Capital ships of the Soviet Deep Fleet in LEO. Medium sized squadron about to depart.
Front to Back:
Escort:
Strelets-214, UKO
"Frigate" F82, HMS Fife of the Royal Navy Space Service. This "frigate" has amazing range, autonomy, and is very well protected, with a armoured deck and twin guided missile PD systems. Originally conceived to be a light cruiser as part of the British commitment to the Treaty Compliance Commission regulating OST-II space, the notorious Defence White Paper of 1969 meant a massive drawdown of ambitions, culmulating with this monstrosity - a "frigate" with flagship capabilities, extraordinary endurance, a length longer than all destroyers, and more massive than most. A compromised design, it is still competent and a force to be reckoned with, proudly serving as the flagship of HM's Deep Fleet. Just don't call it a destroyer in front of HM's Treasury.
USSF Destroyer “Richard E. Byrd - 23” accompanying Soviet task force consisting of Radien class cruiser and escorting Parser-bis class frigate on a OST-II framework freedom of navigation exercise over Jupiter.
People's Liberation Army Navy Space Forces
The Line Will Absolutely Not Change
Iron Discipline Shakes the Nine Heavens
Lore behind it is the Deng reforms got reversed, and now Neo-Maoists are back in Beijing. These two ships the FuJian and ShiLin is the task force that will later almost have a nuclear exchange with a Soviet cruiser.
The two monsters of the Soviet Deep Fleet having a tender moment. Out here in the vast empty reaches of OST-II space, it gets really, really lonely.
Made this for my little worldbuilding project, MOST SERENE. Hope you like it :) Took inspiration from those mechanics magazines and beautiful hand drawn illustrations from the 80s
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>!SOVIET PROPAGANDA POSTER FIRST SEEN 1984. ГЕРОЙ TRANSLATES DIRECTLY TO THE WORD “HERO”, SHOWS IMPLICATION OF PERCEIVED ROLE THE “FRANCO-II” CLASS DESTROYER BOMBARDMENT PLAYS IN ADVERSARY DETERRENCE. !<
>!-TREATY COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE ANNEX 4.!<