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Combat is changing in UN territory..
"The shift between companies wanting larger, high capacity cargo vessels to the now modern, small craft is completely due to the new development of long range plasma torpedo technology. This new expansion of warfare technologies puts once highly combat rated, larger UN vessels at extreme risk."
-United Nations Defence Branch
The United Nations begins rapid militarisation and the instillation of new orbital defence countermeasures as new market for LRPTs threatens all major systems.
This small, highly maneuverable vessel is actually a compact LRPT capable of reaching ships quickly while they are far outside of effective weapons range. This fact quickly changed combat. Allowing seemingly unarmed or lightly armed ships with low weapons capability to suddenly outgun much larger vessels which would be unable to fire back.
Quickly, the whole greater United Nations systems armed themselves with such missiles leading to the creation of multiple variations in design.
A heavy LRPT capable of one shot destroying a medium sized vessel.
The United Nations quickly designed their own LRPT, equipping them to all larger vessels.
an extension of this technology, a long range plasma warhead could be large enough to have it's own smaller plasma torpedo launchers. These could destroy countermeasure PD turrets while the warhead collides with it's target with enough destructive power to destroy a large scale vessel.
New advancements in guidance systems and tactical computers allowing for more compact torpedoes were developed that now allowed small shuttles to carry LRPTs that could easily destroy other similarly sized vessels.
Another key advancement that should be taken note of is the construction of a United Nations carrier vessel.
This would allow the United Nations to better store large numbers of small craft or if needed, torpedoes.
Both of these factors would come together to create a new generation of ships that look very different.
As pirate vessels equipped with LRPTs could easily target the large, slow moving UN capital ships, new smaller vessels such as these would now become key in engaging hostile vessels.
A similar trend could be seen in civilian markets as a new wave of low profile cargo vessels and compact shuttles became top selling...
All of these new compact spaceships would continue to steal the market that was previously heading towards bigger and bigger vessels.
This prototype of the large UN deflector bubble quickly became obsolete and unused as LRPTs were too fast and had large enough frames to tear through deflectors. Their speed also added to this effect which made the installation of such devices useless to all except short range, conventional space weaponry.
extremely old, these pre market expansion vessels became popular again as the newer, massive cargo vessels posed too large a target for the new LRPTs
(a more modern, massive cargo vessel)
im sorry there isn't enough to make a full on page but those are just some new ships.
here is some bonus stuff.
The United Nation's first Alcubierre warp drive ship which flew in 2099. Back then this technology was extremely expensive and rare. Manufactured at the United Nations Mars Colony, Now independent of the UN, This vessel's technology was kept out of public hands despite its existence until the 2140s when it became available but still rarely used.
A vessel made as a part of the United Nations stealth program, This ship would be used to shadow pirate vessels as well as to carry out another unspecified mission which has not yet been disclosed to the public.
These vessels also carry one small shuttle
Earth in the 25th century, a picture of Earth 200 years after the current UNSA faction's year which is 2210
random picture of a United Nations heavy escort that I found in screenshots.
space hotel
gas station
(just realised this doesn't make sense as the ships have self sufficient fuel/power generation) (maybe it supplies the ships with cosmoteer's FTL fuel thing)
UN One, The small, Warp capable vessel used to transport UN leadership to various high ranking meetings and public appearances across the United Nations held colonies.
a remake of a very old ship that I made when I first joined to make it look all sci-fi and industrial
this is the old ship
a small torpedo corvette that carries small numbers of LRPTs for fast strike operations
A fast, low profile transport used by the UN to transport VIPs. These ships are also used by civilians as space yachts and personal transports. Stealth modifications to UN variants make this ship a safer option than UN One for VIPs when not trying to appear diplomatic.
The United Nation's UNSA Torpedo Destroyer is a fast and deadly ship purpose built to deliver LRPTs to their target. The vessel also has 4 forward facing plasma torpedo launchers to better intercept LRPT weapons as well having large main military grade UN turrets used in CQB. This advanced destroyer is the first UN ship to be built with LRPTs in mind rather than be refitted to carry and defend against them.
Random screenshots time..
Ok,
Those are the new ships I might make more who knows
Ships gather around a small trade outpost
A UNSA Torpedo Destroyer shoots down incoming LRPT fire
A container ship awaits permission to dock at an outpost as it dwarfs all other traffic
A pirate interceptor fires a crippling shot at a union cargo owned vessel at close range
A United Nations science vessel fires a short range torpedo as it prepares for combat
Debris from a container ship wreckage is left drifting after a close quarters battle..
An abandoned Union Cargo vessel orbits a colony planet that has been bombarded with plasma warheads.
A civilian cargo vessel is pursued by a private security vessel around a moon
Dw there will be no more screenshots and more ships