Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Highfleet Construction Yards (Part 3 of 3)

Designation: Sentinel

Classification: Auxiliary Corvette

Role: AA Defense Ship

Description: Simple, cheap and a bit of an eyesore, the Sentinel acts as a picket ship (protecting against surprise jet and missile strikes) while scrounging around the flaming wreckage of a victorious battlefield in an attempting to recover valuable salvage.


Designation: Sovereign

Classification: Strategic Heavy Cruiser

Role: Air Superiority Ship 

Description: Having a 360 degree main battery that costs as much as a light cruiser, the Sovereign is basically a gigantic flying crown for the king of the skies.  Highly impractical, but my answer to the question, "What if I could build my own flagship instead of the Sevastopol?"  



Designation: Crossbow

Classification: Frigate

Role: Aircraft Carrier

Description: The Crossbow is an attempt to improve carrier survivability through various experiments involving an armored flight deck.  While still vulnerable on the underside, this particular design can tolerate a degree of punishment to the top.    


Designation: Sparrowhawk

Classification: Attack Frigate

Role: Air Superiority Ship

Description: A pricey design that was an attempt of mine to integrate a palash defense system that covers every angle of attack.  Removing it reduces the cost by a full 12,000 and still leaves you with a decent combat frigate which I like to simply call the "Hawk".



Designation: Hyena

Classification: Corvette

Role: Interceptor

Description:  By utilizing the option to place fixed thrusters at 90 degree intervals (introduced in version 1.15 of the game), the Hyena is faster, cheaper and has better range than the Lightning.  Loaded up with special ammo it can be quite deadly, but must dodge constantly due to it's fragile design.    


Designation: Matryoshka 

Classification: Frigate

Role: Air Superiority Ship

Description: Fiddling around with different configurations and layouts, I basically stumbled on a design that is identical to the Lynx in every way except the shape.  For the sake of variation though it is presented here with a trio of 57mm guns rather than the Lynx's 37mm and 100mm armament.  


Click here to go to a shared folder containing all the data files for the ships.

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