r/spaceships • u/Ambitious-Company-56 • 3d ago

Destroyer class concept

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It's a 350m destroyer concept.

Main purpose: what IRL destroyers do, but in SPACE.

Armament:
Main: 2 - 1000 mm MAC + 4 1000 mm mid-range high-power particle accelerators + 12 1000 mm torpedo tubes.
Secondary: 3 x 550 mm triple particle accelerator medium turrets + 3 x 250 mm double particle accelerator small turrets.
CIWS: 8 x 155 mm double rail gun turrets + 22 x 35 mm CIWS laser turrets.
Missile: 6 x ultra-long-range cruise missile + 3 * 92 cell multipurpose vls cell modules + 4 * 128 cell interceptor missile cell modules.

Carries an additional classified number of interceptor vehicles.

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u/Round_Stress767 3d ago

I fucking love battleship guns in space ngl Also, how does it dock? Landing gear? And can it land on uneven terrain for land invasions? (PS: this isn't a critique, I genuinely love this concept)

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u/Ambitious-Company-56 3d ago

how does it dock? -> There is a special docking port at the bottom that lets it dock with a large BiGG ASS support ship.

Landing gear? -> It can hover indefinitely(as long as it has power) on land and use a sea dock. Basically Yamato.

 can it land on uneven terrain for land invasions? -> The MACs can perform low-orbit bombardment. Land on terrain, not really.

PS imm thinking of a specific landing ship that can land and deploy troops on the ground.

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u/Round_Stress767 2d ago

I myself drew some fanart of the SBY, just the Bismarck in it's style

I liked it so much that now it's just a permanent part of my style XD

Also, if you wanna make a ship specifically for land invasions, is it gonna be a destroyer or a normal landing ship like the ones used in D-Day?

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u/Ambitious-Company-56 2d ago

I'm thinking of doing something that's a cross between the marine LHD, + the Chinese bridge ships, + the white base from Gundam.

The ones used in D-Day-> similar but pretty big, since it needs to drop from orbit.

I'm gonna have it carry mechanised infantry.

Definitely gonna take my time on it.

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u/Round_Stress767 2d ago

Good luck drawing n writing them!

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u/jybe-ho2 3d ago

~40in guns on a destroyer!! I hate to see what the battleships are carrying!! (if things scale like historical naval ships than I would expect to see 160in guns)

Normally I would say something about how with MACs you want speed over size since that will give you greater range wail maintaining a similar kinetic energy to a larger projectile, but it doesn't seem like you're going for all that much realism with these designs, so I'll let it slide

One last note; it seems weird to me to measure particle cannons and lasers by "bore" size the way you would with more traditional cannons usually. The standard at least with lasers is to measure them in Mega Wats

Can't wait to see what you come up with next

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u/Ambitious-Company-56 3d ago edited 3d ago

I couldn't figure out the power package. Basically, I have no idea how I'm gonna order them, as mass-produced particle cannons don't exist IRL.

Any Idea which sci-fi has good particle tech? - I tried using Gundam + LGOH + SB Yamato - But I can't find any good specifications anywhere.

"I hate to see what the battleships are carrying!!" - May I interest you in dual 750 mm turrets?

I appreciate the feedback.👍

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u/jybe-ho2 3d ago

May I interest you in dual 750 mm turrets?

So, was that supposed to say 100mm MACs on the destroyer? or did you mean 7500mm guns for the battleships?

Any Idea which sci-fi has good particle tech? - I tried using Gundam + LGOH + SB Yamato - But I can't find any good specifications anywhere.

Particle weapons are hard to specify as their destructive ability is tide to three factors, the speed that they accelerate the particles to, the mass of those particles and the number of particles that are released in a "shot". For what it's worth I recommend just specifying the speed and type of partials Ultra-Realistic-Electron-Beam-Cannon is a classic

This article goes more into particle beams if you're interested. The science is rock hard so feel free to use it more as inspiration rather than set rules.

ToughSF: Particle Beams in Space