Misc. Primitive Fighter Craft, Shepherd Class & Tetra Class

[xenoscepter (OP)]

Shepherd Class Fighter:

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Shepherd Class Fighter      500 tons       18 Crew       26.3 BP       TCS 10    TH 3    EM 0
300 km/s      Armour 1-5       Shields 0-0       HTK 3      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 3
Maint Life 25.55 Years     MSP 163    AFR 20%    IFR 0.3%    1YR 0    5YR 7    Max Repair 5 MSP
Lieutenant Commander    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 12 days    Morale Check Required   

Starship Drive, 300 Rated [Conventional, Boosted] (1)    Power 3.0    Fuel Use 616.19%    Signature 3.00    Explosion 15%
Fuel Capacity 6,000 Litres    Range 0.4 billion km (13 days at full power)

Mass Driver, 10cm [Railgun-Type] (1x4)    Range 20,000km     TS: 1,250 km/s     Power 3-1     RM 20,000 km    ROF 15        1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shepherd FCS (1)     Max Range: 20,000 km   TS: 1,250 km/s     10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conventional Reactor, Naval Rated [80 Tons] (1)     Total Power Output 1    Exp 5%

Shepherd TAS (1)     GPS 1     Range 1.3m km    MCR 113.5k km    Resolution 1

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction*To-Hit numbers given for the B-FCS are measured against targets moving at 5,000 km/s at a range of 12,000 km.
Techs:

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- Conventional Advanced Composite Armor
- Active Sensor 10
- EM Passive 5
- Capacitor 1
- 10cm Railgun Caliber
- Railgun Launch Velocity 10,000km
- Engine Boost 150%

Allocation of Mass:

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- Maintenance, Engineering & Crew: 40 Tons
- Power, Propulsion & Fuel: 186 Tons
- Sensors, Weapons & Fire Control: 180 Tons
- Armor, Shields & EW Suite: 50 Tons

 - A super-low tech Railgun based fighter. A 40% Intercept chance against missiles going 5,000 km/s isn't anything to sniff at, while a 20% intercept chance against missiles moving 10,000 km/s isn't too shabby either, considering the size, tech level and cost of a Shepherd Class Fighter. A twelve day deployment and an effective range of 200,000,000 km give it some okay-ish legs for such a small ship.

Tetra Class Geological Survey Craft:

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Tetra Class Geological Survey Craft      500 tons       15 Crew       120.6 BP       TCS 10    TH 2    EM 0
150 km/s      Armour 1-5       Shields 0-0       HTK 2      Sensors 0/0/0/1      DCR 0      PPV 0
Maint Life 10.17 Years     MSP 112    AFR 6%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 2    5YR 30    Max Repair 100 MSP
Lieutenant Commander    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 5.1 months    Morale Check Required   

Starship Drive, 150 Rated [Conventional] (1)    Power 1.5    Fuel Use 108.93%    Signature 1.5    Explosion 7%
Fuel Capacity 6,000 Litres    Range 2 billion km (153 days at full power)

Geological Survey Sensors (1)   1 Survey Points Per Hour

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interactionTechs:

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- Conventional Advanced Composite Armor
- Geological Survey Sensor

Allocation of Mass:

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- Maintenance, Engineering & Crew: 51 Tons
- Power, Propulsion & Fuel: 106 Tons
- Sensors, Weapons & Fire Control: 250 Tons
- Armor, Shields & EW Suite: 50 Tons

 - This is a fighter-sized Geological Survey Craft built using the same tech as the Shepherd Class Fighter. A five month deployment and an effective range of 1,000,000,000 km make it a pretty good little ship for it's purpose.

[Migi]

I like them.
Armour is so horribly heavy in the early game that it makes these things really interesting to try and design.
Although maybe the 25 year lifespan of the Shepard class is a little overkill, are you expecting to burn through 160 MSP during combat?

[xenoscepter (OP)]

 - The 10cm Railgun costs 3.5 to repair each failure, so that MSP is good for about 46 failures. The ship has a twelve day deployment, assuming it fires through a full day's worth of non-stop combat it will experience roughly 57 maintenance failures from the railgun. So, yes, it is a little excessive...