User:Swb/Renaissance Base Design Proposal

The Renaissance is a 2308 design, created in the pre-parts system. Some leeway with parts available must be granted in order to make it work, as it was ordered at least 2-4 years early by the part progression. In addition, the Renaissance is somewhat impossible as a 1mt design with cruiser subframe limitations. To account for these issues, tier 1 parts were generally used in the Renaissance base design, and a 1050kt frigate frame was used while attempting to stay under 1000kt internal weight (external weight includes 80kt of nacelles, but the convention of fiat to designer conversion ignores this). Despite this frame change the Renaissance is considered a cruiser in all aspects, it can NOT be used in areas restricted to frigates.

The resulting design is over specifications by 5kt internal and 85kt total, acceptable given how extraordinary the Renaissance was for its technology level.