Blue Team has finalized their design of the new Discovery II survey ship:
Discovery II class Survey Ship 25,000 tons 741 Crew 3,619.3 BP TCS 500 TH 160 EM 390
320 km/s Armour 2-76 Shields 13-325 HTK 126 Sensors 250/250/1/1 DCR 25 PPV 4
Maint Life 7.61 Years MSP 14,342 AFR 200% IFR 2.8% 1YR 436 5YR 6,544 Max Repair 500 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 250 tons Troop Capacity 250 tons Drop Capable Magazine 19 Cryogenic Berths 1,000
Captain Control Rating 3 BRG ENG SCI
Intended Deployment Time: 60 months Flight Crew Berths 40 Morale Check Required
Blue Team Commercial Nuclear Pulse Engine EP80.0 (2) Power 160.0 Fuel Use 5.76% Signature 80.0 Explosion 4%
Fuel Capacity 400,000 Litres Range 50 billion km (1808 days at full power)
Blue Team Alpha S13 / R325 Shields (1) Recharge Time 325 seconds (0 per second)
Blue Team Size 1 Missile Launcher (1) Missile Size: 1 Rate of Fire 30
Blue Team Size 3.0 Missile Launcher (1) Missile Size: 3 Rate of Fire 55
Blue Team Missile Fire Control FC2-R1 (2) Range 2.5m km Resolution 1
Blue Team ICBM (2) Speed: 200 km/s End: 47.4m Range: 0.6m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 1/0/0
Blue Team IPBM (2) Speed: 200 km/s End: 26.7d Range: 460.8m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 0/0/0
Blue Team Scout Missile IV - Active (1) Speed: 67 km/s End: 1,508.4d Range: 8,692.9m km WH: 0 Size: 3 TH: 0/0/0
Blue Team Scout Missile IV - EM (1) Speed: 100 km/s End: 1,508.4d Range: 13,032.8m km WH: 0 Size: 2 TH: 0/0/0
Blue Team Scout Missile IV - Thermal (1) Speed: 100 km/s End: 1,508.4d Range: 13,032.8m km WH: 0 Size: 2 TH: 0/0/0
Blue Team Spy Satellite II - EM (2) Speed: 0 km/s End: 0m Range: 0m km WH: 0 Size: 1 TH: 0/0/0
Blue Team Spy Satellite II - Thermal (2) Speed: 0 km/s End: 0m Range: 0m km WH: 0 Size: 1 TH: 0/0/0
Blue Team Spy Satellite III - Active (2) Speed: 0 km/s End: 0m Range: 0m km WH: 0 Size: 2 TH: 0/0/0
Blue Team Active Search Sensor AS130-R100 (1) GPS 50000 Range 130.9m km Resolution 100
Blue Team Active Search Sensor AS223-R500 (1) GPS 250000 Range 223.9m km Resolution 500
Blue Team Active Search Sensor AS28-R1 (1) GPS 500 Range 28.2m km MCR 2.5m km Resolution 1
Blue Team EM Sensor EM50-250 (1) Sensitivity 250 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 125m km
Blue Team Thermal Sensor TH50-250 (1) Sensitivity 250 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 125m km
Geological Survey Sensors (1) 1 Survey Points Per Hour
Gravitational Survey Sensors (1) 1 Survey Points Per Hour
Strike Group
1x Stiletto Boarding Transport Speed: 1921 km/s Size: 5
Missile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
The Discovery II is a considerable improvement over Red Team's Alexei Leonov. The Discovery II travels at over twice the speed of the Leonov, has 5/3 the range, is capable of conducting both geological and gravitational surveys, mounts a more capable weapon system, much better sensors, and can also carry troops for ground based geosurvey operations. Additionally, Blue Team developed the Stiletto boarding transport to accompany the Discovery II should the Alexei Leonov attempt any aggressive maneuvers:
Stiletto class Boarding Transport 250 tons 6 Crew 22.2 BP TCS 5 TH 10 EM 0
1921 km/s Armour 3-3 Shields 0-0 HTK 1 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 19.34 Years MSP 25 AFR 5% IFR 0.1% 1YR 0 5YR 2 Max Repair 6 MSP
Troop Capacity 100 tons Boarding Capable
Lieutenant Commander Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 1 days Morale Check Required
Blue Team Nuclear Pulse Engine EP9.60 (1) Power 9.6 Fuel Use 876.85% Signature 9.60 Explosion 15%
Fuel Capacity 2,000 Litres Range 0.2 billion km (23 hours at full power)
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
The Stiletto can transport a boarding party of well armed marines onto any ships similar to the Leonov, should tensions between Red and Blue team escalate. Combined with the potent missile armament of the Discovery II, it is expected that the Leonov will maintain a safe distance.
Additionally, Blue Team discovered that by targeting it's missiles at waypoints placed on distant planetary bodies, even those located outside of MFC range, it can successfully deploy sensor satellites to distant locations. As a test of this deployment scheme, Blue Team launched several geosurvey missiles at Jupiter and the Galilean moons. All 5 sensors deployed flawlessly and have started providing useful survey data to Blue Team.
With these developments, Red Team is scrambling to advance it's knowledge of jump point theory and gravitational survey sensors. Perceiving a significant lack of defensive capability with the deployment of Discovery II, Red Team is beginning development of several new fighter-sized ships with various weapon systems and combat capabilities. In the meantime, Alexei Leoniv will continue geological surveys of the remaining un-surveyed bodies in the solar system, avoiding Discovery II when necessary.