Good Morning Gentlemen
As many of you know Carrion Combat Industries (CCI) are one of the galaxies leading supplier of light combat vehicles, however, several of our customers have been requesting a new product, a blue water capital vessel built to work in concert with other CCI products. This will be CCI's first blue water capital vessel and so Carrion Combat Industries would like to invite independant experts to propose design concepts to be included into the Carrion Combat Industries - Imagineer Light Support Cruiser.
Minimum Requirements - All Minimum Requirements must be met for any design to be considered
-Disassembled ship should be transportable in no more than 3 mule dropships (25KT total maximum displacement) although 17KT would be better - there is no minimum weight as long as all other requirements are met
-At least 10% of the total displacement should be dedicated to cargo space for consumables (fuel, food, water, spare parts etc.) - not to include Cruisers primary fuel
-The vessel should have space to carry 12x50T surface craft - changable based on mission (hover, amphibious, hydrofoil, sub etc.), the vessel requires a minimum 2 vehicle bays for launch, recovery and maintenence, remaining craft may be kept in cargo space (but not the same cargo space as the above requirement)
- The vessel should have space to carry 12x30T VTOL craft as well as the capability to launch 2 in quick succession
- The vessel should have capability to attack orbital targets - CCI does not expect 1 imagineer to go toe to toe with a full warship but some orbital capacity to harrass/combine with other imagineers into a defense net and destroy satelittes.
- The vessel should have over the horizon attack capability to support ground operations e.g. artillery
- The vessel should have some defensive weapons to fend off attacks
- The vessel should have sufficient facilities for extended operations e.g. field kitchens
- The vessel should have a flexible infantry contingent, preferably including battle armour
- The vessel should be deep water capable and able to propel itself at a minimum of 50kph
The expectation is for the designers to pitch where to go beyond the minimum requirements. The designers should consider the intended doctrine when making these additions
- The Imagineer should be a multi-purpose blue water warship capable of operating independantly or as part of a larger fleet
- The Imagineer should be low cost where possible, a fleet of 8 Good Ships would generally be preferable to a fleet of 4 Great Ships as they may have a lot of area to cover in a relatively low threat environment
- The Imagineer should be capable, if not ideal, of all missions that might be asked of a blue water navy - many of these can be carried out by the supported vehicles. Including but not limited to
- Anti Piracy
- Customs/boarding
- Search and Rescue
- Amphibious Assault
- Ground support
- Orbital defense
- Air, Surface and Sub Surface superiority
- Air, Surface and Sub Surface search and destroy
- Fleet Escort
A blue water fleet consisting of nothing but Imagineer Light Support cruisers and the vehicles they tender should be competant if not ideal - where other vessels are added, e.g. a larger ASF carrier, the Imagineer should be a capable escort