Reminds me of the the streamlined Fusilier and Lancer Classes from PoT - designer time (in game terms) saved by basing them on the Aurora Clipper spine, but massive engineering redesigns needed because the streamlined configurations necessitated a tripling of tonnage.
It's kind of like the Ticonderoga Cruisers, which were based on the Sprucans (~8000 tons), coming out at 24,000 tons instead of the approx 10,000 tons they actually did.
I also reckoned, that once the Solee War got going, certain Centrists would get panned for limiting these RCN Destroyers to J-2 - making for an arduous trip to the frontlines from Aubaine.
Eamon
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>From: Antony Farrell <>
>Large spherical warships don't work in TNE either due to the surface area
>being so small for a given volume. Try fitting everything required on the
>surface of a Tigress for example. Something has to give. The spinal weapon
>compared to other configurations is also going to be shorter so range may be
>less as well.