What about a new RH ship?

[sovereign]

Problem. Rheinland is at war with Liberty. I did some thinking about how a Rheinland battlecruiser would match up against Liberty warships, and... I don't think it'll help, honestly. Well, okay, given that most Liberty capships are siege cruisers who charge up rather than snipe, -anything- might work decently, but against legitimate pilots I can't see it doing well.

Basically, Rheinland has no real counter to the siege cruiser. The battleship is un-missable, the cruiser is almost bulls-eye shaped on the sides, and a single gunboat isn't heavy enough to do the job.

I did some doodling and came up with a super-heavy gunboat of sorts, was thinking something like 2x GB forward guns and a sponson of 4 GB turrets on either side. Give it light cruiser hull, shield, and manuevering, and it should be able to get on the side of a Liberty Siege Cruiser and pound it to death while not doing well against cruisers that can point more guns at it than the 4 the LI CC does. Problem there is that this ship would be -very- specialized and likely to meet most matchups at one and a half ships rather than that magical two...

It's not a simple problem, since Liberty has a bazillion caps (and snubcraft, though their bomber is a giant paper fan). New Rheinland cap ideas are worth looking into, though.

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