Nebula Rising: Declassified ship designs |
I though I'd post some of the ship designs that I've used in the Nebula Rising game.
Re: Nebula Rising: Declassified ship designs
The next line of ship designs were brought about by the invention of the Anti-proton beam which replaced the D.U.C. as standard armament on all Nilith combat ships.
The old Marovoay scout ships were replaced with Wad Medani class scout ships. These ships continued with the same role, that of providing sensor scans to fleets. Construction dates from 2403.2 to 2405.7.
Ben-Im class frigates replaced the old Zan-En attack ships. Between the years of 2403.0 and 2404.3 a total of 38 were built.
To replace the point defense ships with the new weapon system the Baalh-pl was comissioned. 16 being build between the same period as the Ben-Im frigates.
Bden-ak was the destroyer that had quickly replaced the older Dakar destroyers, but it still kept the role of attack ship/point defense ship. 28 were built up to the year 2404.4.
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Re: Nebula Rising: Declassified ship designs
The very first light cruisers were finished in 2403.0. They were designed as ships to counter current enemy designs...that was to have as many weapons as the enemy but more armor. The Lusaka did not prove an effective front line atttack ship. These ships saw service until 2405.5, though in the year before it was withdrawn, none were built.
In 2403.5 attempts were made to make the Nilith light cruisers more effective and so the Kaduna was born. This new Light cruiser design took advantage of recent advances in certain areas and added, one more APB, a control computer and a solar sail. There was a slight improvement over its predecessor. These ships were found in Nilith fleets in the central combat zone and they saw some combat action against the Mithrak empire in the north of the quadrant. The last Kaduna was built in 2405.7.
Another attack ship to be born from the Lusaka was the Sr-Bnrak. The prefix Sr- meaning that the ship had shields. There were designs for all ships to use shields, but the Sr-Bnrak was the only to be build in significant numbers. Its combat effectiveness was somewhat doubtful, and the last to be produced was in 2405.7.
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Re: Nebula Rising: Declassified ship designs
Around the the year 2403.5 the Nilith needed some long range support ships for their fleets, so two ships were designed with this role. The Conakry and the Msyut, the second being the bigger of the two. The combat role of these ships was to hang back behind the front line attack ships and launch missiles at the enemy, be they ships or planets. They saw combat mostly in the Rav-Nar system against Xel'Naga and were the only ships that managed to make it back to Nilith space after the defeat there.
Enemy advancments in point defense and problems with targeting saw to it that these ships were soon scrapped from production lines all over the Nilith Imperium. There are however, quite a few still in service due to their combat survivability.
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The Carkock SAX was designed around the same time as the missile ships above, it was not however built in any great numbers for several reasons. The construction time then was about 6 months on a planet shipyard and longer on a starbase yard, this did not fit in with the Nilith military tactics of the time. The early Nilith tactics were that of swarming the enemy with a great number of small ships, and simply presenting too many targets for the enemy weapons to destroy. This tactics had proved effective in the first engagments against Myr'sadat Fleets and colonies and the Nilith wished to continue this trend, So only a very few of these cruisers were build and they acted as command ships for the fleets.
This proved to be a mistake as the enemy produced light cruisers and cruisers in quite large numbers and were able to beat back the swarms of smaller Nilith ships. These losses provoked a change in Nilith military tactics and stalled the Nilith offensive, which in the end led to the loss of the Moh-Lat and Rav-Nar systems.
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Re: Nebula Rising: Declassified ship designs
Wow, that was an interesting read 
Perhaps I should include my own chronicle at some time.
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The old Marovoay scout ships were replaced with Wad Medani class scout ships. These ships continued with the same role, that of providing sensor scans to fleets. Construction dates from 2403.2 to 2405.7.
I always wondered what the use of those ships were. I did notice the difference of all your ships missing sensors, while my own have been equipped. That must be why you are often surprised by cloaked fleets.
I do have occasional scanners out there though. But they are equipped with Tachyon scans and long range analyses tools.
[qoute]Nilith tactics were that of swarming the enemy with a great number of small ships, and simply presenting too many targets for the enemy weapons to destroy. This tactics had proved effective in the first engagments against Myr'sadat Fleets and colonies and the Nilith wished to continue this trend, So only a very few of these cruisers were build and they acted as command ships for the fleets.
I remember this and was utterly surprised by the effectiveness of swarming. In fact, the shiite pulled the same trick just recently. Only with support of a battleship fleet.
This caused a severely backlash in my empire. Your assaults were stunningly effective here.
~Myrath
Re: Nebula Rising: Declassified ship designs
The first military ships built by the Nilith Imperium had the role of scout ships. The could be recognised by the prefix SS, eg the SS-Hoktar, but its design name was Marovoay. Their design was finished in 2400.8 and the first actual ship was built in 2401.0.
They were first used as lone scouts to survey unexplored systems, but later they were assigned to fleets to provide sensor reports. There were several upgardes to this type of ship over the next 2 years, but it was final pulled from construction with the development of new weapons in 2402.7. In total 10 were built.
The Zan-En was the Nilith's first dedicated attack ship. Designed in 2401.5 and built in 2401.7. It saw action in the first assaults on the Moh-Lat and Rav-Nar systems. Again, it was pulled from construction at the same time as the scout ships. This attack ship was designed to be used in groups and always with the support of a Marovoay and Paarl-AiTak, a point defense ship. 34 Zan-En frigates were built between 2401.7 and 2402.8.
The Paarl-AiTak was a point defense support ship used to back up the Zan-En class ships, as they couldn't carry enough point defense weapons. 13 were built by the year 2402.7.
The next attack ship design had a bigger hull and it tried to combine the role of attack ship and point defense ship. It was not built in large numbers, as a new type of weapon was soon invented. Only 8 were built, all being finished in the year 2402.8. Again, this ship saw action in the two Nilith combat zones of Moh-Lat and Rav-Nar.
Please note that some original designs have been lost and that the nearest design to the original has been used. Also some designs even though they were nolonger in construction, were updated every few months. The record of ships built is accurate up to the year 2404.4, in this year the Nilith stopped giving names to their ships(they also stopped writing them down on paper).
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