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Battle of Yunan (9)
« on: July 13, 2007, 12:21:12 PM »
After Action Report

Despite initial reports from Jiangwei that Commonwealth ships had been encountered by our survey force in Yunan, the follow up reports from her sister ships Jiangwei II and Jianwei III revealed an entirely different situation. They entered the Yunan system on November 23rd 2153 and immediately detected life pod beacons from the three Manchurian survey ships. A badly wounded Commander Guo informed them that all three ships of his squadron had been hunted down and destroyed by alien vessels, each equipped with four 15cm lasers and strength-20 shields and capable of speeds up to 4900 km/s. He warned the unarmed Jiangwei?s not to attempt a rescue but to inform New Beijing as quickly as possible. Commander Guo also believed the aliens had picked up survivors from one of the other life pods and most likely interrogated them or dissected them to learn more about humans..

Once news of the alien attack reached New Beijing, a battle squadron was assembled comprising four Manchu class battlecruisers, two Xian area defence cruisers, two Luda class destroyers and my own ship, the Han class jump freighter Emperor Gao. This squadron included two thirds of our major warships but the Emperor was determined to avenge the loss of our ships and punish the aliens most severely. Details of the ship classes involved are shown below:

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Manchu class Battlecruiser    10000 tons     1170 Crew     1680 BP      Signature 200-780
3900 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 50-300     Sensors 6/0/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Replacement Parts 10    

Ion Engine (13)    Power 60    Engine Efficiency 0.70    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 150,000 Litres    Range 92.6 billion km   (274 days at full power)
Gamma R300/14 Shields (25)   Total Fuel Cost  350 Litres per day

Fusion Torpedo Launcher (7)    Range 200,000km     TS: 3900 km/s     Power 15-4    ROF 20        6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Fire Control 128K-3200 (2)    Max Range: 256,000 km   TS: 3200 km/s     96 92 88 84 80 77 73 69 65 61
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (4)     Total Power Output 36    Armour 0    Exp 5%

High Resolution Thermal Sensor HRT2-6 (1)     Strength 6     Detect Signature 100: 6m km
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Xian class Area Defence Cruiser    10000 tons     1003 Crew     1492 BP      Signature 200-780
3900 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 42-300     Sensors 15/0/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Replacement Parts 10    

Ion Engine (13)    Power 60    Engine Efficiency 0.70    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 150,000 Litres    Range 92.6 billion km   (274 days at full power)
Gamma R300/14 Shields (21)   Total Fuel Cost  294 Litres per day

Triple 15cm Laser Turret (3x3)   Range 240,000km   TS: 12800 km/s   Power 18-9   RM 4   ROF 10   6 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2
Area Fire Control System (1)    Max Range: 256,000 km   TS: 12800 km/s     96 92 88 84 80 77 73 69 65 61
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (3)     Total Power Output 27    Armour 0    Exp 5%

High Resolution Thermal Sensor HRT5-15 (1)     Strength 15     Detect Signature 100: 15m km
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Luda class Destroyer Escort    6400 tons     648 Crew     1016 BP      Signature 128-540
4218 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 22-300     Sensors 1/0/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Replacement Parts 10    

Ion Engine (9)    Power 60    Engine Efficiency 0.70    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres    Range 96.4 billion km   (264 days at full power)
Gamma R300/14 Shields (11)   Total Fuel Cost  154 Litres per day

Triple 12cm Laser Turret (2x3)   Range 64,000km   TS: 13250 km/s   Power 12-12    RM 4   ROF 5    4 4 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 0
Fire Control 32K-12800 (1)    Max Range: 64,000 km   TS: 12800 km/s     84 69 53 38 22 6 0 0 0 0
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (3)     Total Power Output 27    Armour 0    Exp 5%
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Han class Jump Freighter    10000 tons     725 Crew     1223 BP      Signature 200-780
3900 km/s    JR 3-50     Armour 1     Shields 0-0     Sensors 15/0/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Cargo 25000    Cargo Handling Multiplier 10    Replacement Parts 5    

J10000(3-50) Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 10000 tons    Distance 50k km     Squadron Size 3
Ion Engine (13)    Power 60    Engine Efficiency 0.70    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 400,000 Litres    Range 246.9 billion km   (732 days at full power)

High Resolution Thermal Sensor HRT5-15 (1)     Strength 15     Detect Signature 100: 15m km


The fleet left New Beijing on December 7th 2153 and arrived in the Yunan system on January 27th 2154 via a jump point five hundred million kilometers from the primary; a planetless A4-IV sub-giant five million kilometers in diameter and seventy times brighter than Sol. All three survey ships were destroyed within the planetary system of the companion star, twelve billion kilometers away, so the majority of the fleet immediately set off across the intervening void at 3900 km/s, leaving my own ship at the jump point. On February 26th, the fleet was still almost two billion kilometers from its destination when three 18,000 ton contacts were detected on an intercept course at a distance of over two hundred million kilometers. These were obviously much larger than the alien ships that attacked the survey ships, although they were only moving at 4056 km/s, much slower than the smaller alien ships but still slightly faster than our own fleet. Vice Admiral Zhao decided to continue onward as his larger ships could not outrun the aliens and he was confident his own fleet would still prevail. He still had a tonnage advantage, despite the larger individual size of the aliens, and his Manchu class battlecruisers carried Fusion Torpedoes which would outrange and outgun the 15cm lasers used by the aliens.

As the alien fleet moved within sixty million kilometers, three smaller 5000 ton contacts were detected, estimated by Vice Admiral Zhao?s intelligence staff to be the same type of ship previously encountered. While this shifted the odds a little toward the aliens, our squadron pressed on and began to raise shields. The aliens responded and it quickly become apparent the shields on the larger alien craft, designated as battleships by the Admiral, had a strength of eighty, sixty percent greater than those of the Manchu class battlecruisers. However, as the battleships were eighty percent larger than the Manchus, that didn?t necessarily indicate any advantages in shield technology.

At fifty million kilometers, the alien ships surprisingly hailed our fleet in Mandarin and demanded to speak to its commander. Vice Admiral Zhao agreed to accept the voice-only communication. The alien commander, who introduced himself as Caliph Userhet, demanded that Zhao immediately surrender his ships for violating the sacred space of the Agar Imperium or be destroyed. In response, Zhao demanded to know the fate of the Manchurian survey crews lost in the unprovoked attack by Agar warships on unarmed ships. The exchange apparently deteriorated from that point. Although I do not have a complete transcript due to later events, the Agar Imperium appears to be strongly influenced by religion and their primary historical prophet declared that all infidels must be brought into the faith by force. The Agar admitted to taking some prisoners and learning Mandarin but then killing them after they rejected the offer to join the Agar state religion. With such a divergent worldview to our own, it is unsurprising the conversation ended with mutual death threats.

Obviously wary that the Agar had missile technology similar to that of the Commonwealth and United States, Vice Admiral Zhao initially deployed his destroyers ahead of the main body as a screen but once they closed within 300,000 km with no sign of missile fire, the destroyers were recalled on the assumption this would be an energy weapon battle and it made no sense to give the Agar easy targets. The first exchange of fire came at 236,000 km, as the two fleets charged each other at a combined speed of almost 8000 km/s. Each Agar battleship unleashed a spread of twelve fusion torpedoes, the same primary weapon as our own ships but with at least 18% greater range as our own torpedoes cannot hit targets beyond 200,000 km. The only Manchurian ships able to respond were the two Xians, using their 15cm laser turrets at extreme range. However, it soon become apparent that the aliens had some type of electronic countermeasures system that reduced the Xian?s targeting systems to impotence. Fortunately, the aliens? long range fire was terribly inaccurate and only two torpedos, each with strength-6 warheads, struck Xian II?s shields. Five seconds later, our Manchus responded with their own volleys of fusion torpedoes, hitting the lead battleship twice, and one of the Xians scored a single laser hit. The Agar destroyers joined the battle at 157,000 kilometers, inflicting six minor hit on Xian IIs shields.

Realising that given roughly equal technology, the Agar battleships were going to recharge their torpedoes first and that they would be be at very close range by that point, Vice Admiral Zhao ordered his fleet to reverse course and keep the range open. As they came about, the two Xian?s fired again and reduced the lead battleship?s shields to strength-64. Twenty seconds after their first volley, the alien battleships launched another salvo of torpedoes, this time with much greater accuracy. Xian II was struck seventeen times in rapid succession and exploded in a massive fireball.  As soon as the aliens fired, our fleet changed course again to close the range before their own weapons recharged.

At 108,000 kilometers, Manchurian lasers and torpedoes tore into one of the Agar behemoths, shredding its powerful shields but not penetrating to the armour. The response from the three alien destroyers was feeble, hitting the remaining Xian with only two of their combined twelve lasers. Obviously the Agar considered the fast firing Xians to be more of a danger than the torpedoes of the Manchus. The rapidly falling range also brought the two Luda class destroyers into the fray. At 28,000 kilometers their 12cm lasers combined with the 15cm lasers on the Xian to rip deep into the alien battleship, dropping its speed to 2700 km/s and presumably inflicting considerable internal damage

At this point in the battle, the charge of the Imperium battleships seemed very strange, as their weapons were designed to function effectively at long range. Their purpose become apparent as they revealed their secondary armament of six 20cm Plasma Carronades, which proved brutally effective at point blank range. Supported by the Agar destroyers, each battleship targeted a different Manchu class battlecruiser, firing their torpedoes and carronades simultaneously in one cataclysmic volley. One Manchu was obliterated, a second reduced to a burning hulk and a third suffered serious internal damage, losing three engines and three torpedo launchers. Only the 12cm lasers of the two Ludas managed to respond, causing more damage to the crippled alien battleship. Vice Admiral Zhao made it to a lifepod before the destruction of his flagship but was obviously not able to continue in command, which now devolved on to Vice Admiral Lu.

Admiral Lu ordered the Xian to fire on the crippled battleship while the Ludas and his two effective battlecruisers targeted the Agar destroyers, believing they would fire again before the battleships, although the recharge rate of the carronades was unknown. The crippled Manchu had lost all its weapons and was ordered to retreat at its best speed. One alien destroyer was overwhelmed and exploded and a second suffered significant damage. The battered battleship still survived but was barely moving and began to retreat toward the planetary system. Complete chaos reined as both sides began targeting the surviving enemy units without time to calculate the most effective pattern of fire. The destroyers of both sides exchanged fire, wreaking further havoc on the wounded alien destroyer and removing the shields from the third alien destroyer and one of the Ludas. The crippled Agar destroyer turned to run at a meagre 1600 km/s while the other held its ground alongside the two undamaged battleships. The Ludas switched their fire to the undamaged Agar DD and gutted it with their lasers, leaving it motionless and out of the fight, while Xian targeted a battleship, dropping its shields to forty percent. Simultaneous return fire from the carronades of the battleships destroyed a damaged Manchu and blasted the shields of the only undamaged battlecruiser down to twenty percent.

The combat effective Manchurian force now comprised one undamaged Manchu with twenty percent shields, a Xian with seventy-five percent shields, an undamaged Luda and a shieldless Luda that had lost one engine. The alien fleet comprised two undamaged battleships, one of which was at forty percent shields. A crippled Manchu was retreating toward the jump point while a crippled battleship and two crippled destroyers retreated toward the Imperium?s planetary system. None of the cripples appeared to have any combat capability.

With their five second recharge time, the two Luda class destroyers kept up their ceaseless attack, knocking down the shields of the second battleship and causing minor internal damage. Even as they fired, twenty-four fusion torpedoes streaked out of their tubes on the two battleships, ripping into the intact Manchu and the surviving Xian class cruiser. Both ships suffered heavy damage, with the Manchu losing half its engines and four out of seven fusion torpedo launchers and the Xian being reduced to one triple 15cm turret and taking a critical hit to her Area Fire Control system, rendering her combat ineffective. Admiral Lu ordered the Xian to withdraw as the Ludas fired again, accompanied by three torpedoes from the Manchu. Explosions ripped through the damaged battleship and it began to withdraw, leaving the sole intact Agar ship to stand against our surviving ships.

With only one battleship left in the fight, the Ludas changed target and their fast-firing lasers started to chew through its shields, reducing them from strength-80 to strength-36 within a few seconds. As its shield strength fell, the battleship responded with a volley of carronades that blew the damaged Manchu apart and wrecked the weapons of the shieldless Luda, leaving just one destroyer to face the huge alien warship. The destroyer had time to fired two defiant salvos, taking down the battleship?s shields, before being annihilated by a volley of twelve fusion torpedoes.

Several of our crippled ships were running for the jump point but the remaining battleship had fully intact engines and it quickly ran down every ship and destroyed them without mercy. Vice Admiral Lu was killed during the destruction of ship and although Vice Admiral Zhao and Rear Admiral Zheng made it to the life pods, they will only last fourteen days unless they are rescued. The Agar Imperium lost only one destroyer in the battle, although a second was dead in space and it is possible she had to be scuttled. All three battleships survived, two of which suffered crippling damage. My own ship was obviously too far away to pick up any sensor readings after the last Manchurian ship was destroyed, but it seems reasonable to assume the aliens retreated to their base to repair the damage to their ships. On the orders of Vice Admiral Zhao, I immediately set course to New Beijing to report the battle.

Captain Lin Meng Lin
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2007, 08:59:41 PM »
Why is that the Chinese are always starting wars with aliens that then wind up kicking their butts?   :D

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« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2007, 07:57:51 AM »
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Why is that the Chinese are always starting wars with aliens that then wind up kicking their butts?   :)

Also, the US has just discovered a race called the Solifugae Commonality which might prove to be a handful. This campaign is starting to get interesting. Its proving much faster to play and then reports elements of it than try and keep a Rigellian-type running commentary.

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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2007, 01:25:49 PM »
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Centerfed wrote:
Why is that the Chinese are always starting wars with aliens that then wind up kicking their butts?  

The Chinese are sending another fleet with newly built ships (thanks to their intended build up against the Commonwealth) and given the beating the Agar took, this time it may be different  


Based on the second battle report, my statement seems to stand.    8)

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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2007, 05:23:52 PM »
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Centerfed wrote:
Why is that the Chinese are always starting wars with aliens that then wind up kicking their butts?  

The Chinese are sending another fleet with newly built ships (thanks to their intended build up against the Commonwealth) and given the beating the Agar took, this time it may be different  
Based on the second battle report, my statement seems to stand.    :)

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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2007, 04:35:07 AM »
Are the Agar named for seaweed?
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« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2007, 06:19:25 AM »
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Are the Agar named for seaweed?

No, I made that name up (or so I thought until I read your post and checked the web) :)

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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2007, 12:06:25 PM »
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It wasn't until I started fighting the battle from the Agar perpective that I realised that the single BB had enough firepower to wear down the Manchurians from extreme range. I had thought their fire control would be too inaccurate but all they really needed was to average more than one hit out of twelve shots per volley.
The Manchurians are now building faster ships :)
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I hope the Agar are playing smart too and building some smaller, faster ships to bombard the Chinese and run down a scattering fleet

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« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2007, 01:11:47 PM »
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I hope the Agar are playing smart too and building some smaller, faster ships to bombard the Chinese and run down a scattering fleet

After being impressed with the close-in combat power of the Ludas, they have nine of these in various stages of construction. Also a fourth battleship, but they take five years to build.

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Mosul class Frigate    4650 tons     538 Crew     805 BP      Signature 93-480
5161 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 12-300     Sensors 1/0/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Replacement Parts 5    

Magneto-plasma Drive (6)    Power 80    Engine Efficiency 0.80    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres    Range 116.1 billion km   (260 days at full power)
Gamma R300/16 Shields (6)   Total Fuel Cost  96 Litres per day

12cm C4 Near Ultraviolet Laser (6)    Range 120,000km     TS: 5161 km/s     Power 4-4     RM 3    ROF 5        4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Fire Control S04 64-6400 (1)    Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 6400 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
Stellarator Fusion Reactor (2)     Total Power Output 24    Armour 0    Exp 5%

ECM 20


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« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2007, 11:44:53 AM »
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I hope the Agar are playing smart too and building some smaller, faster ships to bombard the Chinese and run down a scattering fleet
After being impressed with the close-in combat power of the Ludas, they have nine of these in various stages of construction. Also a fourth battleship, but they take five years to build.

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Mosul class Frigate    4650 tons     538 Crew     805 BP      Signature 93-480
5161 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 12-300     Sensors 1/0/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Replacement Parts 5    

Magneto-plasma Drive (6)    Power 80    Engine Efficiency 0.80    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres    Range 116.1 billion km   (260 days at full power)
Gamma R300/16 Shields (6)   Total Fuel Cost  96 Litres per day

12cm C4 Near Ultraviolet Laser (6)    Range 120,000km     TS: 5161 km/s     Power 4-4     RM 3    ROF 5        4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Fire Control S04 64-6400 (1)    Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 6400 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
Stellarator Fusion Reactor (2)     Total Power Output 24    Armour 0    Exp 5%

ECM 20

Steve


Hmmm, I'd have preferred a bit more weapons range if I was CO.  I've been tinkering myself recently with v2 (you keep adding too cool new features to keep going any serious amount of time though).  So far I have this...

Banshee class Fast Attack Craft    3000 tons     299 Crew     472 BP      Signature 60-300
5000 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 6-300     Sensors 4/0/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Replacement Parts 5    

Ion Engine EE0.6 AR-0 (5)    Power 60    Engine Efficiency 0.60    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 120.0 billion km   (277 days at full power)
Gamma R300/12 Shields (3)   Total Fuel Cost  36 Litres per day

15cm General Purpose P6C3 Ultraviolet Laser (1)    Range 192,000km     TS: 5000 km/s     Power 6-3     RM 4    ROF 10        6 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2
10cm Point Defence P3C3 Ultraviolet Laser (1)    Range 120,000km     TS: 5000 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 4    ROF 5        3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Fire Control S04 96-3200 (1)    Max Range: 192,000 km   TS: 3200 km/s     95 90 84 79 74 69 64 58 53 48
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology P9 PB-1 AR-0 (1)     Total Power Output 9    Armour 0    Exp 5%

High Resolution Thermal Sensor HRT2-4 (1)     Strength 4     Detect Signature 100: 4m km

this...
Gallowglas class Frigate    4000 tons     420 Crew     631 BP      Signature 80-360
4500 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 10-300     Sensors 6/6/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Replacement Parts 5    

Ion Engine EE0.6 AR-0 (6)    Power 60    Engine Efficiency 0.60    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 40,000 Litres    Range 72.0 billion km   (185 days at full power)
Gamma R300/12 Shields (5)   Total Fuel Cost  60 Litres per day

15cm General Purpose P6C3 Ultraviolet Laser (2)    Range 192,000km     TS: 4500 km/s     Power 6-3     RM 4    ROF 10        6 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2
10cm Point Defence P3C3 Ultraviolet Laser (2)    Range 120,000km     TS: 4500 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 4    ROF 5        3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Fire Control S04 96-3200 (1)    Max Range: 192,000 km   TS: 3200 km/s     95 90 84 79 74 69 64 58 53 48
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology P9 PB-1 AR-0 (2)     Total Power Output 18    Armour 0    Exp 5%

High Resolution Thermal Sensor HRT2-6 (1)     Strength 6     Detect Signature 100: 6m km
Gravitational Pulse Sensor GP2-6 (1)     Strength 6     Detect Size 100: 6m km

and this
Raptor class Cruiser    8000 tons     850 Crew     1277 BP      Signature 160-660
4125 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 30-300     Sensors 6/6/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Replacement Parts 10    

Ion Engine EE0.6 AR-0 (11)    Power 60    Engine Efficiency 0.60    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 80,000 Litres    Range 72.0 billion km   (202 days at full power)
Gamma R300/12 Shields (15)   Total Fuel Cost  180 Litres per day

20cm Anti-Shipping P10C3 Ultraviolet Laser (3)    Range 192,000km     TS: 4125 km/s     Power 10-3     RM 4    ROF 20        10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 4 4
Twin 10cm Point Defence P3C3 Ultraviolet Laser Turret (2x2)    Range 120,000km     TS: 8000 km/s     Power 6-6     RM 4    ROF 5        3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Fire Control S04 96-3200 (2)    Max Range: 192,000 km   TS: 3200 km/s     95 90 84 79 74 69 64 58 53 48
Fire Control S04 24-12800 (1)    Max Range: 48,000 km   TS: 12800 km/s     79 58 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology P14 PB-1 AR-0 (3)     Total Power Output 42    Armour 0    Exp 5%

High Resolution Thermal Sensor HRT2-6 (1)     Strength 6     Detect Signature 100: 6m km
Gravitational Pulse Sensor GP2-6 (1)     Strength 6     Detect Size 100: 6m km

Not hugely experienced with ship design yet, so not sure how they'll do in combat.  I'm thinking might be a bit light shield-wise, but they're fairly speedy and can pump out the damage at quite a rate.
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« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2007, 06:26:56 AM »
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Not hugely experienced with ship design yet, so not sure how they'll do in combat.  I'm thinking might be a bit light shield-wise, but they're fairly speedy and can pump out the damage at quite a rate.

The Mosul is designed to get to point-blank range quickly and fight there. At that range, its weapons will cause considerable damage because of their rate of fire. Although the weapons are individually small are therefore very short-ranged, that isn't really a problem for the battle it is intended to fight.

Steve
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