Japanese Space Self Defense Forces battlegroup, featuring “Heavy Artillery Escort” JS Musashi.
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  • 37 points ImperialistChina

    Yes Japanese spaceships are basically Space Battleship Yamato + The Expanse

    Also if you’re wondering why Musashi is a BBS instead of a DDAS, well Izumo and Kaga are CVMs now instead of DDHs

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    10 points AD-SKYOBSIDION

    Is the third bridge still an absolute hazard like in SBY?

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    12 points ImperialistChina

    Maybe, luckily the superstructures aren’t usually inhabited, they don’t have windows and are mostly for holding sensors.

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    2 points Lonely-Entry-7206

    Ww2 ref u using

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    1 points Trainman1351

    SBY Rahh! Are the main guns railguns?

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    2 points ImperialistChina

    Coilguns

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    2 points Trainman1351

    Ah. Are you planning to go down the canon or fanon route with the navies of other nations?

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    2 points ImperialistChina

    It’s not a Space Battleship Yamato AU, it’s my own setting set in an alternate version of our own solar system, other nations will have different ship styles.

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    2 points Trainman1351

    Nice! Excited to see future stuff

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    2 points ImperialistChina

    Thank you, no problem.

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  • 18 points Majestic_Repair9138

    Ah, here is my very expensive escort for my space carriers.

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    9 points thotpatrolactual

    Space carriers don't make sense in a hard sci-fi setting REEEEEEEE

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    1 points Quantum1000

    incorrect, space carriers are meta

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    3 points doquan2142

    Woah woah we dont have any carriers here, just some destroyers with reinforced top.

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    1 points Majestic_Repair9138

    Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure. A planefucker and carrier-fucker like me knows an F-35 capable flight deck when I see one.

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  • 6 points brandnewbanana

    Is the JS Ayanami nicknamed Rei?

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    7 points ImperialistChina

    Maybe, also fun fact a lot of Evangelion characters are named after ships

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  • 3 points Stahl_Scharnhorst

    But does it have a Wave Motion Gun?

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    3 points ImperialistChina

    No Wave Motion Core yet, but it does have an Electron Beam Cannon at the front

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  • 3 points WELL_FUCK_ME_DAD

    I see no reason for the bottom to be painted red. No need for anti-fouling paint in space.

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    3 points ImperialistChina

    In-universe: the Japanese just liked the look of it.

    In reality: just wanted to give more Space Battleship Yamato vibes

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    1 points Trainman1351

    In space yes, but for planetary landing? Just having a ship land in the ocean is much easier than building dedicated dry docks, and allows it to use existing facilities.

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  • 1 points tentacle_

    submarines are a better fit for space warfare than battleships. got to keep the stealth.

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