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Offline vorpal+5

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Re: Dumb newbie mistakes to avoid
« Reply #90 on: December 08, 2017, 12:12:39 AM »
Once a missile is fired on a target, what do I need to maintain at all time? Active sensor, Fire control, both, only the first, the second?
 

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Re: Dumb newbie mistakes to avoid
« Reply #91 on: December 08, 2017, 01:47:47 AM »
Once a missile is fired on a target, what do I need to maintain at all time? Active sensor, Fire control, both, only the first, the second?
Just active sensors.
 

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Re: Dumb newbie mistakes to avoid
« Reply #92 on: December 08, 2017, 07:48:15 AM »
ok, so a fighter wing can fire then get away asap, while the target remains painted by an AS from another ship. Good to know, I was not too sure.
 

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Re: Dumb newbie mistakes to avoid
« Reply #93 on: February 02, 2018, 07:31:08 PM »
If the missile has sensors you don't even need the target to still be detected. Though good luck scoring a hit when your target is invisible if your missiles are practically blind
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Re: Dumb newbie mistakes to avoid
« Reply #94 on: February 03, 2018, 01:32:46 PM »
One I've done more than once...

"Fire the Mark IV's!"

"Tactical says they've not been loaded yet. All we have are the Mark I's"

Well... there goes that speed/range advantage...

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Re: Dumb newbie mistakes to avoid
« Reply #95 on: March 14, 2019, 12:31:39 PM »
Ok, here's my dumb mistake :)

Selecting multiples of 10 in the design screen for one item, then forgetting to change it when you add another item. This is how I ended up with a PDC with 10 identical active search sensors  ::)

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Alborix I class Missile Point Defence Base    25,000 tons     455 Crew     8971 BP      TCS 500  TH 0  EM 0
Armour 19-76     Sensors 1/364     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 20
Intended Deployment Time: 600 months    Spare Berths 12   
Troop Capacity: 1 Battalion    Magazine 2020   

Daly-Page S1-R5 Launcher (5s/r6/100%) (20)    Missile Size 1    Rate of Fire 5
Hardy & Sims Missile FC FC35-R1 MCR3.8 (a28/e14/50%) (5)     Range 35.3m km    Resolution 1
AHI Amnixiel IIs S1W1 (32/60/132) (1010)  Speed: 60,000 km/s   End: 8.9m    Range: 32m km   WH: 1    Size: 1    TH: 440/264/132
AHI Aciel IIs S1W1 (5.6/60/204) (1010)  Speed: 60,000 km/s   End: 1.5m    Range: 5.6m km   WH: 1    Size: 1    TH: 680/408/204

Hardy & Sims Active SS MR50-R1 (a28/e14/50%) (10)     GPS 364     Range 51.0m km    MCR 5.5m km    Resolution 1

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 Planetary Defence Centre and can be pre-fabricated in 10 sections

Fortunately I only built 1 before I noticed.
 

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Re: Dumb newbie mistakes to avoid
« Reply #96 on: March 15, 2019, 05:33:57 AM »
Now that's building for redundancy.