been talking with Perseus about using Cygnus in a fanfiction project, and here's some tech details he came up with
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Originally Posted by Perseus Technical Specs I've come up with so far would be:
Heavy Frigate Bellerophon (Cygnus-Class)
Length: 600m
Width: 240m
Height: 96m
Armament:
20 RailGun Turrets (depends on the final model :-))
2 forward mounted HighCal. RailGuns (four would be overkill )
8 forward mounted Anti-ship missile launchers (8 Reloads each, eight tactical nuclear warheads)
Lots of AA-guns
Crew 372
Fighters: None, but six Raptors....(for scouting ahead) and two RAT's (Rhino Assault Transport, something we came up with....something like a Blackhawk...armed personnel carrier)
The Cygnus-Class of Heavy Frigates was conceived as a heavily armed escort for the heavier units like Battlestars and Cruisers, as well as presenting a testbed for lots of the advanced circuitry that, after extensive testing, was incorporated into the new Titan-Class Destroyers (Titan and Perseus finished, several other units still under construction...)
Another thing that was tested on the Cygnus-Class were the heavy batteries in the bow, already known from the Mercury-Class Battlestar but previously unheard of on a vessel of this size.
For it's purpose, to act as an escort against Fighters and other capital ships, the Cygnus-Class is heavily armed and armored, but has no fighter complement of it's own. The only ships these frigates are carrying are Raptors, a group of six Raptors is to be posted aboard each frigate.
Concerning Speed and Manoeverability, none other known capital ship can keep up with the Cygnus-Class....it's flank speed is almost twice the Mercury-Class Battlestars!
The ship's crew is, due to heavy automation, only 300 people, plus 72 as Marine Detachment.
Crew quarters are similar to the bunks on the old Columbia-Class Battlestars (like Galactica), up to six people sharing a "room".
So much of the interiour space has been dedicated to weapons and engines that even the lifestation has only basic equipment, just like the recreational facilities are downsized to a gym and a "rec room", meaning that serving on such a vessel would be considerably "rougher" than doing so on a Battlestar... |
some things to note highlighted in red . . .
I've had FOUR huge cannons on there from the start
also there are 18 'frak' cannons mounted on the model currently
and here's my idea for my colonial bomber
a little 'Larsen-esque' eh?
those are giant gatling guns, and a bunch of heatseekers in the wing-bays, maybe a torpedo or two
includes nifty rolling ladder! haha