The superdreadnought (SD) was a type of warship employed by most major space forces of the Post Diaspora era. They were the largest warships to be built by humans as of the 20th Century PD, with tonnage ranging between seven and nine million tons, and were grouped with dreadnoughts and battleships as "ships of the wall".

Contents 1 History 2 Pod-layer 3 Known SD classes 4 Known SD(P) classes 5 References

History Edit

HMS Manticore was an example of a Royal Manticoran Navy superdreadnought. (HH1)

Pod-layer Edit

The pod-laying variant (called superdreadnought pod-layer, SD(P), or "podnought") was a superdreadnought hull that had been modified to have a hollow core where it could store racks of missile pods, thus protecting them from proximity or "soft" kills. This also allowed a greater number or pods to be carried into battle, and podnoughts could "hand off" pods to other ships in the same formation to tow, although fire-control was still provided by the podnought itself.

Jointly developed between Manticore's BuShips and Grayson's Office of Shipbuilding, the Medusa-class (known and operated by the Grayson Space Navy as the Honor Harrington-class) was the first design of pod-laying warship developed from the keel for that purpose, capable of carrying up to five hundred pods. During combat, the pods would be flushed out of the ship through a stern-mounted bay door. While massively enhancing the ships' first strike capabilities, the hollow-core design reduced the ships hull strength compared to pre-pod superdreadnoughts, and the need to mount doors through which to flush the pods forced the designers to sacrifice the aft chase mounts. (HH9)

A few years later, both the Andermani Empire and the Republic of Haven developed podnoughts as well. (HH11)

Known SD classes Edit

Andermani Empire

• Seydlitz-class

Republic of Haven

• DuQuesne-class

Star Kingdom / Star Empire of Manticore

• Anduril-class
• Gryphon-class
• King William-class
• Manticore-class
• Samothrace-class
• Sphinx class
• Victory-class

Solarian League

• Scientist-class
• Vega-class

Protectorate of Grayson

• Manticore's Gift-class
• Benjamin the Great-class

Known SD(P) classes Edit

Andermani Empire

• Adler-class

Republic of Haven

• Sovereign of Space-class
• Temeraire-class

Star Kingdom / Star Empire of Manticore

• Invictus-class
• Medusa-class

Protectorate of Grayson

• Honor Harrington-class

References Edit

Warship Classification
Destroyer • Light Cruiser • Heavy Cruiser • Battlecruiser • Battleship • LAC Carrier • Dreadnought • Superdreadnought [ LAC • Frigate • Q-ship ]