Chippmunk wrote:
What a interesting build =)
About the main gun turrets, I have a thought. Bear with me (:
The launch of the General Ford has had some discussions whether the navy perhaps took a bit too many innovative steps and put all eggs in one basket, like the steam- or magnetic launch system. Anyway; a next generation battleship is supposed to be functional as well and having all the main guns being railguns, plasma, laser or whatever could be devesting if someone “pulled the plug”.
What if turret #1 and #3 stayed true to the well tested ballistic shells and turret #2 went next generation?
That way the navy would have that “next generation hybrid” ship that still would be able to punch back regardless of possible situation.
Great build and keep the steam up
When I first started this project long ago, I thought of many different options for keeping or not keeping the main gun turrets:
a) Keep all 3 main gun turrets.
b) Keep #'s 1 and 3 main gun turrets and replace #2 with VLS.
c) Remove all 3 main gun turrets and replace with VLS.
d) Keep #'s 1 and 2 main gun turrets and replace #3 with VLS or an aft flight deck and hangar.
e) Replace 16"/50 turrets with single barrel electromagnetic railgun turrets.
..........etc., etc., etc.
I still haven't fully decided what I am going to do.
I DO know that I want to have three main gun turrets. But it's the style I am unsure about. One barrel, two barrels, or three?
I don't want to say the new turrets would be laser or plasma cannon based. That is just too futuristic.
I want to stay a little bit "down to earth", know what I mean?