What Hildebrand could've been

[MBT808]

Its a real disappointment seeing the reveal of Hildebrand, a ship that(if done right and not been a hybrid) would've made people quite happy potentially. Its a missed opportunity without question. Especially when we could've had some fun stuff, like a tier X Mainz or maybe a super Agir(though Mecklenburg already sorta is that). So, I decided to come up with a tier X premium german cruiser to show what could've been. I present to you, Fafnir, a cruiser designed to brawl with a unique feature: AP secondaries with improved range and dispersion. Her strong brawling features are counterbalanced by having few consumables, poor surface detection, average main battery, and poor maneuverability.

This was purely done for fun, Its not necessarily balanced but I think it would be fun premium/freemium ship.

Tier X Fafnir	Stock Hull	N/A
Suvivability	HP: 55,000 Plating: 30mm Torpedo protection: 25%	N/A
Main Battery	(3x3) 210 mm/60 SK C/34 on a Drh LC/40 Mount	N/A
MB Range & Dispersion	18.0km Sigma: 2.05 Maximum Dispersion Horiz: 157m Maximum Dispersion Verti: 91m	N/A
MB Traverse & ROF	4.8rpm – 12.5s 180° turn time: 25s	N/A
MB HE	210mm Spr.Gr. L/4.7. 925m/s Fire chance: 15% Penetration: 53mm Damage: 2,950	N/A
MB AP	283 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.4 925m/s Pen angle: 45-60° Penetration at 10km: 258mm Damage: 6,200	N/A
Secondary Armament	(6x2) 12.8cm/61 KM44 Shell: AP 900m/s Reload: 20rpm – 3s Sigma: 1.0 Dispersion: 253m Range: 9.0km Penetration at 10km: 102mm Damage: 3,000 Pen angle: 60-67.5° (4x2)15cm/60 SK C/25 Tbts KC 42T Shell: AP 960m/s Reload: 10rpm – 6s Sigma: 1.0 Dispersion: 253m Range: 9.0km Penetration at 10km: 165mm Damage: 3,900 Pen angle: 60-67.5°	N/A
Torpedoes	(2x3) 700mm drilling – J10 Damage: 20,633 Reload: 110s Range: 6km Speed: 58 knots Detectability: 1.1km Reaction time: 9s Chance of flooding: 343%	N/A
AA Armament	(4x2) 15cm/60 SK C/25 Tbts KC 42T Range: 0.1km – 6.9km DPS: 62 Flak: 6 + 1 Flak damage: 1,750 (6x2) 12.8cm/61 KM44 Range: 0.1km – 6.9km DPS: 158 (10x1) 5.5cm Gerat 58 Range: 0.1km – 4.0km DPS: 320 (16x2) 3cm flakzwilling 103/38 Range: 0.1km – 3.0km DPS: 304	N/A
Maneuverability	Speed: 30 knots Turn radius: 750m Ruddershift: 14.8s	N/A
Concealment	Surface: 15.2km Smoke: 9.6km Air: 6.8km	N/A
Consumables	Damage Control(slot 1): Charges: ∞ Duration: 5s Reload: 60s Hydroacoustic search(slot 2): Range: 6.0km(surface)/4.0km(torpedo) Charges: 3 Duration: 120s Reload: 120s Damage Repair(slot 3): HP per second: 1% Charges: 4 Duration: 15s Reload: 80s Penetration/citadel: 60% / 33%	N/A

 

[WES_HoundDog]

I'd like a t10 Schill.

with 15 second reload. A little better pen with improved pen angles and slightly quicker fuse times. and bungo spotter.

A maneuverable, more stealthy 6 gunned Stalingrad.

One day maybe..

Edited July 8 by WES_HoundDog

[Ensign Cthulhu]

9 hours ago, WES_HoundDog said:

A maneuverable, more stealthy 6 gunned Stalingrad.

A baby German Republique. 

10 hours ago, MBT808 said:

but I think it would be fun premium/freemium ship

The gun armament is grossly underpowerered compared even to Hindenburg. 

You might as well just ask for a premium Hindy clone with the big, fat Anhalt torpedoes that you selected.

[Wolfswetpaws]

I'm just gonna leave this here ...