Future Ships of the Roudland Space Force

Post Southern Gulf War, in which four of the nine Conciliator Orbital Cruisers in service with the Roudland Space Initiative (now Roudland Space Force) were destroyed, the Roudland Military made the decision to redesign the fleet. Several designs from several prominent companies were submitted for the new fleet (including two from Avion Space Technologies and one from RoudCorp Space Vehicles). In the end, a two-class ship design from Avion was accepted for the combat models, and a contract to refit several old Conciliator ships into transports was handed to Northop Aerospace.

The ethos surrounding the new ships has been the subject of much controversy in Roudland's government and military, as well as among the public members who concern themselves with such things. The 2006 Autumn Strategic Review of the Roudland Military concluded that the so called 'Roudland Model' of space warfare was fundmentally flawed and contributed to the loss of so many ships during the battle during the Gulf War. Instead, it argued, the Roudland Space Fleet should adapt to the Roman model of space warfare, blending it with its own. This new type of warfare, which essentially amounts to being the mobile arm of the SRSC during battles, is what caused the most controversy, but also the most innovation and change in regards to ship design.

There are now several classes of ship planned for the RSF, and the details are as follows:

Retribution Class Heavy Frigate (4 ships)

RSV Retribution RCD-6112

RSV Repulse RCD-6213

RSV Remorseless RCD-6314

RSV Revenge RCD-6415

Abandoned ships of this class:

RSV Resolution (planned but awaiting funding)

RSV Justice (planned but abandoned in favour of Monitor-Class refits)

Vengeance Class Battlecruiser (11 ships)

RSV Vengeance VCN-7101

RSV Vanquisher VCN-7102

RSV Venomous VCN-7103

RSV Vindictive VCN-7104

RSV Vanguard VCN-7105

RSV Victorious VCN-7106

RSV Vigilant VCN-7107

RSV Merciless VCN-7210

RSV Ferocious VCN-7220

RSV Tempest VCN-7230

RSV Furious VCN-7240

Abandoned ships of this class:

RSV Vehement (abandoned in favour of Monitor-Class refits)

RSV Stormcloud (abandoned in favour of Monitor-Class refits)

Monitor Class Assault Carrier (3 ships)

RSV Monitor (conversion of RSV Fearless) CRN 1106

RSV Mobile (conversion of RSV Vanguard) CRN 1206

RSV Moore (conversion of RSV Vindictive) CRN 1307

Abandoned ship proposal: RSV Monaghan (planned conversion of RSV Conciliator before it was converted into a test bed vessel)

Planned future class:

Future Space Command Carrier – Conqueror Class (Proposed Class of 1)

RSV Conqueror (put on indefinate hiatus regarding funding; may be oficially dropped in march 2007 in favour of more Monitor Class Carriers)