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HMCS Great Nova

Hey everyone, here's the ninth airship of this release, the carrier Great Nova. Great Nova has a long and storied history. Originally launched as a heavily armed ironclad transport, she had an upper deck used for cargo and her underside mounted three simple rotating turrets. When the need for carriers of heavier than air craft emerged, Great Nova was seen as an ideal candidate, despite her advanced age and somewhat out of date armament. Just like the cargo vessel she had been before, the new carrier Great Nova could have a fully functional upper deck, now used for planes, while still mounting a powerful underside armament to discourage close assault. Ultimately this need in carrier doctrine proved unfounded as carriers should never reach gunnery range of their enemies, but Great Nova's crew are confident that they are ready for that, should the eventuality ever arise.

Great Nova is probably my most asymmetric design yet, but I'm quite proud of it. She has eight cannons per side in casemates, two twin 300mm guns on the port side and one on the starboard, with cross"deck" firing. She also has two 150mm guns on the starboard side (to balance out the extra port main gun) and two 94mm guns around the island. Both sides have six twin 40mm simple AA on a deck above the casemates, while the island side has an extra two and the opposite side an extra four. She has a port side funnel that is angled to the side, under the flight deck, like some Japanese carriers used. You may notice a rather complete absence of planes for this being a carrier. I haven't decided what complement I want to give her, so I'll leave that up to you for now. if you grab the planes from my other BPs you should be able to choose between a wooden biplane dive bomber, a wooden rocket bomber, a CRAM dive bomber, and a super tiny compact APS fighter that Samson made for me to use. I'll probably update her with a proper aircraft complement at some point, but for now it's on you. Enjoy!

General Stats:
278k materials, 18.7k volume
8x 225mm 15rpm casemates per side, three twin 300mm 36rpm solid/sabot, two starboard 78rpm 150mm guns, two 94mm deck guns,18 twin Bofors
Motto: Semper Clara (Always Bright)

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Check out the rest of my airships from this release!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2815367193 HMLS Steadfast, a pre-dreadnought battleship
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2815370348 HMES Ire, an assault escort
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2815372024 HMLS Aedile, a central battery ironclad
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2816150569 HMLS Relief, a cargo cruiser
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2816153126 HMLS Iron Sky, a really detailed dreadnought battleship
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2816155925 HMES Kimberley, an adorable tiny AA escort
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2817443680 HMCS Endeavor, a twin hulled light carrier with CRAM dive bombers
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2817548309 HMES Nineveh, an AA and fleet support destroyer
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2817552272 HMCS Great Nova, an ironclad turned carrier with a lot of guns
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2818335965 HMES Ransbel, a retrofit of Nineveh with stronger armor, more torpedoes, and better aesthetics
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2818338889 HMCS Endeavor (Hawks' Nest), a carrier with sixteen to-scale planes made by Samson for me to use
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2818682971 HMAS Empyreal Imperium, a massive capital ship designed for running down its opponent and obliterating them with forward firepower and bombs, an absolute must have!