL boom slightly to accomodate 1 more Ph-1 and 1 box for Flag bridge. Then you have both a CC and CLC (CWL).
Or, SVC suggested they just build a very very short central boom containing two flag boxes.
I sure would like to see some sort of Battle Escort. Now I know that carrier escorts for non-carriers is auto reject but is there some other way to get a Battle Escort?
Suggestion:
Race: Fed (but for all races)
Time Period: Most of GW
Base Hull: DW (or DD)
Mods to Fed DW: Actually a DWD but with all G-Racks.
Mods to Fed DD: Same a DDG+ but with all G-racks.
Mission: To escort capitol ships in fleet engagements and drone-paranoid Admirals.
Seriously though, I had occasion where I would have like such a unit in my fleet. I would have used it to protect the whole fleet, actually. Hold it back and dart forward when needed to handle a particularly heavy SW wave.
Other Races: All drones using races are obvious compared to this unit. Not sure what a Plasma race version would be though. About all one could be designed for is to counter fighters. Useful in cases where a ship only fleet encounters a fighter heavy fleets but how dose one know ahead of time when that will happen?
Special note on R13: R9 did have some historical ship and I like to see this unit made historical but the history would indicate that a unit such as this would never reach regular production. Early in the GW the need wouldn't be anticipated and the first reaction to increased SW problems was the various Y175 refits. Later there is a small window were a few of these would be built but the concept might have been introduced earlier (maybe even pre-GW for some races). Come Y178 such small ship really start to take a beating in fleets and its harder to justify such a unit the bigger the hull its put on. So I would see only a few such hulls being built.
As such it might be consider unique but that would mean only one was built right? So I put it here as a Limited Production Warship.
