I have two prospective designs for beam-fighter carriers, both of which can be built from the same shipyard. One of them is a fast strike carrier, and the other is a slower more back-line oriented carrier.
Right now, I have an obsolete Anti Ship Missile Cruiser, an obsolete AMM destroyer, and three crappy 2000km/s beam frigates I started with. My tech level is uneven-my sensor and fire control tech is behind, but my engine and missile tech is very good. That is why I'm doing carriers and missiles.
My overall doctrine plans for a couple of backline ASM Cruisers doing scanning work and billion km range missile work, and a fast strike group of AMM destroyers and beam frigates escorted by rail PD fighters. I'm not doing laser fighters, because in the past, I found them incredibly fragile. Also, you can't fit ECM onto a fighter.
This is a design for a fast carrier. It would need continuous tanker supply, but it would be able to keep up with the group fairly well...I think. It's decently armoured, but I'm considering throwing a few CIWS on it. I'm not sure if I need a fast carrier for anything, though.
The fighters have a range of about 2 billion, including the tankers. Without any fighter tankers, the range of a PD fighter is one billion.
Agincourt class Carrier 39 650 tons 828 Crew 6199.8 BP TCS 793 TH 3300 EM 0
4161 km/s Armour 8-103 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 100 PPV 0
Maint Life 4.51 Years MSP 5886 AFR 251% IFR 3.5% 1YR 469 5YR 7037 Max Repair 825 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 36 months Flight Crew Berths 0
Flag Bridge Hangar Deck Capacity 20000 tons Cryogenic Berths 1000
MIL-TEC 1650 EP Internal Fusion Drive (2) Power 1650 Fuel Use 104.91% Signature 1650 Exp 16%
Fuel Capacity 1 010 000 Litres Range 4.4 billion km (12 days at full power)
MILTEC-GDR-AS S250TN RES 8250tn R-148m (1) GPS 17325 Range 148.4m km Resolution 165
MILTEC-GDR-AM S250tn R 1.25m (1) GPS 105 Range 11.6m km MCR 1.3m km Resolution 1
ECM 20
Strike Group
38x Kirusu PD-T4M1 Rail Fighter Speed: 12000 km/s Size: 10
2x Jimbob Tanker Fighter Speed: 12000 km/s Size: 10
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This second design is one I think might be more sensible. It's about half the speed, but the range is far better, and it is significantly cheaper. I would keep this design back, with the ASM Cruiser. I give up tactical speed, but hopefully this carrier won't get shot at in the first place.
The fighters have a range of about 2 billion, including the tankers. Without any fighter tankers, the range of a PD fighter is one billion. Even though I plan to use these fighters to escort my beam destroyers, I'm including a sensor fighter just in case I want to do an independent fighter mission.
Agincourt-Wiseman class Carrier 43 500 tons 739 Crew 4764.8 BP TCS 870 TH 2000 EM 0
2298 km/s Armour 6-110 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 100 PPV 0
Maint Life 5.19 Years MSP 4423 AFR 302% IFR 4.2% 1YR 274 5YR 4106 Max Repair 125 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 60 months Flight Crew Berths 1
Hangar Deck Capacity 20000 tons Cryogenic Berths 1000
HAULER 50HS 500 EP Commercial Internal Fusion Drive (4) Power 500 Fuel Use 5.3% Signature 500 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 1 010 000 Litres Range 78.8 billion km (397 days at full power)
MILTEC-GDR-AM S250tn R 1.25m (1) GPS 105 Range 11.6m km MCR 1.3m km Resolution 1
MILTEC-GDR-AS S250TN RES 8250tn R-148m (1) GPS 17325 Range 148.4m km Resolution 165
ECM 20
Strike Group
37x Kirusu PD-T4M1 Rail Fighter Speed: 12000 km/s Size: 10
2x Jimbob Tanker Fighter Speed: 12000 km/s Size: 10
1x Phillipines Sensor Fighter Speed: 12000 km/s Size: 10
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Any general thoughts?