Novus Imperium Corporation Fleet.

[TonnyT]

Novus Imperium Corporation

Welcome to a tour of the Novus Imperium Corporation's Armory. Feel free to browse, take inspiration and leave feedback on our fleet.
Novus Imperium Corporation is a private military organization, originally founded as a mercenary organization for hire by the highest bidder, we now focus our attention and resources on the new found particulate threat. Novus Imperium's engineers and designers are concerned with function, rather than form. All our ships are designed with the most practical and energy efficient use. With this looming threat on our very species the board of directors has decided to release several blueprints to the public to bolster our defense. Potential investors in Novus Imperium Corp. are asked to contact us through private channels.

Ship Classification Guide

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Size
Small: Less than 400 energy cost
Medium: 400 to 800 energy cost
Large: 800+ energy cost
Capital Ships: Special classification

Classes:
Combat: Built for one purpose, to destroy the enemy.
        Battleship: Designed for a supporting-fire role, while still capable of a direct combat role.
        Carriers: Use fighters to fight from a distance, we recommended keeping them out of direct combat.

Utility: Ships designed for specific supporting roles.
        Supply: Ships designed for the relay and storage of energy.
        Rams: Crude, but effective ships designed to ram enemy ships or structures.

Experimental: These ships are still under-going combat trials. Their effectiveness and efficiency are still in question. Use at your own risk.
Miscellaneous: Special classification

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Small ships

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Tanto
Class: Small Utility Ship
Description: A small ship that features a "Grabber". The "Tanto" also features a "Guppy" for extended operations outside of friendly space.
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Dirk
Class: Small Combat Ship
Description: The "Dirk" was created to defend areas with particulate, but not high enough threat where a larger vessel would be necessary. What it lacks in protection it makes up for in weaponry.
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Javelin
Class: Small Combat Ship
Description: The "Javelin" was designed as in inexpensive measure to combat enemy stunner discharges. It has limited combat capabilities against regular particulate.
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Longbow
Class: Small Combat Ship.
Description: The Longbow was designed along side the Javelin to combat large amounts of emergence while still having anti particulate capabilities.
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Facón
Class: Small Utility Ship
Description: The "Facón" was created out of a demand for smaller, cheaper ships capable of lathing. Featuring multi spacial hull design to maximize armor to cost ratio.
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Kukri
Class: Small Utility Ship
Description: Designed with the same hull as the "Facón", the "Kukri" was created as an relay to provide energy supply for our ever extending front lines.
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Medium ships

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Sabre
Class: Medium Combat Ship
Description: A medium sized, multi-purpose ship, nimble, speedy, with good survivability and weaponry. The Sabre is a veteran of many engagements, it's relatively low cost makes this ship a stable in the Imperium Fleet.
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Spatha
Class: Medium Combat Ship
Description: A larger version of the "Sabre" this ship has the same excellent qualities, with upgraded weaponry.
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Gladius
Class: Medium Combat Ship
Description: What the "Gladius" lacks in armor and speed it makes up for in weaponry.
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Tomahawk
Class: Medium Combat Ship
Description: Dependable, multipurpose, inexpensive. What more could you ask from a ship?
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Cutlass
Class: Medium Combat Ship
Description: The "Cutlass" is a break from Imperium's traditional style. It saw limited production, however it remains a reliable vessel.
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Khopesh
Class: Medium Combat Ship
Description: Another break from our traditional style. Designed as a intermediate measure to combat stunners while still containing enough armament for offensive capabilities. Like the "Cutlass", it saw limited production.
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Xiphos
Class: Medium Carrier
Description: As the need arose for a smaller, cheaper carrier vessel, the Xiphos was designed to be the answer. Cheap, able to be built quickly and fielded in large numbers, the Xiphos fills a much needed role in the fleet, providing air cover at inexpensive costs. It's only draw back is lack of CIWS.
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Billhook
Class: Medium Support Ship
Description: A medium size expeditionary support ship, built to supply extended long range operations for extended periods of time.
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Large ships

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Katana
Class: Large Combat Ship
Description: This ship sports a MK-7, built to engage at both long and medium distances, energy efficient, nimble, reliable, the Katana has proven itself time and time again in combat.
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Halberd
Class: Large Combat Ship
Description: Built on the same hull as her sister ship the "Pollaxe", the "Halberd is a multi-purpose ship with decent speed, survivability and weaponry.
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Pollaxe
Class: Large Combat Ship
Description: The Halberd's sister ship, the "Pollaxe is a multi-purpose ship with decent speed, survivability and weaponry.
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Glavie
Class: Large Combat Ship
Description: A large combat ship, created using multiple spacial hull design, the goal was to create a combat vessel that minimized armor cost without compromising protection. After promising trials the Glavie joins the Imperium Fleet.
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Scimitar
Class: Large Battleship.
Description: Simply put, the Scimitar is a battleship. Sporting three "MK-7s". The Scimitar is best used in a supporting fire role. Lack of shielding limits the Scimitar's survivability, making up for it with CIWS, or Close-in-weapons-systems for self defense.
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Broadsword
Class: Large Carrier
Description: A sturdy carrier built to attack particulate from a distance. Also contains CIWS, or Close-in-weapons-systems for self defense.
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Rapier
Class: Large Hybrid Carrier
Description: The "Rapier" is a carrier designed to take the fight to the enemy, a hybrid design featuring armaments for a direct combat role along with a flight deck.
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Claymore
Class: Large Battering Ram
Description: A upgraded version of the "Hammer". Larger, with an additional engine and 3 Lathes. The Claymore is built to take the fight the the enemy and survive.
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Lance
Class: Large Support Ship
Description: Built using the same hull as the "Broadsword", the "Lance" was born out of necessity, as ship designers created larger and larger vessels, energy supply and storage become higher priorities. Features CIWS for limited self defense.
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Longsword
Class: Large Experimental Ship
Description: The Longsword is an experimental ship. A break from single hull ship design.  A total cost of 1314, makes it expensive, in trials it has proven less than reliable in a direct combat role. However it has proven useful in a supporting fire role.
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Capital Ships

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Changdao
Class: Imperial Flag Ship
Description: Named for the Chinese sword, the term means "Long Sabre". The Changdao is a flying fortress bristling with weapons.The "Changdao" has been named Novus Imperium's Flagship. In trials it has proven reliable and sturdy in medium length engagements. However due to the severe power demands of this vessel long term engagements without supporting supply ships is not recommended.
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Shuang Gou
Class: Capital Battleship
Description: The Shuang Gou is essentially a larger version of the Scimitar. With three "MK-7s" and banks of cannon and missile batteries, the "Shuang Gou" can more than hold its own in battle.  Due to the severe power demands of this vessel long term engagements without supporting supply ships is not recommended.
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Zhanmadao
Class: Capital Carrier
Description: "Zhanmadao" translates to "chopping horse saber", a weapon used in ancient China as an anti-cavalry weapon. As such the "Zhanmadao" is also designed for anti-cavalry operations, it is a large Carrier with four flight decks, designed to destroy ships and particulate from a distance.
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Dadao
Class: Capital Ship
Description: The "Dadao" was created as a spearhead vessel. Designed to create and exploit breakthroughs in heavy fortified enemy lines. Triple shielding and heavy armaments makes this one of our most sturdy vessels. Eight engines gives the "Dadao" the speed and maneuverability to extort any enemy weakness.
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Yanmaodao
Class: Experimental Large Ship
Description: Yanmaodao is Novus Imperium's first attempt to create a Capital Ship designed with multi-spacial hulls. Currently undergoing testing and combat trials.
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Aegis
Class: Capital Ship
Description: "Aegis" the shield carried by the goddess Athena, a word that has become synonymous with protection. The "Aegis" was designed to carry and protect V.I.P.s and high value targets through the most dangerous space. There have been numerous cases where an Aegis vessel was the only surviving ship from an engagement.
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Miscellaneous Ships

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Anvil
Class: Defensive Station
Description: "Anvil" stations are designed to protect high priority energy mines.
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Mace
Class: Experimental Reactor Ship
Description: Reactor ships are a relatively new concept. Built to supplement energy in areas of space that lack energy sources. The "Mace" has extremely limited combat capabilities, instead it has a compliment of reactors to create energy to supply other ships, acting as a mobile energy source.
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Alliances and Affiliations
Novus Imperium Corporation is proud to be aligned with the following conglomerates.

-The Union: A large collection of Corporations, Factions, and Military Organizations all banded together against the Particulate Threat.

-Tiberian Warbirds Inc.: A shipbuilding company with a extensive selection of ships.


-Tony Carlisle-CEO-Signing off.

[Three_Pryme]

Greetings Imperium Corp.

Tiberian Warbirds inc. is rather impressed at the design and layout of your ships! You are a very descriptive and well though out company with a nice ship lineup!

Tiberian Warbirds would like to consider an alliance with The Imperium Corporation. If you are interested, send us a Private Message

[Dark Ambition]

Greetings Imperium Corporation. I hope your endeavor to defeat this Particulate goes well. Your ships are well made, elegant, and very efficient. My engineering chief took a particular liking to your medium vessels.

Your name sounds familiar... didn't we hire you for a short term defense contract back in our days as GalTech?

-Dark Ambition -CEO- Frontline Corporation

[TonnyT]

I'm afraid Novus Imperium Corp. has had no prior dealing or affiliations with other companies.

After more extensive combat trials Novus Imperium Engineers have modified designs on the following existing ship(s).
-Spatha
-Shuang Gou

Novus Imperium Corp. is also proud to reveal two new ship blueprints.
-Cutlass
-Tomahawk

The following ship(s) have been removed pending redesign and reconfiguration.
-Pollaxe

[Dark Ambition]

I'm afraid Imperium Corp. has had no prior dealing or affiliations with other companies.

Ah, well. Still, I hope your company prospers.

-Dark Ambition -CEO- Frontline Corporation

[TonnyT]

After more extensive combat trials Novus Imperium Engineers have modified designs on the following existing ship(s).
-Halberd

Novus Imperium Corp. is also proud to reveal four new ship blueprints.
-Pollaxe
-Lance
-Rapier
-Xiphos

[TonnyT]

After months of extensive research and devlopment Novus Imperium Engineers are rolling out a new line of ships. These ships are designed with a new technique we've named "Muti-spacial hull design". The idea behind this new technique is to minimize armor cost without compromising protection.

Currently we're releasing four ships from this line to the public.
-Facón
A small utility ship
-Glavie
A large combat ship first created as a test-bed for larger ships. After promising trials the Glavie joins the Imperium Fleet.
-Yanmaodao
The Yanmaodao is Novus Imperium's first attempt to create a Capital Ship designed with multi-spacial hulls.  This vessel is still undergoing combat trials.
-Aegis
A capital ship designed to endure punishment.

[Dark Ambition]

That Aegis ship looks remarkable similar to my Imperator vessel.


PREPARE YOUR DUELING PISTOLS, WE SHALL MEET IN HONORABLE COMBAT!

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srsly tho please replace those engines with dischargers, the asymmetry is killing meeeeee

[TonnyT]

That Aegis ship looks remarkable similar to my Imperator vessel.

I'll admit our engineering division took some inspiration, however our's has engines. XD

[Dark Ambition]

I'm afraid I will not be accepting any races any time soon :P

[TonnyT]

Novus Imperium Corp. is proud to reveal six new ship blueprints. For more in-depth descriptions see our main catalog.

-Anvil
A defense station designed to protect high priority energy mines.

-Dadao
A capital ship designed for spearhead attacks.

-Javelin
Designed as in inexpensive measure to combat enemy stunner discharges.

-Khopesh
Designed as a intermediate measure to combat stunners while still containing enough armament for offensive capabilities.

-Kukri
A small relay ship, designed with multi-spacial hulls.

-Mace
The "Mace" has no combat capabilities, instead it has a compliment of reactors to create energy to supply other ships, acting as a mobile energy source.

[TonnyT]

Attention: Investors and potential investors, our engineering department have made the following changes. For more in-depth descriptions see our main catalog.
All ships updated for 1.1.4

-Changdao
Our Flagship design has been updated.

-Longbow
A small combat ship designed to combat large amounts of emergence while still having anti particulate capabilities.

-Mace
Complete Redesign.

-Yanmaodao
Complete redesign and categorized to capital ship class.

[tornado]

Regarding the multi-spacial hulls: I am uncertain as to how they benefit. I've yet to find a situation where spacing the armor from the ship has a noticeable effect, with one of two special cases currently under the supervision of our research division). build cost does not increase in total, as surely you still need the same total thickness of hull? Could you possibly explain this? We happen to be curious and would like to understand this before we invest.
-Tornado, CEO

[GoodMorning]

The short answer is that floating armour is only visually better. It takes more space, and is at least one of  the following: weaker, easily stripped, slower to build, more brittle.

It can be useful in some fleets to aid fast recognition of ships with different functions and otherwise similar designs, it can look better, and there may be rare circumstances where the pattern is more effective.

[tornado]

that's what we figured. currently, we have one design that makes use of this(The Pathway prototype ship) though it is a highly niche weapon.
I guess someone out there will find a use for this stuff eventually.