How long does it take to develop a brand new design of space warship? For the
Clones it is about 10 years as it has been discovered by
HCS watchers that they have just formed a project team to "create a family of warships to replace the
Soulaki/
Cosmos/
Molentic Tuul". All three of these types will be withdrawn in the decade or so after 2120 (though some late Soulaki and Cosmos may survive as long as 2135) so a new design will be needed by around 2119.
The "family" nature of the project is interesting, the HCS intend to produce a flexible and extendible design that can serve in the heavy battlecruiser role down to the general purpose fleet asset. It may be a modular design will be adopted with a basic core and extra modules added depending on role.
The HCS are understood to be going to begin a "wide scale consultation exercise with stakeholders" i.e. ask people what they want.
