The Fortune Class Frigate, Commander's First Warship

[xenoscepter (OP)]

Fortune Class Frigate

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Fortune Class Frigate      6,250 tons       162 Crew       995.5 BP       TCS 125    TH 1,008    EM 0
8064 km/s      Armour 3-30       Shields 0-0       HTK 29      Sensors 4/4/0/0      DCR 6      PPV 9
Maint Life 4.43 Years     MSP 1,542    AFR 48%    IFR 0.7%    1YR 127    5YR 1,905    Max Repair 504 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 125 tons     Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 2    Tractor Beam     
Commander    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 1.1 months    Flight Crew Berths 20    Morale Check Required   

Magneto-plasma Drive  EP1008.00 (1)    Power 1008    Fuel Use 32.28%    Signature 1008    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 261,000 Litres    Range 23.3 billion km (33 days at full power)

Particle Beam-3 (1)    Range 60,000km     TS: 8,064 km/s     Power 7-4    ROF 10        3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R60/C3 High Power Microwave [10cm] (1)    Range 60,000km     TS: 8,064 km/s     Power 3-3    ROF 5        1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beam Fire Control R64-TS8000 (1)     Max Range: 64,000 km   TS: 8,000 km/s     27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stellarator Fusion Reactor R7-PB20 (1)     Total Power Output 7    Exp 10%

Active Search Sensor AS19-R125 (1)     GPS 525     Range 19.2m km    Resolution 125
Thermal Sensor TH0.4-4.4 (1)     Sensitivity 4.4     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  16.6m km
EM Sensor EM0.4-4.4 (1)     Sensitivity 4.4     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  16.6m km

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes*Beam ranges given are for targets moving 16,000 km/s at a range of 30,000 km
Techs:

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 - Capacitor 4
 - Beam Tracking Speed 4,000 km/s
 - Beam Range 64,000 km/s
 - Particle Beam Range 60,000
 - Particle Beam Strength 3
 - High-Powered Microwave Caliber 10cm
 - Microwave Focusing Technology 4
 - Composite Armor
 - Active Strength 10
 - EM Strength 11
 - TH Strength 11
 - Magneto-Plasma
 - 0.7% Fuel Consumption
 - Reactor Boost 20%
 - Engine Power Boost 200%
 - Ship to Ship Tractor Beam
 - Boat Bay - Small
 - Trans-Newtonian Cargo Shuttles*
 *Although the design as posted uses this tech, it doesn't strictly need it.

 --- The so called Fortune Class is a class of Frigates designed to be my fleet's in-system mule, taking care of tasks that wouldn't be economical for real warships to handle. It provides security, PPV and a tractor beam capable of moving twenty thousand tons worth of powerless ship along at just under 2,000 km/s. The armament isn't great, but synergizes well. A spartan sensor suite is biased towards passive surveillance, while a small boat bay allows the carriage of a scout to alleviate this shortcoming. The vessel's only active sensor is weighted towards ships of it's own weight class. Meager armor and a lack of redundant systems means that the Fortune Class relies a lot on luck to survive one on one encounters with real warships.

[Jorgen_CAB]

Really cool and colourful ship... I really like the special system patrol and support purpose of the ship.

The cargo shuttles are there for transferring Maintenance Supplies in support of other ships in a pinch I suppose which would go hand in hand with their tractor beam and overall support function... I like this design.

[Zincat]

Yeah I really like this too. It has multiple possible uses, should the need arise.

I think I'm going to steal the general idea  . Although I plan for a 20% tech campaign as soon as 1.10 will be stable, so... this tech is going to be tooooooo advanced for quite a while 

[vorpal+5]

That's the Commander's First warship, but it might be the last too 

[Vastrat]

Nice design.

[Father Tim]

Nice little ship.  Every time I thought of a suggestion or improvement, I looked closer and found you'd already accounted for it.

My only question is what would the ship look like with 4 layers of armour?  For personal reasons I avoid ships with only 2 or 3 layers of armour.

[xenoscepter (OP)]

It would be a bit heavier and a bit slower. My doctrine requires Frigates to be 6,250 Tons exactly, so three layers it was. It helps that three layers is kinda my minimum for something to be considered a Warship at all, but honestly, four layers wouldn't hurt it too badly.

[Ulzgoroth]

I see the appeal of designing something like this, but considering the mechanics involved...replacing a Fortune with a commercial tug (with light supply ship bits if that's an intended role) would be cheaper and in many ways more effective. And then you could either make a frigate that doesn't fight so far below its tonnage or fit the same martial equipment on a smaller sloop. (Probably not an FAC unless you were willing to cut corners.)