Omega Refit Idea for the Crusade Era

Calistan

Mongoose
Basically, the assumption is that the EA has Fleet problems at the end of the civil war and the Omegas become a testing bed for the new technologies, while allowing an improvement on fleet strength. The first ships to be refitted would be the ships that were crippled during the civil war, since these vessels were going to be out of service for some time. The main advantage of the refit is that it eliminates the need of the rotating section through the introduction of artifical gravity technology. The rotating section remains fixed in place. The overall adavatage of this improvement is that it greatly improves the maneuverability of the Omegas because it no longer needs to overcome the centrifical force generated by the rotating section. It does not greatly improve speed, but it allows an Omega to turn at a faster rate and more energy can be diverted to weapon systems.


Fluffy goodness:
At the end of the EA civil war, there were a significant number of crippled Omegas and ISA introduced technologies, so instead of bringing the damaged ships back to their original forms, the ships were refitted with new technologies "introduced by the ISA".

Horizon Refit:
Omega-Horizon - War PL
Speed 8
Turns 2/45
Hull 6
Damage 56/10
Crew 68/14
Troops 4
Craft: 4 flights of Thunderbolts
Specials: Interceptors 3, JP, Flight Computer

Weapon:
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B - 8ad - Beam, DD, SAP
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - F - 16 ad - TL
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - P - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - P - 6ad - AF
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - S - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - S - 6ad - AF
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - A - 12 ad - TL
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B(a) - 4ad - Beam, DD, SAP


Is this to much of a radical improvement for completely refitted Omegas? What other changes could have been applied to Omegas over the years into the Crusade Era?
 
Think the boresight should be 6AD, and maybe you could knock some AD off the F/A Pulse guns to put on a nice 4-6ad Missile rack. Other thant that, pretty cool.
 
Actually, I think that the orinigal Omega should have a 6ad beam weapon, so ,for me, 2ad is an improvement, but dropping 2ad on beam and a few off the forward pulse to give the ship missles would be a good trade off.

How about this:

Omega-Horizon - War PL
Speed 8
Turns 2/45
Hull 6
Damage 56/10
Crew 68/14
Troops 4
Craft: 4 flights of Thunderbolts
Specials: Interceptors 3, JP, Flight Computer

Weapon:
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B - 6ad - Beam, DD, SAP
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - F - 12 ad - TL
Missle Rack - rng 30 - F - 6ad - AP,DD, Precise, Slow-Loading
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - P - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - P - 6ad - AF
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - S - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - S - 6ad - AF
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - A - 12 ad - TL
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B(a) - 4ad - Beam, DD, SAP

Honestly, I would always use the DD variant of missles, if the ship was given AJP, then I would use the TD variant.
 
Calistan said:
Actually, I think that the orinigal Omega should have a 6ad beam weapon, so ,for me, 2ad is an improvement, but dropping 2ad on beam and a few off the forward pulse to give the ship missles would be a good trade off.

How about this:

Omega-Horizon - War PL
Speed 8
Turns 2/45
Hull 6
Damage 56/10
Crew 68/14
Troops 4
Craft: 4 flights of Thunderbolts
Specials: Interceptors 3, JP, Flight Computer

Weapon:
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B - 6ad - Beam, DD, SAP
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - F - 12 ad - TL
Missle Rack - rng 30 - F - 6ad - AP,DD, Precise, Slow-Loading
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - P - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - P - 6ad - AF
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - S - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - S - 6ad - AF
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - A - 12 ad - TL
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B(a) - 4ad - Beam, DD, SAP

Honestly, I would always use the DD variant of missles, if the ship was given AJP, then I would use the TD variant.

Now we are talking. :P
 
Yo. I Just love Omega orientated threads!

Anyway I like your refit. Strangely its not too disimilar from my own Command Omega Variant that I can up with a while ago which was as such;

Command Omega (War)

Speed: 5 Damage: 60/10 Craft: 4 Starfuries/T-bolts
Hull: 6 Turn: 1/45 Crew: 68/14 Special: Command 2, Interceptors 4, JP

Weapon:
Heavy Laser Cannon 30" B 6AD BM, DD, SAP
Heavy Laser Cannon 30" B(a) 4AD BM, DD, SAP
Heavy Pulse Cannon 15" F 10AD Twin-Link, AP
Heavy Pulse Cannon 15" A 6AD Twin-Link, AP
Heavy Pulse Cannon 15" P 10AD AP Twin-Link, AP
Heavy Pulse Cannon 15" S 10AD AP Twin-Link, AP
Particle Beams 6" P/S 6AD Anti-Fighter.
Railguns 10" 10AD, AP DD

This one on the thread;

Omega-Horizon - War PL
Speed 8
Turns 2/45
Hull 6
Damage 56/10
Crew 68/14
Troops 4
Craft: 4 flights of Thunderbolts
Specials: Interceptors 3, JP, Flight Computer

Weapon:
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B - 6ad - Beam, DD, SAP
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - F - 12 ad - TL
Missle Rack - rng 30 - F - 6ad - AP,DD, Precise, Slow-Loading
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - P - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - P - 6ad - AF
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - S - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - S - 6ad - AF
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - A - 12 ad - TL
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B(a) - 4ad - Beam, DD, SAP

So to Hybrid the two we get;

Omega-Horizon - War PL
Speed 8
Turns 2/45
Hull 6
Damage 58/10
Crew 68/14
Troops 4
Craft: 4 flights of SF/T-Bolts
Specials: Interceptors 3, JP, Flight Computer

Weapon:
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B - 6ad - Beam, DD, SAP
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - F - 10 ad - TL, AP
Missle Rack - rng 30 - F - 4ad - SAP, Precise, Slow-Loading
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - P - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - P - 6ad - AF
Medium Pulse Cannon - rng 10 - S - 8 ad - TL
Paricle Beams - rng 5 - S - 6ad - AF
Heavy Pulse Cannon - rng 12 - A - 8 ad - TL, AP
Improved HV laser Cannon - rng 30 - B(a) - 4ad - Beam, DD, SAP
Railguns - Rng 15 - 4ad - AP, DD


Out of Interest what is 'Improved' about this threads Heavy Laser Cannon? The range and damage seem to be the same. Optionally we could have it at 4AD but with Precise?
 
A couple of the improvements you can make to weaponry is size and energy efficiency. You can pack more for the same space on the ship.
 
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