Regal-class Skyship

[stormwell]

Talked a fair bit about Skyships, but haven't really said much beyond how they work. Thus far I've posted about the Bayleaf freighter and the B-class frigate, this week I'll be posting another Skyship in the form of the Regal-class light cruiser (which has been mentioned previously).


http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2017/03/regal-class-skyship.html

[Jubal]

Looks good! One thought - comparing the Regal class to the B-Class, it strikes me that the crew numbers seem to indicate a far bigger increase in scale than the number of guns: I'd expect a ship of 570 crew to have more than 8 cannon on board, given the cannon probably only account for say 30-40 crew between them (3 per gun plus a team of runners)...

[stormwell]

Looks good! One thought - comparing the Regal class to the B-Class, it strikes me that the crew numbers seem to indicate a far bigger increase in scale than the number of guns: I'd expect a ship of 570 crew to have more than 8 cannon on board, given the cannon probably only account for say 30-40 crew between them (3 per gun plus a team of runners)...

Based off the Leander-class light cruisers (HMS Ajax from the Battle of the River Plate), had 580 peacetime crew that went over 600 odd during wartime. Some of the crew are aero-marines who typically man the 50-cal machine guns, otherwise their own rifles fired from the deck.

[Jubal]

Ah, fair enough; I guess I'd forgotten that most of your ships are in the "naval ship with side-balloon" format and so have quite a lot of deck space for light weapons. Presumably one could fit things like mortars on the deck too if needs be...