First jump-capable Survey Ships

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My last Survey Command designs of the same tech level:

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V4E Explorer class Geological Survey Vessel    1 000 tons     23 Crew     236.5 BP      TCS 20  TH 128  EM 0
6400 km/s     Armour 1-8     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/1     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 9.04 Years     MSP 111    AFR 10%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 2    5YR 37    Max Repair 100 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 50.4 months    Spare Berths 0   

PDMS-c G4 (8)    Power 16    Fuel Use 59.4%    Signature 16    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 180 000 Litres    Range 54.5 billion km   (98 days at full power)

Geological Survey Sensors (1)   1 Survey Points Per Hour

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

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V4G Hound class Gravitational Survey Vessel    1 000 tons     23 Crew     236.5 BP      TCS 20  TH 128  EM 0
6400 km/s     Armour 1-8     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/1/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 9.04 Years     MSP 111    AFR 10%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 2    5YR 37    Max Repair 100 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 50.4 months    Spare Berths 0   

PDMS-c G4 (8)    Power 16    Fuel Use 59.4%    Signature 16    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 180 000 Litres    Range 54.5 billion km   (98 days at full power)

Gravitational Survey Sensors (1)   1 Survey Points Per Hour

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

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V4B Huntsman class Survey Light Carrier    950 tons     14 Crew     157 BP      TCS 19  TH 128  EM 0
6736 km/s     Armour 1-8     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 9.53 Years     MSP 52    AFR 14%    IFR 0.2%    1YR 1    5YR 16    Max Repair 10 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 72 months    Flight Crew Berths 11   
Hangar Deck Capacity 125 tons     

PDMS-c G4 (8)    Power 16    Fuel Use 59.4%    Signature 16    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 200 000 Litres    Range 63.8 billion km   (109 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

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V4C Spirit class Command Ship    1 000 tons     37 Crew     288 BP      TCS 20  TH 112  EM 0
5600 km/s     Armour 1-8     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Maint Life 10.75 Years     MSP 180    AFR 8%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 3    5YR 43    Max Repair 150 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 51 months    Spare Berths 0   
Flag Bridge   

PDMS-c G4 (7)    Power 16    Fuel Use 59.4%    Signature 16    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 165 000 Litres    Range 50.0 billion km   (103 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
And no recon buoy-layer boat of those generation retained in my save files, but there is the next generation Survey Light Carrier with her recon flight and alarm buoy load:

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V5B Oberon class Survey Light Carrier    1 000 tons     16 Crew     164.5 BP      TCS 20  TH 140  EM 0
7000 km/s     Armour 1-8     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 6 Years     MSP 36    AFR 22%    IFR 0.3%    1YR 2    5YR 26    Max Repair 10 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 50 months    Flight Crew Berths 7   
Hangar Deck Capacity 250 tons     Magazine 18   

PDMS-c G5 (7)    Power 20    Fuel Use 59.4%    Signature 20    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 150 000 Litres    Range 45.5 billion km   (75 days at full power)

TSB-c G3 (18)  Speed: 0 km/s   End: 0m    Range: 0m km   WH: 0    Size: 1    TH: 0/0/0

Strike Group
1x F/L-51 Mab Buoy Laying Boat   Speed: 12578 km/s    Size: 1.59
1x F/R-41T Falcon Recon Fighter   Speed: 6837 km/s    Size: 2.34

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
My entire Survey Command has approximately the same total BP cost and fuel consumption, and possibly hundreds times less RP cost, as this Northumberland lasy monster, and they was able to fully survey tens of systems (at 2 or 3 voyages with reloads) before they needed a maintenance overhaul, and their speed gives them an ability to likely break off any enemy ship, they can encounter...

I think, about 2/3 of this map was discovered by those V4x survey corvettes pack:

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Oh, Holy mackerel!. . 
Most of my cruisers was cheaper, then this Northumberland class survey vessel!

Yeah, I don't quite know how this turned into a Spruce Goose, but there it is.  It will likely remain the only ship of its class.  Real kicker is that it uses commercial engines, so I can't use it as jump tender when my commercial bulk haulers are close to 80000 tons (two installations/ship and TGs of five ships lets me plop 10 of most things at a pop).