Elessar2590's Darkstar Campaign
The Prussian Fleet Revealed
The Prussian Fleet has Been Sighted. Captain MacDonald has been Presented this Report of their Strength
One Von Henk Class Heavy Cruiser Leads the Fleet. It's Name is Unknown. While it's a slightly older build it is no less fearsome with Six Massive Guns mounted on a sliding Central Block that can shift away from the direction of travel for an instant and allows the ships targeting computers to get a more precises readout before the salvo is unleashed. It's Officially Retired but it Seems some of them are Still Active.
With Four 14 GW Rail Guns and No Less than Eight 5 GW Rail Guns that Started Life as 6GW but Have been Dialed Back to Extend their Lifespan.
An Adalbert Class Ship has been Spotted. This New Class of Ship which was Previously Misnamed the Von Zieten Class by the British (the Turret is the Von Zieten Turret). The Adalbert's are Little More than Gun Platforms with Life Support Systems. They are Quickly Built in the Shipyards until the bare Minimum Requirements for Space Travel have been Completed at which Time it is loaded into a Carriage Device and Dispatched to it's Posting.
No Name is Yet Known for this Particular Ship
While it Lacks the Broadside Ability of Other Prussian Ships It's Turret Configuration Allows it to Fire in All Directions Meaning it can Never be Sneaked up on.
Two Older Test Ships of the "Fischer" Class were also Sighted. The Turret Sports Four Shortened Six Gigawatt Railguns that Fire independently but Rotate as a Single Piece. The System is Designed to Fire Each Gun Individually then Quickly Rotate the Turret to Align the Next Gun and so on. The Turret was Retroactively Named the Von Zieten Pattern Turret and after Proving itself was Hurriedly Added to General Service Aboard the New Von Zieten Class Light Cruisers.
Two U-Boats have Also been Sighted. These were most Likely an Escort for the Adalbert Class Ship.
Damn, @elessar2590 – that Von Henk class cruiser is a beast! Are these the designs we hammered out over web conference a little while back?
Yep these are those ships now with names. Von Henk was an Imperial German Admiral Pre-WWI. Adalbert was the German Prince that played a big part in getting the German Navy on it’s feet. Fischer was actually a Danish Admiral who fought the British in 1801 (he lost but he managed to save the fleet so I guess he won but then in 1807 the British came for the Fleet {The French wanted it} and Bombed Copenhagen to force the Danes to hand it over, so I think it’s a wash). Basically since it was a temporary, trial ship that… Read more »