Mass is a good thing to have on your side. Mass means Ramming Speed is not a last-ditch option. Mass means those missiles striking your broadside are doing didley-squat.
And you might be surprised how much heavy metal you can float. The Iowa-class Battle Ships of the US Navy had 16-inch armor. Nothing was gonna get through that except for the 18-inch guns of the Yamato-class. Guess how thick their armor was?
For certain, this means that it's going to be something that is slow to accelerate. Not a major concern, really, with all the weaponry she has to defend herself plus the armor to stop what does get through. The trick is going to be in making the hull flexible enough to bend but not break. This is part of the reason why I went for that trimaran design I saw in Genocyber. It is an articulated trimaran, with the center hull set forward to the two outer hulls. It'll help eliminate some of the hull stress applied from a sea mine or a torpedo and keep her keels intact.
And you might be surprised how much heavy metal you can float. The Iowa-class Battle Ships of the US Navy had 16-inch armor. Nothing was gonna get through that except for the 18-inch guns of the Yamato-class. Guess how thick their armor was?
For certain, this means that it's going to be something that is slow to accelerate. Not a major concern, really, with all the weaponry she has to defend herself plus the armor to stop what does get through. The trick is going to be in making the hull flexible enough to bend but not break. This is part of the reason why I went for that trimaran design I saw in Genocyber. It is an articulated trimaran, with the center hull set forward to the two outer hulls. It'll help eliminate some of the hull stress applied from a sea mine or a torpedo and keep her keels intact.