The primary shipwright company for the Empire of Draconia, Skydancer Shipyards has a long and proud history of building airships; both civilian and military. Documented here are the ships that Skydancer Shipyards has produced.
Hello, air captains, emperors, kings and despots alike! I am Blade Skydancer, and here I've decided to show off some of my ship designs I've made in the game so far.
I'm kinda' new to the game, and I tend to design more for aesthetics then efficiency/ease of use. Second post will contain the ships.
The Chaser-class is an older vessel, and one that was very popular amongst air-captains of the time. It was well-armed, and didn't perform too badly for a frigate-sized ship. They were the most common, as they were fairly easy to produce.
The IDS Invincible. The pride of the fleet in the pre-ICSR era. She was the biggest, fastest, most heavily armed vessel in the Royal Dracon Navy. Built to be the ultimate warship, she was feared by all who opposed her. The roar of her engines announced her coming, and the thunder of her brass cannons heralded doom.
One of the newest ships to come online in the RDN, the Coral-class is an extremely small and light warship, in fact the lighest ship ever made for the Navy. Its intended use is as a light patrol craft, or in dire circumstances, a swarming ship.
Chaser-class Frigate
Type: FF (Light Frigate)
Armament: 1x swivel-mount culverin, 1x medium cannon
After the Great War, around two hundred Chaser-class frigates had survived, and were being mothballed, or retrofitted into cargo carriers. With all that heavy ammo and weaponry gone, they could carry quite a bit. But as war began to loom once again, the venerable Chaser-class was called into action once more. But with the advent of internal-combustion engines, and Suspendium Reactors, the Chaser was ill-suited to the task of modern naval warfare, and thus was redesigned with these new features.
The first truly modern frigate, the Asp-class is light, relatively cheap to make, and very fast. With a top speed of 32 knots, she can outrun most any ship she can't outgun.
A massive brute of a frigate, the Python-class is one of the most heavily armed light warships in the fleet, and is slowly taking the place of the venerable Chaser-class as the most produced and widely-used warship today.
This class of cruiser is the descendent of the venerable Invincible. The hull was modified, an additional ICSR and fuel store was added to get her higher off the ground and to alleviate the fuel shortage problems that the refit vessel had, and the hull was stripped down to make her lighter.
Warrant Officer, Engineering Corps
The primary shipwright company for the Empire of Draconia, Skydancer Shipyards has a long and proud history of building airships; both civilian and military. Documented here are the ships that Skydancer Shipyards has produced.
Hello, air captains, emperors, kings and despots alike! I am Blade Skydancer, and here I've decided to show off some of my ship designs I've made in the game so far.
I'm kinda' new to the game, and I tend to design more for aesthetics then efficiency/ease of use. Second post will contain the ships.
Warrant Officer, Engineering Corps
-- Pre-Suspendium Reactor Ships--
These ships were used before the advent of the Internal Combustion Suspendium Reactor(ICSR), and some even before the internal combustion engine.
Chaser-class
Type: Frigate(old)
Armament: 1x cannon, 1x swivel-mount culverin
Chaser-class Interior
Chaser-class Exterior
The Chaser-class is an older vessel, and one that was very popular amongst air-captains of the time. It was well-armed, and didn't perform too badly for a frigate-sized ship. They were the most common, as they were fairly easy to produce.
IDS Invincible
Type: Battleship(old)
Armament: 4x cannon, 2x swivel-mount culverin
IDS Invincible Interior
IDS Invincible Exterior
The IDS Invincible. The pride of the fleet in the pre-ICSR era. She was the biggest, fastest, most heavily armed vessel in the Royal Dracon Navy. Built to be the ultimate warship, she was feared by all who opposed her. The roar of her engines announced her coming, and the thunder of her brass cannons heralded doom.
Warrant Officer, Engineering Corps
Post-ICSR Small Vessels
This section documents all of the destroyer-class and lighter ships made prior to the advent of the Internal Combustion Suspendium Reactor.
Coral-class Corvette
Type: K (Corvette)
Armament: 1x swivel-mount light cannon
Coral-class Interior
Coral-class Exterior
One of the newest ships to come online in the RDN, the Coral-class is an extremely small and light warship, in fact the lighest ship ever made for the Navy. Its intended use is as a light patrol craft, or in dire circumstances, a swarming ship.
Chaser-class Frigate
Type: FF (Light Frigate)
Armament: 1x swivel-mount culverin, 1x medium cannon
Chaser-class Interior
Chaser-class Exterior
After the Great War, around two hundred Chaser-class frigates had survived, and were being mothballed, or retrofitted into cargo carriers. With all that heavy ammo and weaponry gone, they could carry quite a bit. But as war began to loom once again, the venerable Chaser-class was called into action once more. But with the advent of internal-combustion engines, and Suspendium Reactors, the Chaser was ill-suited to the task of modern naval warfare, and thus was redesigned with these new features.
Asp-class Frigate
Type: FF (Light Frigate)
Armament: 1x medium cannon
Asp-class Interior
Asp-class Exterior
The first truly modern frigate, the Asp-class is light, relatively cheap to make, and very fast. With a top speed of 32 knots, she can outrun most any ship she can't outgun.
Python-class Frigate
Type: FFB (Battle Frigate)
Armament: 2x medium cannon
Python-class Interior
Python-class Exterior
A massive brute of a frigate, the Python-class is one of the most heavily armed light warships in the fleet, and is slowly taking the place of the venerable Chaser-class as the most produced and widely-used warship today.
Warrant Officer, Engineering Corps
Post-ICSR Heavy Warships
This section documents all warships from light cruiser, up to the mighty battleship.
IDS Invincible (Post-Great War Refit)
Type: CC (Medium Cruiser)
Armament: 4x cannons, 2x swivel-mount culverins
IDS Invincible Interior IDS Invincible Exterior
Invincible-class Cruiser
Type: CC (Medium Cruiser)
Armament: 4x medium cannons, 2x swivel-mount light cannons
Invincible-class Interior
Invincible-class Exterior
This class of cruiser is the descendent of the venerable Invincible. The hull was modified, an additional ICSR and fuel store was added to get her higher off the ground and to alleviate the fuel shortage problems that the refit vessel had, and the hull was stripped down to make her lighter.
Dragon-class Battleship
Type: BB (Battleship)
Armament: 8x medium cannons, 4x flak defense guns, 4x swivel-mount light cannons
Dragon-class Interior
Dragon-class Exterior
Captain
The ships look pretty good, though I'm not sure whether I like the colour scheme.