Extra protection and disputed antiaircraft equipment

Clarke's competing Constellation game design also carries twelve 14-inch/50 guns and makes 33 knots. Its reported displacement is 32,797 tons and its range is 21,000 kilometers, with deep draft used in the design. A 14-inch belt is slightly thicker than its rival's, while a less advanced citadel setting is selected as more appropriate to the period. The heavy antiaircraft outfit prompts a chronology caveat: one designer pulls back from extensive 40 mm armament because the scenario is set in the early 1930s. The proposed use of 1.1-inch weapons as a substitute makes clear that the displayed game fit and the intended historical equipment need separate consideration.