Its a great story and one of several cool ships are the Sekhmet Cruisers - even if Jha'dur considers them expensive toys :wink:
Difficult to make up given the disparity of the ships in ACTA and in the novel but here's a first attempt.
Reference Material (from the excellent novel)
Admiral Hamato made sure Patel was listening. “What are we dealing with?” “The Sekhmets have the best sensors available taken from Abbai and Hyach vessels. Powerful, long ranged and accurate. Our estimate suggests in terms of targeting ability it exceeds any known vessel, including the newest Centauri ships.” “So when this thing fires, it isn’t going to miss?”“Probably not sir, no.” “Propulsion?” Hamato rattled.
“A hybrid ion and gravitic system. The principle is the same as that we believe the Centauri use, but utilising mostly Abbai and Hyach technology again. Because the systems are forced together we think it will be very power intensive, but offer better performance than a Centauri ship of equal size. It will outrun anything we have without breaking a sweat.” “So we can’t chase it down. Can our weapons kill it?” “I believe so, but there are some problems. First she’s equipped with Gravitic shields which we have to break through first. Basic Abbai modules, but looking at the
number that went missing we expect these ships have at least five generators each, instead of the single generator Abbai Heavy Cruisers mount.” “That is indeed a problem.” “In addition to that the ship has a new type of hull armour.” Francis continued. “Now this I have nothing on, it looks like a pure Dilgar development. We know its harder than our own armour ton for ton, but we don’t know how much these ships
pack.” “Weapons?” “That’s the other problem, she has two advanced laser batteries far more powerful than our own equivalents, taken straight from a Hyach Dreadnought.” “Which means she can beat our dreadnought armour.” “Fortunately sir she only has two, plus a heavy secondary armament of pulsar cannons. She can carve up ships at range and mission kill our dreadnoughts before they can reply.” Hamato concluded.
The extremely efficient main computer handled most of the details from power consumption to damage control leaving the command staff with just one job, the actual destruction of an enemy force. In a dire emergency the computer could even run the ship by itself for a time, attacking enemy vessels before escaping for home and safety. One of the things the Dilgar hadn’t managed was the direct neural interface the ship had been planned with, similar to the Hyach system which would link the crew directly to the ship systems. It vastly improved situational awareness and reaction times and had been responsible for the fear the Dilgar had felt when considering the prospect of taking on the Hyach in open battle. Jha’dur’s tactics spared them that blood bath, but the Dilgar still desperately wanted that Hyach control system in the future.
so the ship itself:
Sekhmet Class Strike Cruiser War
Speed: 10,........Turn: 1/45..............Hull: 6
Damage: 44/6...............................Crew: 48/8
Troops: 4
Craft: 2 Thorun Dartfighter flights,
Special Rules: Flight Computer, Jump Engine, Scout, Shields 14/1,
Weapon........................Range....Arc......AD.....Special
Hyach Laser Cannon.........24.......B(f)......6......Beam, Triple Damage, Precise, Slow Loading,
Heavy Bolters..................15.......F..........12.....AP, Double Damage
Pulsars............................10.......P..........10
Pulsars............................10.......S..........10
Pulsars............................10.......A............6
thoughts?
Difficult to make up given the disparity of the ships in ACTA and in the novel but here's a first attempt.
Reference Material (from the excellent novel)
Admiral Hamato made sure Patel was listening. “What are we dealing with?” “The Sekhmets have the best sensors available taken from Abbai and Hyach vessels. Powerful, long ranged and accurate. Our estimate suggests in terms of targeting ability it exceeds any known vessel, including the newest Centauri ships.” “So when this thing fires, it isn’t going to miss?”“Probably not sir, no.” “Propulsion?” Hamato rattled.
“A hybrid ion and gravitic system. The principle is the same as that we believe the Centauri use, but utilising mostly Abbai and Hyach technology again. Because the systems are forced together we think it will be very power intensive, but offer better performance than a Centauri ship of equal size. It will outrun anything we have without breaking a sweat.” “So we can’t chase it down. Can our weapons kill it?” “I believe so, but there are some problems. First she’s equipped with Gravitic shields which we have to break through first. Basic Abbai modules, but looking at the
number that went missing we expect these ships have at least five generators each, instead of the single generator Abbai Heavy Cruisers mount.” “That is indeed a problem.” “In addition to that the ship has a new type of hull armour.” Francis continued. “Now this I have nothing on, it looks like a pure Dilgar development. We know its harder than our own armour ton for ton, but we don’t know how much these ships
pack.” “Weapons?” “That’s the other problem, she has two advanced laser batteries far more powerful than our own equivalents, taken straight from a Hyach Dreadnought.” “Which means she can beat our dreadnought armour.” “Fortunately sir she only has two, plus a heavy secondary armament of pulsar cannons. She can carve up ships at range and mission kill our dreadnoughts before they can reply.” Hamato concluded.
The extremely efficient main computer handled most of the details from power consumption to damage control leaving the command staff with just one job, the actual destruction of an enemy force. In a dire emergency the computer could even run the ship by itself for a time, attacking enemy vessels before escaping for home and safety. One of the things the Dilgar hadn’t managed was the direct neural interface the ship had been planned with, similar to the Hyach system which would link the crew directly to the ship systems. It vastly improved situational awareness and reaction times and had been responsible for the fear the Dilgar had felt when considering the prospect of taking on the Hyach in open battle. Jha’dur’s tactics spared them that blood bath, but the Dilgar still desperately wanted that Hyach control system in the future.
so the ship itself:
Sekhmet Class Strike Cruiser War
Speed: 10,........Turn: 1/45..............Hull: 6
Damage: 44/6...............................Crew: 48/8
Troops: 4
Craft: 2 Thorun Dartfighter flights,
Special Rules: Flight Computer, Jump Engine, Scout, Shields 14/1,
Weapon........................Range....Arc......AD.....Special
Hyach Laser Cannon.........24.......B(f)......6......Beam, Triple Damage, Precise, Slow Loading,
Heavy Bolters..................15.......F..........12.....AP, Double Damage
Pulsars............................10.......P..........10
Pulsars............................10.......S..........10
Pulsars............................10.......A............6
thoughts?
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) and EXTREMELY heavily armed, easily Battle level by ACTA standards, and the Hecate, as noted would be closer to a command Hyperion.
