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VB6 Aurora => Bureau of Ship Design => Topic started by: Wolfius on September 24, 2013, 03:34:41 AM

Title: Interstellar Exploration. The hard way.
Post by: Wolfius on September 24, 2013, 03:34:41 AM
So I'm doing a concentional non-sol start, RPing a post-apocalyptic scenario where civilization on a colony world collapsed after their jump node home collapsed and they were cut off, and the genetically engineered fluffy colonists eventually rebuilt a new civilization centuries later in their now ruin-strewn 'home' system.

That said, the random system generator being what it is, the best system I was able to generate was a binary. With a distant companion star.  Lacking lagrange points.

That distance? 8400 AU. IE 1.26 trillion km. IE just over 0.13 lightyears.

It, uh, well eventually it started to bother me, so I've decided to send a survey ship out there.

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Farpoint class Exploration Ship    7,100 tons     74 Crew     563.5 BP      TCS 142  TH 300  EM 0
2112 km/s     Armour 1-32     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/3     Damage Control Rating 9     PPV 0
MSP 446    Max Repair 200 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 800 months    Spare Berths 0    

Gen 1 Super-E Internal Fusion Drive (2)    Power 150    Fuel Use 0.17%    Signature 150    Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 350,000 Litres    Range 5217.9 billion km   (28594 days at full power)

Advanced Geological Sensors (1)   3 Survey Points Per Hour

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes

They'll be diverting to survey 2 distant comets then it's off to Vulpanis-B to explore a Super-Venus 3.5g hothouse, a dwarf planet, a gas giant with 23 moons, and a collection of asteroids.

ETA: Just under 20 years.


...I really hope they like each other.

Also, the geosurvey specialist captain I assign them is 43, so, uh, yeah.


Tried making an ultra-long-range geosurvey missile instead but I kept getting overflow errors, first when making it, then, after working around it, when I tried launching one. So I guess no interstellar probes for me.  :P
Title: Re: Interstellar Exploration. The hard way.
Post by: Nibelung44 on September 24, 2013, 04:28:55 AM
OMG :)

and no spare berth if the crew get some babies (because you have mixed the crew right  :P )
Title: Re: Interstellar Exploration. The hard way.
Post by: Alfapiomega on September 24, 2013, 09:08:35 AM
I wish my system was this big :-D It would be awesome :)