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Art Rizzo's Art (Building a Battleship)

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So, there are a couple of things I want to accomplish with this civilian-grade 750 meter battleship.
  • First and foremost, I want this to resemble(to a reasonable degree) the battleships of WWII. I think I've done that but I'm still open to ideas.
  • Second, I want it to have that broadsider, punching bag feel. Sooo, I'm looking for ideas on how I can make this ship a shield monster. I'm considering making those 'torpedo' things shield boosters/extenders that can be launched and flown from the bridge. This ship is going to primarily see use against raiders preying on cargo ships so it would be nice to be able to send them away to protect a damaged ship.
  • Third, NO AETHER WEAPONRY. These guns need a hefty BANG. I'm looking into several types of weaponry for a salvo with enough kinetic energy to displace the ship(like WWII battleships).
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Point-defence anyone? It'll have have to be shooting lasers or the ammo bill is going to get outrageous!
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Aerospace fighters
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So I have revisited my boat and have new inspiration for it. it is no longer a destroyer. Really FSCorp has no need for such a ship. This is a cutter, a large patrol ship of sorts, like what the US Coast Guard uses. THIS is my new inspiration, a patrol/rescue/pursuit ship. It's going to be fast with modest armament with a compliment of fighters and mecha(which can be air dropped from the bay doors on the belly). OH YEAH, best part is that it looks like a boat!

With the pictures fixed I've added more. The ships main battery consists of the distinctive "square barreled" laser cannon design of FMS. Before the bridge lays the VLS battery and spanning the sides are G-TAM equipped quad laser batteries for point defense that offer 360 coverage through gravitational manipulation of the laser beams.
 

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I've fixed the images in the above post.
 
Thanks @Wes! I wasn't able to retrieve those pictures.

Currently my Internet connection is terrible so I can't see the pics until I get into town. If any can't see them I can just redo them tonight
 
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