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I'm sorry, I'm pretty set on its size.
I replaced all art with more detailed versions.
They have their speeds listed. That's enough! If we really must put a label on them, they're probably some sort of aether plasma turbo impulse drive. That's how Yamatai rolls.
The main cannon does this. Previous legacy cannons have the same effect (damage to the subspace).
Vehicle complement added.
You know this thing couldn't run on anything but extradimensional energy! I will add power info when I get a chance.
I listed the main weapons. Smaller weapons are listed, but the numbers are fuzzy ("lots of guns").
There are 28 main turrets, each equivalent to the main cannon of a Plumeria. 14 are on the ship's dorsal side at 14 on the ventral side. I have listed them on the stats now. Thanks for the complement on the art! I'm very pleased with how it turned out, too.
The ship is mostly made from stock parts. I did use two custom parts (the barrels on the sides of the midsection have dark gray lines instead of the bright yellow that comes with the default version and the engines are an improved version of the default kind), but most of the ship is made with default parts and basic shapes. The engines glow effects and big engine design are also made with 100% stock parts.
I don't think it would be wise to send only a single squadron against a Sharie. The battleship has enough shields to hold them off, which doesn't even have to do with the weapon count.
I disagree. The Sharie is made to take on squadrons of enemy ships at a time. Besides, the NMX Battleship isn't even statted yet. It will likely be comparable to the Sharie.
That is correct. The Sharie is not going to be rare, but no battleship class in the Star Army has ever been really rare. That said, it's not supposed to be very common either. I imagine building one is quite expensive. I expect to deploy from 1 to 10 Sharie per fleet (4 to 6 per fleet is suggested), usually as flagships or main operations ships.
Good! That's excellent, since I want to replace the Chiharu (and Yuumi) with this.
Wes said:
OsakanOne said:
In the SARP, battleships just aren't that strong, due to the way the DR rules work. However, since they're king of the spectrum, it does mean that nothing will hit their hull until the shields are down, which is a great advantage in making them the toughest ship around.
I think one of these battleships would make a GREAT plot ship setting, in the way the Senbu (also a huge ship) is a "big plot ship." It won't make smaller ships insignificant at all because small ships are going to be doing totally different mission types. Having Yuumi battleships around never kept the YSS Yui from making a difference...the Sharie won't adversely affect ships like the Eucharis either.
The Plumeria can't take on a battleship because the battleship has better shields and armor. That's irrelevant, because all battleships in this setting have 50 SP/SP.
Each is 20 SP stronger.
Battleships are the king of space combat. They're not invincible, but they have enough firepower that taking them on alone is near suicide. The Sharie is not overpowered. It has the same SP as any other battleship and weapons in reasonable numbers for its size. It's the first real battleship we've had since the new DR rules and it's basically what a battleship is supposed to look like. The Chiharu, by comparison, is woefully underarmed by current standards because it is was made in the time where weapons still did total annihilation.
They're engines, they're high performance, and they glow and move the ship. Basically, an aether tap is used to draw high energy plasma from the 'aetherverse' and instead of being used for power, it's directed out the back of the ship to move the ship around. Not the stealthiest, but you don't have to worry about fuel or power.
Its size is lovely. Its capabilities are reasonable for its size.
There isn't too much incentive to build anything bigger than, say, 1km long because then you just end up making an even juicier target for the enemy without a lot of benefits. All battleships in the SARP have 50 SP...so a larger ship is just as easy to sink as the smaller battleships. I agree that there could be a battleship arms race, but you can just sink whatever the enemy builds with the same amount of effort.
The setting cares about the number of industrialized systems controlled.
It doesn't matter if you buy it or not, Gamer. It only matters that I believe it, since I'm the one running my shipyards and military, giving me control to limit the amount of battleships going around. I don't want them to be throwaway ships. They're like ninjas in movies. A lone ninja is always a badass, but fifty of them in one place is is asking for a slaughter...in the same way, I think overproducing them would hurt their coolness factor. I've already told you my estimated production numbers.
As a note, the Shlarvasseroth was present at the invasion of both Tatiana and Nataria, IIRC.
In a best case scenario, the Sharie tilts forward to get maximum guns on its target and fires 14 main turrets at once, for a total of 70 damage. If it's fighting another battleship, that leaves the other ship with 30 SP left. So, it'd take a second salvo to slag the other ship. But really, any GM can make a battle last as long as he needs to.
In one combat round, it takes 20 Plumeria gunships to fire their main cannon on it. (However, the Plumeria's secondary cannons could probably cut that number in half, so let's say 10 gunships or so). That sounds about right to me.
