More Mass to move = more reaction mass to move it. The biggest reason that a space battleship makes no sense under current or proposed technological limitations is because of the demands of reaction drives. You actually solve your own problem right here. High volume black box non-reaction handwavium drive to power the whole thing. I'll also permit artificial gravity to reduce the distractions from the core problem. Defined as too big to put it in a fighter, and not directly usable as a weapon itself.
Or can they still be justified in light of the limitations on the factors that made them redundant on Earth.Īssume no great deviation from current understanding of physics apart from a high volume black box non-reaction handwavium drive to power the whole thing. Was the era of space battleships over before it even began? So in the great trade off between drone carriers, missile boats, and battleships: The concept of "over the horizon" is totally non-existent. A simple slug or contact explosive shell has "unlimited" range, where a fighter still has a strictly limited flight time. "Range" has an entirely different meaning. However in space, there's no stealth, so no submarines. On Earth battleships became big white elephants with high cost and minimal use, vulnerable to every submarine, aircraft carrier, and missile boat in the sea. We all know and presumably love enormous space battles with vast battleships doing minimal damage to each other for hours before being blown up by a single fighter.
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