Zalamath Spacecraft

So I’ve been working on little drawings for the Zalamath Defense Fleet. This is the biggest military body on Zalamar, so the spacecraft are pretty high-class. Largely, it’s made up of cruisers that orbit Zalamar, all of which carry thirty or so fighters or bombers.

First off is the Cruiser, Warship, whatever. These things are very big. I’ve got the idea that a fighter is probably twenty-five to thirty feet long, and these things are at least fifteen times that. They’re Very Big. They have long, rounded front ends which end in a group of four prongs, two of which are downswept wings. These contain three large engines. They have seven huge ballistic torpedo launchers, which can fire simultaneously and then reload very quickly. They also have twenty point-defense lasers, which leads to good defense as well. A fleet of these is quite powerful, needless to say.

Second is the fighter, which would mainly be deployed for suppression in nearby systems or on Zalamar itself. Used for atmospheric raids, probably to destroy bases or lay down cover fire for ground troops. In any case, they have very similar front ends to the cruisers, except smaller. Obviously. The back end has only two prongs and one engine, and the little wings are swept forward to contain the lasers. These are very fast lock-on lasers that can cut through a lot, but don’t have a very good area of effect.

Third is the bomber, which have the same shape as the fighter with longer wings to contain the bombs. They have eight homing, atmospheric torpedoes, along with two space-based homing torpedoes. They could be used for “Death Star” runs on enemy capital ships, or atmospheric bombing raids, so they’re more versatile than the fighters. However, they’re more sluggish and don’t have that “instant response” thing.

I also have a few Exploration Fleet ships planned, but I don’t have that set in stone yet, so that won’t happen for a while. And now, I choose to recite a list. Of Zalamath military units.

UZDF, Unified Zalamath Defense Fleet
UZEF, Unified Zalamath Exploration Fleet
UZRAF, Unified Zalamath Rapid Assault Force
ITSF, Independent Thervuli Space Front
ISOF, Independent Sarasal Orbital Fleet
UMCDF, Unified Moon Colonization Defense Force
UGPF, Unified Government Protection Force

And there’s probably more that will spring up.
Anyway, I’m starting to see comments… but not from people who didn’t already know about it. Meh.

~ by pieboy on November 11, 2005.