Yes I’m alive but not really

Original build here

Light version (only Bofors + 5inchers) here (528 parts)

• The Defensive warships series hopes to make killing AI warship targets with aircraft 10x harder. (and fun) All ships have a semi-realistic AA complement, with guns that all have semi-realistic ranges, muzzle velocities, firing arcs, and etc
• (wiki)
  USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in December 1942, Essex participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning the Presidential Unit Citation and 13 battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), eventually becoming an antisubmarine aircraft carrier (CVS). In her second career, she served mainly in the Atlantic, playing a role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. She also participated in the Korean War, earning four battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation. She was the primary recovery carrier for the Apollo 7 space mission.

(What you’re going up against)

Functional armament

(Spawn as AI in aggressive mode, guns will activate and deactivate depending on if they are in arc/range)

• 4x Dual 5in/38 mount

Max range: 16000m
Min range: 1000m
Projectile velocity: 792m/s

• 4x single 5in/38 mount

Max range: 16000m
Min range: 1000m
Projectile velocity: 792m/s

• 9x Quad Bofors 40mm mount

Max range: 7160m
Min range: 0m
Projectile velocity: 850m/s

• 60x Single Oerlikon 20mm mount
  (These things take up so much of the part count and yet hit NOTHING)

Max range: 6000m
Min range: 0m
Projectile velocity: 600m/s

Notes

• This ship also has the ability to maneuver to dodge ordnance, so keep that in mind. Most other ships from now on will have this ability as well.
• I can’t even recall how many times my phone heated up to the temperature of the sun and has the game crash while making this…

Enjoy getting obliterated!