(I am aware these ships cannot one-hit the leviathan, that is because I am working towards a proper fleet for various classes and types of vessels, not simply one enormous battlestation with 400 or so billion-damage shock beamers.)
A little background, first;
The Heiros guild, lead by Reaguin Heiros II, is a moderate scale "mercenary" corporation with access to customised starship construction facilities. Dealing with pirates, the Navy and aliens alike, they are to some little more than "hired muscle," although their ships genreally specialise in support roles rather than outright combat.
Nor are they adverse to retrofitting the designs of other groups, garnered through trade or conquest, and as such their ship designs include not just human weaponry but more exotic, alien devices.
The first set of ships to be constructed for specific use by the Herios Guild are;
From Right to left;
The Pierce class destroyer, boasting twin mounted railguns, this ship can strike deep into the heart of an opposing fleet by unleashing it's payload straight to the core.
It mounts an additional scatter laser battery on each flank for close-range defence from lighter enemy craft and to dissuade defence platforms.
A complimentary flak turret is fitted to disuade enemy demeter pods and light ordinance.
This is a ship geared specifically to attacking precise targets such as Deflector arrays.
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The "Deflector" class cruiser; A support ship sporting Plasma bombardment cannons for offence and multiple point defence and flak cannon hardpoints along with a gravic impeder for fleet-wide ordinance deflection, this ship is true to it's namesake, even when faced with much larger ships. Has moderate sheilding to protect those vital defense arrays.
While clearly a "defensive" craft, the ship also sports twin Lancet beams for pinpoint destruction of beam weapons that can bypass it's defensive turrets, and twin rearmounted beamers to provide cover against flank attacks whilst the flak and point defense cannons come to bear.
Obviously, a ship geared for interception of ordinance.
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Bottom Left:
The Scorpion Light Attack Craft with twin "ZJM" fighter escorts.
Scorption LAC:
Twin missile batteries and a blaster emplacement allow this craft to provide small scale long range fire support against medium to heavy enemy ships. Mounting only a single deflector array and a single Flak cannon, the Scorpion is fragile and practically defenseless against any capital ship opposition.
As for it's unusual namesake, this comes from it's most potent weapon; a rear-mounted Shock Beamer on a "tail" mount gives this gunship a sting.
ZJM Escort Craft:
Little more than aero-fighters refit to provide spacegoing capability, these craft mount twin, wing mounted blaster cannons and a single, rear-mounted, forward facing blast cannon providing slightly more kick for slightly less fire rate.
No deflectors and no flak turrets leave these craft defenceless but for their extreme manouverability and speed (That's newtonian motion for you.).
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Deirosae Battlecruiser
The Heiros Guild's largest endavour yet and the most powerful ship in the fleet, it mounts twin broadsides of bristling armaments;
3 Blaster Cannons, Twin beamers, scatter beam and missile pod.
The frontal section is heavily armoured, sporting a rotating gatling blaster, twin point defense lasers and aegis sheilding, making the Deirosae virtually invunerable to frontal attacks, whilst the rear is virtually covered with destructive weaponry, sporting quad sidewinders, twin gatling blaster turrets, weasel gun, gluon bolter and pulsar weapon.
The entire ship is defended by point defence cannons, and any ship that can circle around to the "more" vunerable rear will surely be hard faced to hold his ship together against the onslaught.
The Deirosae is currently the Guild's largest ship under "mass" construction (That is, not unique,) although only one has so far been engaged in actual combat, it's baptism by fire was a bloody day for the foe.
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UNCONFIRMED REPORT;
Huge "Guilder" class dreadnaught sighted under construction!
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Many thanks to Water and Wind for his speed/HP suggestions!
The DEIROSAE;
http://www.wyrdysm.com/battleshipsforev ... irosae.shp
And the Upgunned version with additional forward weaponry.
http://www.wyrdysm.com/battleshipsforev ... irosae.shp
The PIERCE Destroyer;
http://www.wyrdysm.com/battleshipsforev ... Pierce.shp
The DEFLECTOR Cruiser;
http://www.wyrdysm.com/battleshipsforev ... ruiser.shp
And the SCORPION Light Attack Craft (Patrol Boat) / ZJM Fighter
http://www.wyrdysm.com/battleshipsforev ... on_LAC.shp
http://www.wyrdysm.com/battleshipsforev ... ighter.shp
