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Welcome!
so when I said it wasn't a UNSC rip off I may have lied. The designs for these vessels are partially inspired by the UNSC fleet design but I also threw in some of my own design elements, just for you.
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Linear flooring spacecraft, Wide spread expansion over the solar system, Advanced, Heated projectile turrets, Ultra protective, lightweight armour. The UNSA is a breakthrough, Marking humanity's final step out of the darkness and into the light. United, the people of Earth created the UNSA fleet not to serve their hunger for war, but their need for exploration. (star trek vibes)
Fighter models
- The standard UNSA fighter model. This vessel is equipped with experimental shield emitters, which so far have not yet been adapted to surround anything larger than an interceptor.
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- When these smaller fighters don't work, it's time to call in the much more menacing heavy fighter model. With a quad laser weapons array, this thing just may be the last thing you see.
- the odd one out.
that flashy ship is part of the UNSA rescue fleet, the UNR. They will repair and assist any damaged vessels, and this interceptor acts as a first response craft, flying at high speed to the incident scene and aiding in any way it can until the larger vessels arrive.
Support Craft
Support craft share the lovely task of defending fighters and protecting larger vessels. These ships were some of the first to be equipped with the much smaller anti fighter cannon.
This UNSA ship has an interesting design that sees the command bridge placed at the forward module. this is unlike most other vessels. you may be asking yourself, why would it be like that? and the answer is simple: because it looks cool. the vessel has 4 anti fighter turrets, and a large turret, just in case a capital ship thinks it can challenge our little support ship to a battle. These ships are known to park themselves in the middle of fighter battles and begin a devastating barrage of anti fighter weapons. it is also known to look very awesome while performing this tactic.
The UNSA escort is a compact ship. Within that armour plated hull it carries 4 torpedo launchers, along with 2 anti fighter weapons and an anti capital ship gun. These vessels are surprisingly good at combat, using thick armour plating and a large amount of weapons to take down ships much larger than itself. as you may have imagined, it's also a nightmare for fighters.
Oh look here. Yet another escort! It is modified with lower yield anti shield weapons, for cutting through defence fields to transport people off of ships before who knows what happens. These vessels are refitted with large engines, allowing for a quick escape from a blast, and short response times to emergencies. These vessels, at maximum speed, can fly at speeds closer to that of a heavy fighter.
Cargo Vessels
There is an entire solar system that needs supplies and goods. it's the collective job of these vessels to supply planets with materials, as well as to keep stations and fleets well oiled and ready for war!
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Okay we're working again! The UNSA Hauling model is used to maintain the fragile balance of goods throughout the solar system! These models are used commonly in trade routes between Earth and Mars colony 5, a young and struggling colony of a few 100 people. Older cargo vessels make up some of the older routes, but this is the modern choice, fitting up to 3x as much as an old UNSA multirole cargo ship. That being said, the newer design is much more expensive and much less modular, but for most companies, Mainly richer, Earth based ones, this is the right choice!
For some of the older, Outer planetary companies, a modern cargo fleet isn't an option. For some companies it is more valuable to have the more modular old style ship. Back in the day, it was the ship to have. In recent times, with the more militaristic designs, as a result of increased pirate attacks on outer system worlds, this old vessel hasn't been able to compete with the new line of pirate vessels that pick on the poorly defended cargo ships. I would be lying if I told you that she didn't have teeth, though!
The Militarized fleet
as mentioned, in recent years the fleet has pushed for more bulkier, tougher battle designs, made to combat increased piracy. While it took a lot of time for UNSA officials to sponsor the creation of a line of battle ships, going against regulations at the time which saw the UNSA limited to escort vessels as their main defence, eventually it was agreed that they would need to be put into service. Heavily defended Lunar shipyards were tasked with the creation of the battle line.
The first of the battle designs, this vessel used thick plating and a barrage of forward facing torpedoes to combat the pirate fighter raids of the time. the vessel, at the time labelled a 'transport' , was used as a primary battle cruiser in anti piracy sweeping fleets, large clusters of transports and escorts that swept the outer planets for pirate bases and fleets.
With anti fighter weapons becoming more popular in UNSA design, the pirate fleets suddenly began using capital ships against the fleets designed to sweep for smaller fighters. With the sudden switch in tactics, the UNSA fleet, now made up of smaller anti fighter designs, was being ruined on the battle field..
wip will continue tomorrow, bye for now!
Hi I am back! Now, back to the battle line. as the pirate tactic swap began tearing up the UNSA primary fleets, a new vessel was being constructed behind Luna, one that promised to change the tides of battle in favour of the UNSA.. Around the year 2170, pirate fleets moved inwards, destroying fleet shipyards above mars while blockading and stealing mining colonies in the asteroid belt. finally, the pirate fleet turned to Earth, setting on the 2 week voyage back to humanity's home, knowing not that a new fleet of vessels waited in anticipation of attack!
A new fleet of long range anti capital vessels waited in orbit of Earth. The ships were an iconic vessel, having a central command bridge and 3 ion engines. With forward facing weapons including 2 torpedo launchers and 2 large turrets, the ship was made for head on engagements with capital ships while surrounding escorts stopped ships from breaking through lines. The vessel played a key role in major battles, serving on the front lines of most UNSA fleets
more to come later, bye for now
A massive project lay in near completion behind the Luna colonies on the far side of the moon. Parts scaled much larger than that of most vessels. Entire cargo fleets came fully stocked to the construction site and left completely empty. It isn't known what class the ship will be, but only that it is resource intensive and currently secret...
Days later, the UNSA announces it's plans to integrate 13 modern cruisers into the already growing defence fleet. The vessels make use of 18 torpedo tubes, as well as cargo holds large enough to store 2 freighters worth of cargo on the vessel. It is also said to have 7 anti capital ship turrets, and around 12 medium cannons..
The vessel was used to an alternative to using small, easily exploited support fleets. The vessel, easily adaptable to a situation, can take the role of the cargo vessel, the transport, the command vessel and the escort all in one without need for any support.
The alternative
you'll find out tomorrow. it's a cost effective alternative to the cruiser. it will be here. Bye for now!
Oh my god it has been forever!
now. the alternative. It makes sense that a fleet of 13 cruisers couldn't exactly take down an entire faction of organized pirates. A strong vessel was required to serve along side these new cruisers.. but the construction of these new ships was pretty much only because the USNA was now broke. it just bought a few fancy ships and now it needs some cheap, reliable vessels to fill in the gaps! UNSA design teams on Luna came up with this cost effective, sturdy design:
This thing was designed to remain intact during battles. Using thick armour plating and a 360 firing arc, this tank of a ship was used to take on both fighters and capital ships, as in the UNSA can't be as fancy with the mission specific designs like it was before. The UNSA needed a multi-role destroyer and this was it! When used along side the previously constructed, resource intensive vessels it worked perfectly, soaking up weapons fire while taking damage to only armour plating, all while making use of an impressive array of weapons!
Oh yeah, that ship..
Not all UNSA vessels were as war oriented as you may think. Some forget that the UNSA is also in control of most inter planetary travel. A new transport was needed. It needed to be cheap, the UNSA couldn't afford to spend so much of the budget on civilian transport! Mars colony ship designers, responsible for the original UNSA civilian cargo ships, were asked to design a people oriented vessel, Here is their final design..
Where is it you ask? Oh right, cosmoteer wont let me post it! Need to reload..
maybe later I cannot be bothered to put up with the system
I cant be bothered just enjoy the picture