I actually did find a use for Shattered Ships of the Third Imperium once
upon a time. While it's designs were worthless for multiple reasons (not
the least of which was the MT system, but also the pure incoherence of many
of them). I didn't even really like the art... but it's prose on the
evolution of the capital ships in the 3I still resonates as a silver lining
on an otherwise dark cloud. Combined with CT Supplement 9 and TNE's
Battle Rider, the rough piece of charcoal is capable of some small amount
of polish. With the outline of the lineage from Shattered Ships of the
Imperium, I was able to conjecture some nice ideas (I'm rather fond of the
Panthera and have ideas for using them coming out of the Black Curtain with
PO'ed Cyber-Centaurs and their Meta-identity Eater Overlords.
Using CT Supplement 9, Supplement 5, MT Fighting Ships of the Shattered
Imperium, and TNE Battle Rider
Third Imperium Capital Ships
- BB-11. 300kt, J2G2. Sylean Federation Federation-class Battleship from
Long Night. No intact examples lasted beyond the First Civil War
- BB-12. 300kt, J3G3. Upgrade of BB-11 to Imperium-class and renown as
"mothership" of Third Imperium in use during reign of Cleon I through the
Pacification Campaigns and until the Vargr Campaigns Many rotated to
reserve fleets or member worlds and more than a few converted to museums or
monuments to the early wars of the Third Imperium. Cleon's personal
flagship was kept in vintage condition until it was destroyed in the Civil
War when one of the Barrack's Emperors used it as his flagship and was
killed in it's destruction.
- BB-13. 300kt, J3G3. Imperator-class early Third Imperium upgrade of
the BB-12 and main capital ship through Civil War Hybrid TL/spinal/weapons
upgrades of the original Sylean Fed battleship. Very few remaining in
service as of Rebellion and those almost entirely in Depot reserve fleets.
Most were decomissioned and destroyed in weapons testings though a couple
museum ships were preserved in the Sylean Federation.
- BI-13. 700kt, J4G4. Original Basileus-class designed as supership .
Intended to replaced BB-13/BB-12 though due to the enormous expense, most
sectors never saw more than one or two BatRons. Served through Third
Frontier War. Most were upgraded/refitted to BI-14 though a few isolated
examples remain in service toward the Imperial Core, where a few high
nobles/admirals strut around in these due to high sentimental value.
They're mostly archaic though still can serve certain roles well enough if
not as comfortably by its crew. None remained Behind the Claw.
- BL-13 lite. 200kt, J3G2. Voroshilief-class. Cost effective alternative
to completely replacing BB-12 with BI-13. Retired by end of Civil War,
where they did not perform well and were replaced with the BT/R-14 system.
- BT/R-14 std. 700k/30k J3G2/!JG5 Triumph-class Tender with 6x
Gallant-class Riders to replace BB-13 in face of design failures of
Voroshilief. Primary Imperial capital ship of the Solomani Rim War. Many
transferred to Depot reserve fleets until they were called up as the
BT/R-15 were decimanted in the Rebellion
- BI-14 dread. 700kt, J4G5. Kaiser-class refit/upgrade of BI-13. Most
BatRon were sent to the Depot mothball fleets, though a few were
decomissioned to museum ships and/or destroyed in weapons testing. One
functional ship kept at Depot/Deneb, which was reactivated and used as
Norris' flagship during Rebellion, cannibilizing the rest of the squadron
for repair parts. Rest of the BatRon restored for service in the Quarantine
during the Regency.
- BL-14 lite. 200kt, J4G5. Original Kokirrak and main battleship of late
TL14 Third Imperium
- BH-14 heavy. 500kt J4G5 - Panthera-class. Similar to later Tigress but
without the fighter complement and a much smaller rear superstructure. Not
as widely procured and more of a doctrine test platform based on lessons
learned from BI-13 and BB-13, though several BatRon were completed and kept
as a reaction force for the Emperor to send from Capital or Depot/Core. The
Pantheras had weapons and systems upgraded and were largely test beds for
the evolution of the full TL15 Tigress. These hybrid Panthera BatRons
remained in service in Lucan's Imperium through the Rebellion.
- BT/R-15 std. 1M dton J3G2 - Cleon-class Tender with 4x Admiral-class
50k dton Riders. Primary capital ship of the Third Imperium through the
Rebellion
- BTL/RL-15 light 400kdt Lurenti-class Tender with 7x Nolikian-class 20k
dton Riders. Fleet doctrine test of light battle-riders and a more cost
effective tender. Mostly seen on the periphery of the Third Imperium as a
cheaper alternative to the BT/R-15.
- BI-15 dread. 700kdt, J4G6. New Sylea-class design as Domain command
ship replacing the Kokirrak for use of highest nobles (Archdukes and/or
Domain Grand Admirals). None in Marches/DoD/Regency. Dulinor's flagship
Clarion is the most famous example in Imperial history
- BL-15 lite. 200kdt, J4G6 Kokirrak-class and refit/upgrade of BL-14
though not widely procured
- BM-15 missile. 200kdt J4G6. TL15 Plankwell-class and main battleship
of TL15 Third Imperium
- BB-15 heavy. 500kdt, J4G6. Tigress-class mature TL15 intended to
replace both Kokirrak and Plankwells. Much more widespread throughout the
Imperium, even making it on the Solomani Rim and Spinward Marches, though
never proliferated as widespread as the Plankwell before Rebellion
- BZ-15 proto. 700/850kdt J4G6. Prototype-built to Sylea-class chassis
and carrying 3x 50k dton Admiral battle-riders though the first prototype
also demonstrated BT/R-14 30k dton Gallant's.
upon a time. While it's designs were worthless for multiple reasons (not
the least of which was the MT system, but also the pure incoherence of many
of them). I didn't even really like the art... but it's prose on the
evolution of the capital ships in the 3I still resonates as a silver lining
on an otherwise dark cloud. Combined with CT Supplement 9 and TNE's
Battle Rider, the rough piece of charcoal is capable of some small amount
of polish. With the outline of the lineage from Shattered Ships of the
Imperium, I was able to conjecture some nice ideas (I'm rather fond of the
Panthera and have ideas for using them coming out of the Black Curtain with
PO'ed Cyber-Centaurs and their Meta-identity Eater Overlords.
Using CT Supplement 9, Supplement 5, MT Fighting Ships of the Shattered
Imperium, and TNE Battle Rider
Third Imperium Capital Ships
- BB-11. 300kt, J2G2. Sylean Federation Federation-class Battleship from
Long Night. No intact examples lasted beyond the First Civil War
- BB-12. 300kt, J3G3. Upgrade of BB-11 to Imperium-class and renown as
"mothership" of Third Imperium in use during reign of Cleon I through the
Pacification Campaigns and until the Vargr Campaigns Many rotated to
reserve fleets or member worlds and more than a few converted to museums or
monuments to the early wars of the Third Imperium. Cleon's personal
flagship was kept in vintage condition until it was destroyed in the Civil
War when one of the Barrack's Emperors used it as his flagship and was
killed in it's destruction.
- BB-13. 300kt, J3G3. Imperator-class early Third Imperium upgrade of
the BB-12 and main capital ship through Civil War Hybrid TL/spinal/weapons
upgrades of the original Sylean Fed battleship. Very few remaining in
service as of Rebellion and those almost entirely in Depot reserve fleets.
Most were decomissioned and destroyed in weapons testings though a couple
museum ships were preserved in the Sylean Federation.
- BI-13. 700kt, J4G4. Original Basileus-class designed as supership .
Intended to replaced BB-13/BB-12 though due to the enormous expense, most
sectors never saw more than one or two BatRons. Served through Third
Frontier War. Most were upgraded/refitted to BI-14 though a few isolated
examples remain in service toward the Imperial Core, where a few high
nobles/admirals strut around in these due to high sentimental value.
They're mostly archaic though still can serve certain roles well enough if
not as comfortably by its crew. None remained Behind the Claw.
- BL-13 lite. 200kt, J3G2. Voroshilief-class. Cost effective alternative
to completely replacing BB-12 with BI-13. Retired by end of Civil War,
where they did not perform well and were replaced with the BT/R-14 system.
- BT/R-14 std. 700k/30k J3G2/!JG5 Triumph-class Tender with 6x
Gallant-class Riders to replace BB-13 in face of design failures of
Voroshilief. Primary Imperial capital ship of the Solomani Rim War. Many
transferred to Depot reserve fleets until they were called up as the
BT/R-15 were decimanted in the Rebellion
- BI-14 dread. 700kt, J4G5. Kaiser-class refit/upgrade of BI-13. Most
BatRon were sent to the Depot mothball fleets, though a few were
decomissioned to museum ships and/or destroyed in weapons testing. One
functional ship kept at Depot/Deneb, which was reactivated and used as
Norris' flagship during Rebellion, cannibilizing the rest of the squadron
for repair parts. Rest of the BatRon restored for service in the Quarantine
during the Regency.
- BL-14 lite. 200kt, J4G5. Original Kokirrak and main battleship of late
TL14 Third Imperium
- BH-14 heavy. 500kt J4G5 - Panthera-class. Similar to later Tigress but
without the fighter complement and a much smaller rear superstructure. Not
as widely procured and more of a doctrine test platform based on lessons
learned from BI-13 and BB-13, though several BatRon were completed and kept
as a reaction force for the Emperor to send from Capital or Depot/Core. The
Pantheras had weapons and systems upgraded and were largely test beds for
the evolution of the full TL15 Tigress. These hybrid Panthera BatRons
remained in service in Lucan's Imperium through the Rebellion.
- BT/R-15 std. 1M dton J3G2 - Cleon-class Tender with 4x Admiral-class
50k dton Riders. Primary capital ship of the Third Imperium through the
Rebellion
- BTL/RL-15 light 400kdt Lurenti-class Tender with 7x Nolikian-class 20k
dton Riders. Fleet doctrine test of light battle-riders and a more cost
effective tender. Mostly seen on the periphery of the Third Imperium as a
cheaper alternative to the BT/R-15.
- BI-15 dread. 700kdt, J4G6. New Sylea-class design as Domain command
ship replacing the Kokirrak for use of highest nobles (Archdukes and/or
Domain Grand Admirals). None in Marches/DoD/Regency. Dulinor's flagship
Clarion is the most famous example in Imperial history
- BL-15 lite. 200kdt, J4G6 Kokirrak-class and refit/upgrade of BL-14
though not widely procured
- BM-15 missile. 200kdt J4G6. TL15 Plankwell-class and main battleship
of TL15 Third Imperium
- BB-15 heavy. 500kdt, J4G6. Tigress-class mature TL15 intended to
replace both Kokirrak and Plankwells. Much more widespread throughout the
Imperium, even making it on the Solomani Rim and Spinward Marches, though
never proliferated as widespread as the Plankwell before Rebellion
- BZ-15 proto. 700/850kdt J4G6. Prototype-built to Sylea-class chassis
and carrying 3x 50k dton Admiral battle-riders though the first prototype
also demonstrated BT/R-14 30k dton Gallant's.