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Well yeah, but I tend to not have a combined bridge/CIC except on really small craft that don't have the space to have both. Having windows means a much smaller weapon can do as much damage as a larger one if it just goes through your windows.

Arioch wrote: Maybe some kind of "flak" shell, which bursts near the target and throws shrapnel, might be viable. But such things would only be useful as close-in defense at very short range, and would not be any better than the Loroi alternatives (lasers, AMM's).

I'd say that a "shotgun bullet" would be a better anti-ship round than a regular one.

IIRC, barriers are not good against kinetics so shrapnel would be effective at damaging or destroying a ship.

As long as the shell detonates when close, and the blast is focused in a cone, at the very least I see significant damage to external parts.

Hello everyone, first time poster, long time reader.

Has anyone proposed a Terran AWACS design for the scout corps. A ship focusing specifically on sensory detection and the relay of data.

The Bellarmine was hardsly focused on war. IIRC, it has a single point defence weapon. It's job is to scout, why wouldn't it carry strong sensors?

RedDwarfIV wrote:The Bellarmine was hardsly focused on war. IIRC, it has a single point defense weapon. It's job is to scout, why wouldn't it carry strong sensors?

Yeah, but not military scouting. A shift in focus towards sensor tech for locating identifying, ships and military installations should be a priority for the scout corps. Existing designs are more generalized since previous design priorities would focus on encountering any number of unknowns, least likely a hostile alien ship.

The Yorktown class is the military version of the Bennet scout. That's essentially what you're talking about.

Arioch wrote:The Yorktown class is the military version of the Bennet scout. That's essentially what you're talking about.

Your right. I feel that the scout fleet will become humanities most valuable military asset in this war.