Post by Gravedust on Dec 27, 2010 21:28:51 GMT -8
Bulk: 240 | Empty Weight: 427.8 Tons | Max Power : 12,000 Hp | Firepower: 120 | Armor: 3060 | Crew: 24 | Cargo: 20 | Level Speed: 30.0 K/h | Overspeed: 130K/h | Evasion: 1.4 | Max Climb: 1,100f/m | Max Range: 8, 640Km | Value: $674,350 | Total Rating: 54,000 | Avg. Rating: 2,250 | 1.2
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Both the symbol and main workhorse of Concordia's huge navy, the Goliath class can be seen nearly anywhere they want to make their presence known. Manufactured non-stop by a number of Concordia's heavy shipyards, there are more examples of this class than any other large ship design. Well armed and hugely armored, the ship is often compared to a flying fortress or a mobile artillery base.
The ship's armament consists of six turreted heavy guns located forward and aft, making for a very flexible firing pattern, as the ship can fire in any given direction with at least three cannons. The goliath's full six-gun broadsides are well known and well feared. The guns themselves are extensively specialized to require a surprisingly small amount of steam for firing, enabling the ship to lay down an extended and withering barrage of cannon fire even while moving. Owing to the large size of their shells and the amount of space needed for the specialized equipment, the ammunition capacity of the cannons is rather low and the services of several extra crew are needed to shuttle ammunition from the magazines (located fore and aft) to the guns.
Goliaths are powered by four massive engines and it's steam supplied by two large boilers, contained within two pressure tanks. Even this powerful setup is barely enough to keep the weighty ship airborne and maneuverable. The class is extremely sluggish by all accounts, which is cited as the craft's largest weakness. In many cases the effectiveness of a Goliath's onslaught has been severely limited by it's inability to pursue wounded prey or seize other targets of opportunity before they escape, as well as effectively never having the benefit of surprise.
Concordia's official doctrine plays to the Goliath's strengths rather than it's weaknesses, and centers around using single ships to defend strategic areas, or a number of the craft to make slow 'wall of steel' assaults on heavily defended airspace or ground installations. These assaults have indeed proven very effective and difficult to stop.
As an older, mass-produced design, there are many many examples of the Goliath worldwide. The lion's share belong to the Concordiat navy of course, but they do also lease or sell some of their older ships to affiliated countries. Additionally Concordia's lax policy on recovering destroyed or heavily damaged ships means that a small number have been fully refurbished from hulks to working ships and are now in private hands. One celebrated example is the Yngvar, a Goliath class vessel abandoned by it's Concordiat crew only to be brought back into operation nearly a decade later by a northern scrapper tribe. It now serves as their fleet headquarters and mobile bazaar after being heavily refurbished.
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Both the symbol and main workhorse of Concordia's huge navy, the Goliath class can be seen nearly anywhere they want to make their presence known. Manufactured non-stop by a number of Concordia's heavy shipyards, there are more examples of this class than any other large ship design. Well armed and hugely armored, the ship is often compared to a flying fortress or a mobile artillery base.
The ship's armament consists of six turreted heavy guns located forward and aft, making for a very flexible firing pattern, as the ship can fire in any given direction with at least three cannons. The goliath's full six-gun broadsides are well known and well feared. The guns themselves are extensively specialized to require a surprisingly small amount of steam for firing, enabling the ship to lay down an extended and withering barrage of cannon fire even while moving. Owing to the large size of their shells and the amount of space needed for the specialized equipment, the ammunition capacity of the cannons is rather low and the services of several extra crew are needed to shuttle ammunition from the magazines (located fore and aft) to the guns.
Goliaths are powered by four massive engines and it's steam supplied by two large boilers, contained within two pressure tanks. Even this powerful setup is barely enough to keep the weighty ship airborne and maneuverable. The class is extremely sluggish by all accounts, which is cited as the craft's largest weakness. In many cases the effectiveness of a Goliath's onslaught has been severely limited by it's inability to pursue wounded prey or seize other targets of opportunity before they escape, as well as effectively never having the benefit of surprise.
Concordia's official doctrine plays to the Goliath's strengths rather than it's weaknesses, and centers around using single ships to defend strategic areas, or a number of the craft to make slow 'wall of steel' assaults on heavily defended airspace or ground installations. These assaults have indeed proven very effective and difficult to stop.
As an older, mass-produced design, there are many many examples of the Goliath worldwide. The lion's share belong to the Concordiat navy of course, but they do also lease or sell some of their older ships to affiliated countries. Additionally Concordia's lax policy on recovering destroyed or heavily damaged ships means that a small number have been fully refurbished from hulks to working ships and are now in private hands. One celebrated example is the Yngvar, a Goliath class vessel abandoned by it's Concordiat crew only to be brought back into operation nearly a decade later by a northern scrapper tribe. It now serves as their fleet headquarters and mobile bazaar after being heavily refurbished.