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Since we cannot create own scenarios we have to improvise a bit. Hope people find this little design challenge interesting to participate in. Might be interesting to see what kind of designs we come up when it needs to face multiple challenges. Setting of the scenario (very hypothetical): Russo-Japanese war, July 1904 As part of Weltpolitik policy and deep racial prejudices against Asians, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had encouraged Tsar Nicholas II towards the expansion in East, become worried whether Russian would succeed in their war with Japanese. War itself, according to Wilhelm II, was also an opportunity to drive further a wedge between Britain (ally, although a passive one, of Japan) and Russia, convincing the later to join the alliance with German Empire. As an attempt to give the Nicolas II a practical support in the ongoing war and also convince Russia that Germany is a reliable partner, Kaiser decides to send one his newest armored cruisers, lunched year ago in 1903, under captain Stresser to aid Russian naval force. Japanese are well aware of the approaching German cruiser and plan an ambush, planning on using a destroyer to lure the heavy cruiser in waiting trap consisting of part of Admiral Togo's fleet in Yellow Sea. However, the destroyer fails to find the german cruiser and instead the german cruiser chances upon a Japanese pre-drednought battleship and two armored cruisers, both part of Japanese 1894 purchase from Britain shipyards. Convinced on the superiority of his crew, officers and ship instead of disengaging Captain Stresser orders fire. Unbeknown to both sides the battle interacts the path of 4 Japanese torpedo boats. The task: Post your heavy cruiser design, with ship details section visible, according to the limitations outlined in this post. Limitations: 1902 CA design (heavy cruiser, I am setting design year 1902 since the ship was launched in 1903) Range must be set to very long Max cost : 5,300,000 $ You will be fighting two battles 1: vs 1 BB and 2x CL of 1894 (battle distance 5000 meters) 2: vs 4 TB of 1903 design (battle distance 4000 meters). In other words ship must be somewhat multi functional and able to face different kind of enemies.