. The "1984" class Aerial Gun Battery .This page last modified: June 30, 2000
A lone 1894 class aerial battery confronts a Burgundian bombing mission
A unique design, these aerial batteries have already proved their worth in defending strategically important assets such as dockyards, bridgeheads and railway junctions from raiding Burgundian bombers. Main armament is a laterally-fixed 6" gun which is aimed by rotating the entire battery by venting steam through opposite pairs of exhausts. By exhausting through adjacent vents, a limited degree of propulsion can be achieved, although this rapidly exhausts the limited coal bunkerage of the battery, and so batteries are usually moved by being towed by other vessels. The battery can also be tethered in place to maintain station in high winds. Secondary armament is a sponson mounted 4" gun at the rear of the battery. The entire battery is well-armoured, covered with sloping plates that have been proven to deflect a good proportion of the shells that hit the battery.
| Overall length: | 79' | ||||||
| Armament: | 1 x 6" | Class | Hull points | Gun dice | Bomb dice | Speed | Turn |
| 1 x 4" | 5M | 12 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Armour: | 4" |
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