Well, nautical quotes asside, I'm trying to come up with a fleet / ship class list for the FFW. The silhouette used in FFW Order of battle for Dreadnoughts indicate the Kokirrak as the primary dreadnought class. The Silhouette for 1st class Batleships I don't redcognised and the one for the 2nd class looks more like a Ghalak cruiser to me. High guard states that the only Tigress batron in the Spinward Marches is part of the 212th Fleet at Rhylanor. It also states that the Plankwell has been withdrawn from the Marches. There is a 2nd class and Reserve Battleship design in War Fleets of the FFW. As such I'm just looking for some guidance from official sources as to whether there is (or will be) some designs before I come up with one of my own, specially for 1st class BB.
I won't speak to the MJD-verse, but CT/
Fighting Ships was the original canon for this.
On page 9 it states that rider BatRons suffered disproportionate losses in the 4thFW. The solution arrived at was to concentrate all rider Batrons in the strategic reserve while manning the frontier delaying forces exclusively with battleships.
On page 32 it says the Atlantic class heavy cruiser is being phased into "second line" assignments by the IN as soon as newer vessels can be obtained.
On page 36 it says that "where once a large dreadnaught would carry regiments of troops, phalanxes of fighters, and myriad weapons mounts, current practice is to split these various tasks into individual ships...to carry troops on troop transports, fighters on fighter carriers, and large weapons for the line of battle on battleships".
On page 38 it says that "although some older battleships of greater displacement remain in service, the Tigress class dreadnaught is the largest line-of-battle vessel currently in service with the IN in the Spinward Marches". "At present, only one Tigress class BatRon is deployed in the Spinward Marches, assigned to the 212th Fleet, at Rhylanor." "several individual Tigresses have been deployed among the worlds of the Five Sisters subsector to enforce the amber zone blockade of Andory and Candor".
On page 40 it says that while there had been at least one BatRon of Plankwell class dreadnaughts in the Spinward Marches, in 1102 the last such squadron was rotated into reserve in Corridor.
On page 42, it says that the Kokirrak class dreadnaught is one of the more common classes seen in the Spinward Marches. 4 BatRons are at Rhylanor, Regina, Jewell and Mora. But it also says they are old and being phased out to the scouts and "sector navies".
I note that they are all called "Dreadnaughts" at the top of each listing.
