Talk:AF: Armada of Freedom/@comment-27822411-20141129050453/@comment-27822411-20141204222847

'Kage was on his in-build computer in his helmet. He got a notification about classification.'

''To give everyone a background of the antagonist in this drama, namely Alsace:

1. She's meant to be a replica using the in-game Yamato as reference. So I kept her at her size (smaller than Yamato) and scale, which also meant compromises in terms of stability and armament.

2. I used the 30.5cm secondary guns as they fit the scale perfectly with the 46cm main guns. Due to the super-firing arrangement, a bigger secondary armament would've meant increasing her beam and ending up with a bigger ship.

3. The Mk 45s are meant to represent the 3.9 in. DP guns, which IRL were mounted on twin turrets. As the Mk 45 is the only true DP gun in BSC, then I stuck with it. Unfortunately, I couldn't fill all the 37mm AA positions with the dual 25mm AAs as this would have crossed her over to VIP.

4. To make her GC-competitive, she is speed-tweaked to 194.5 knots at 1:18 min. on Duel Lv1. This allows her great flexibility in fighting multiple types, from carriers to speedboats and even subs (4 Mk 45s firing forward are deadly for subs caught in Sunny Sea). With a toughness of 3300, she can take on other similar sized battleships, but is obviously outclassed by bigger, built-for-GC vessels.

I use her often in GC because she seems to load more easily in Open than my other battleships, probably because of her size.

Cheers!''

Kage responded and typed:

''Ah, a replica heh. That would maybe explain it a bit. Replicas aren't really the best combaters in matches. Maybe we should try to compare with a battleship that is built for combat.

I never believed the Alaska to be a battlecruiser, if it weren't for the fact that I learnt that her 12 inch guns were equal, if not superior to the 14 inch guns the U.S. navy had.

And it is not just her who had a bad torpedo defence. The South Dakota and Iowa class also had bad defence as well. Just a good thing a destroyer didn't get close to them and hit them with Long Lances.

If we are also using firepower, the fact she was armed with the biggest guns, she would've been a battlecruiser from the moment she was built.''

''Kage then got the transmission, and responded'

Kage: We are AIF crew. We were destroying an ORDER base not far from here. We mean no threat to the AF.