NRE, IF and Alarishi designs, was Re: [FT] Hardened Systems

John M. Atkinson  wrote:
> Laserlight wrote:

> > Please note that the numerous and valiant ships of the heroic
Islamic
> > Federation are certainly as real as those of  the ignominious and
> > uncircumcised infidel dogs of the self-proclaimed  New Roman >
Empire!  Humph!
> 
> Note that the numerous but essentially worthless ships of the
degenerate
> pagan heretical Islamic Federation are certaintly real, but only until
> such time as they get within weapons range of the aforementioned 
> valiant and heroic defenders of the Roman Empire and Orthodox 
> Christianity.  Then they are very real fragments of scrap durasteel.

<G> There are some... oddities with both NRE, IF and Alarishi designs,
however - I'm not sure if they are typos or miscalculations, though.

These are:

NRE Milvian Bridge-class Destroyer Leader. This unit is listed as Mass
44, but with Avg. hull, FTL and Thrust-6 such a ship could only carry 14
Mass of equipment. The Milvian Bridge has 15 Mass of equipment, forcing
it to be at least Mass 48 (CL size!).

NRE Commerce Raider: Same problem as for the Milvian Bridge.

NRE St. Symeon CA: With the hull and engines specified, a Mass 80 hull
can only hold 32 Mass of equipment. The St. Symeon has 35 Mass of
equipment (including armour). (Smallest legal ship size is 87)

NRE St. Cyril BB: The hull integrity is given as 32, but should be 36
(Mass 120, Avg. hull; I assume this is a typo).

NRE de la Valette BC: With the hull and engines specified, a Mass 120
hull could only have 36 Mass. It has 37, but in this case it is
sufficient to increase the hull size to 121 (which makes the total cost
4030 MN rather than the 4060 listed). Hull integrity remains the same.

NRE Virgin Mary DNH: Should only be able to fit 100 Mass equipment; has
102 Mass (smallest legal ship size 254 Mass).

NRE Antioch CVE: The Mass given is 106 which allows it 42 Mass of
equipment, but it only actually uses 41 (which would allow as small a
hull as 101 Mass). Using 3 FC for 2 Class-1 and 1 Class-2 batteries
seems
a bit much too...?

NRE St. Peter CV: With a Mass of 280, the ship is allowed 112 Mass of
equipment. It only uses 106 (minimum legal Mass 264); should there be
another 3-arc Class-3, or something like that?

IFN Tulwar "DDH" (though at Mass 50 - *more* than the Turcoman and
Kronprinz Wilhelm classes of Light Cruisers! - I'm a bit suspicious
about
calling this a "destroyer"... <g>): With a total Mass of 50, this ship
is
allowed 25 Mass of equipment; it only has 24. (How is it - can a single
FC control any number of SM salvoes in a turn? I don't remember, and my
ISP problems - even worse after the annual unexpected Christmas influx
of
new users - make it hard to reach the FAQ now :-( )

IFN Emir-class CVL: A system defence carrier... well, that's an
interesting concept :-) The hull integrity is listed as 8 on the web
page; it should be 18. I also get the cost to 314 rather than the 320
given on the page...?

Alarishi Admiral CA: The specified hull and engines allow 27 Mass of
equipment; the ship has 29 (minimum legal hull size 98). 

Alarishi Guardian DDE: The hull specified is allowed 14 Mass of
equipment. It only uses 12; I suspect that the missing 2 is the grade-2
armour of the Volga-class DDH which provided the hull. 

As soon as I get updated info on these ships, I'll happily enter them
into the database :-)

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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