General Introduction and Comments
The ships listed herein are primarily ones identified by type and class in the Honor Harrington novels, short stories, and Universe Background articles by David Weber — as filtered through my own perceptions. As such, they have no essential “validity” except in so far as they agree (more or less) with what has been published. They do not necessarily reflect Mr. Weber’s views of either how Honorverse ships should be constructed in general or how the specific navies in question have actually constructed the ship classes mentioned here. Any errors in these statistics are strictly my own.
All ships listed in Part Two are assigned tentatively to any of a possible infinity of Alternate Universes. They may or may not reflect current or future trends in starship design and construction in the Mainstream Honorverse. Those listed as originating from Harrington Blackbird Yards are the product of my own warped imagination; all others are the product of those persons identified, and first appeared (in substantially different form) on the Honor Harrington Discussion Board. Any errors in transcription between those original postings and their appearance in this list are strictly those of the transcriber (Yours Truly).
Ships of the Royal Manticoran Navy and Grayson Space Navy (except pre-Alliance ships) are shown with Maximum Acceleration figures that reflect upgrades to the most modern (5th Generation by my own obscure calculations) Inertial Compensators, Impellers, Warshawski Sails and Hyper Generators. Note that the acceleration figures I have applied may not necessarily agree with Mr. Weber's views on the subject.
Ships of non-Alliance Navies are shown with Maximum Acceleration figures reflecting the best performances possible for drive systems which do not have the benefits of Alliance technological improvements.
These acceleration figures have been applied to all ships, regardless of whether they are Mr. Weber’s, mine, or those of other persons contributing designs.
All questions, comments, and/or major abuse should be directed to me. Major abuse should be e-mailed directly to me, and not posted on the Discussion Board. If you disagree with my "take" on any of the ships in Part One based on your own reading of the Sacred Texts, please be sure to cite the specific page/text upon which you base your opinion. Well-reasoned discourses that cite verifiable errors on my part may (or may not be taken into account in future revises, and appropriate credit given.
New ship and smallcraft designs are, of course, always welcome. You may e-mail them to me, post them on the Discussion Board, or even at Baen's Bar or the alt.books.david-weber newsgroup, but fair warning is given:
Designs that are not posted at the Honor Harrington Discussion Board or sent directly to me may not be noticed, and if not noticed, have no chance of making it onto the List.
And finally, MANY MILLIONS of THANKS to Tom Pope for offering the webspace to host this NEFARIOUS LIST!
Good Reading!
Michael B. Caffrey
(MCAFFREY99@aol.com)
Stellae Nostrae Sunt!