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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nim: [QB] Ok, here goes. So this is an amalgamate of my mind's eye view of a Manticoran battlecruiser, during my reading of the first four Honor Harrington-books. My main impression was a ship that was tall and slim, like the Sulaco, had a hammerhead bow and could take a rigorous beating. [IMG]http://flareupload.pleh.net/uploads/205/Hammer1024.JPG[/IMG] [URL=http://flareupload.pleh.net/uploads/205/HammerDiagram.PNG](Larger PNG-file with component legend)[/URL] HMS Hammer, 600 meters, 400,000 tons. What you must know about Honorverse ships is that their conventional layout favors the broadside, with forward/aft weapons (chase armament) being more sparse. In a prolonged engagement, the ship fires a broadside, then does a barrel roll and empties the other side in the same direction, while the first side reloads. Timed right, the ship can fire side after side in rhythm, in a continuous roll. Now, seen in animation, that move would look dramatic with an asymmetrical ship, but very boring in the conventional Weber cylinder-ship design, as rolling cylinders don't move at all. The only indication would be small dots flying past. I didn't do a line drawing with arrows on ship sections, because the only arrow here would go to the hangar bay, situated on the belly of the ship. But now you know it's there, so I don't need to draw lines. The missile tubes are the main weapon, with lasers and *grasers (*much more potent energy weapon) finishing off at close range. Got front and ventral views soon. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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