Here's the specs, courtesy of the Solar League Marines.
Queen class Star Swarm 60,000 tons 3829 Crew 17241 BP TCS 1200 TH 1200 EM 18000
1000 km/s JR 3-50 Armour 11-136 Shields 600-300 Sensors 2000/2000/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 136
Annual Failure Rate: 12000% IFR: 166.7% Maint Capacity 0 MSP Max Repair 5625 MSP Est Time: 0 Years
Hangar Deck Capacity 16000 tons
J60000(3-50) Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 60000 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 3
Magneto-plasma Drive E7 (15) Power 80 Fuel Use 70% Signature 80 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250,000 Litres Range 10.7 billion km (124 days at full power)
Epsilon R300/21 Shields (200) Total Fuel Cost 4,200 Litres per day
Quad R6/C3 Meson Cannon Turret (8x4) Range 60,000km TS: 20000 km/s Power 12-12 RM 6 ROF 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S04 40-20000 (3) Max Range: 80,000 km TS: 20000 km/s 88 75 62 50 38 25 12 0 0 0
Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 AR-0 (32) Total Power Output 96 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Active Search Sensor MR1344-R100 (1) GPS 33600 Range 1,344.0m km Resolution 100
Active Search Sensor MR11-R1 (1) GPS 28 Range 11.2m km Resolution 1
Thermal Sensor TH50-2000 (1) Sensitivity 2000 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 2000m km
EM Detection Sensor EM50-2000 (1) Sensitivity 2000 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 2000m km
ECCM-3 (1) ECM 30
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Capturing her wasn't particularly hard. I dropped six Marine Battalions on her, through a window in her shields provided by the 300mm railguns of my
Rheinland-class strike cruisers. I wasn't sure about the effect of active shields on boarding attempts, so I didn't take any chances. The boys conquered her in one 5-minute combat round. Perfect drop (20000 km/s vs. <1000 km/s) and perfect performance: zero casualties.
It was exciting and disappointing at the same time. The first time you ever board a vessel from a given race is always thrilling. However, the sense of fear of the unknown vanishes once you suddenly know all the nuts and bolts of your enemy. In addition, I was expecting the mothership to look less... ship-like. Since I don't think you're even supposed to capture Star Swarm creatures, I can forgive the components' generic names.
However, just for fun and possibly an easter egg, I'm suggesting more organic-sounding component names. Not as descriptive as the default ones, but intermediate players should be able to deduce their purpose from the stats next to the names. I hope the biotechnobabble is satisfactory.
Matriarch class Hiveship 60,000 tons 3829 Crew 17241 BP TCS 1200 TH 1200 EM 18000
1000 km/s JR 3-50 Armour 11-136 Shields 600-300 Sensors 2000/2000/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 136
Annual Failure Rate: 12000% IFR: 166.7% Maint Capacity 0 MSP Max Repair 5625 MSP Est Time: 0 Years
Hangar Deck Capacity 16000 tons
Massive Cryptofactic Jump Organ Max Ship Size 60000 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 3
Biomagnetic Plasmoid Vent (15) Power 80 Fuel Use 70% Signature 80 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250,000 Litres Range 10.7 billion km (124 days at full power)
Ultra-dense Regenerative Carapace (200) Total Fuel Cost 4,200 Litres per day
Bio-meson Spitter Tentacle (8x4) Range 60,000km TS: 20000 km/s Power 12-12 RM 6 ROF 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Reactive Stemmata Matrix (3) Max Range: 80,000 km TS: 20000 km/s 88 75 62 50 38 25 12 0 0 0
Ancillary Heart (32) Total Power Output 96 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Primary Gravitic Antennae Cluster (1) GPS 33600 Range 1,344.0m km Resolution 100
Hyperspectral Compound Oculus (1) GPS 28 Range 11.2m km Resolution 1
Supersensory Chitinous Coating (TH) (1) Sensitivity 2000 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 2000m km
Supersensory Chitinous Coating (EM) (1) Sensitivity 2000 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 2000m km
ECCM-3 (1) ECM 30
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Unmentioned components:
- 16x Ventral Sac (ex-Hangar Deck)
- 150.2x Metamorphic Exoskeleton (ex-Ceramic Composite Armour)
- 5x Hemolymphatic Artery (ex-Fuel Storage)
