What if Britain's battleships, cruisers, and carriers in 1936 were replaced by the game's Conqueror, Gibraltar, and Malta designs?
Short answerThe imported game fleet would overwhelm contemporary naval balances, probably collapse treaty restraint, and force every major power to reconsider construction, diplomacy, and war plans.
NotesIn this game counterfactual, Conqueror battleships carry twelve 16.5-inch guns and make about 29.5 knots. Replacing Britain's existing battleships with those ships would leave contemporary rivals far behind and threaten the Second London Naval Treaty. Malta carriers and Gibraltar cruisers would compound the advantage. The date in the initial caption reads 1946, but the subsequent calculations explicitly use 1936. These are the game's capabilities imported into a historical setting, rather than claims about completed historical warships.