Assault Ship w/ Fighters and Support Ships

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 - This is the final iteration of my Consolidated-Class and my Dreadnaught-Class ships, and much closer to the original intent of the former. When I sat down to design the Consolidated-Class Patrol Cruiser, my original idea was to have a ship which could carry elite assault troops, themselves equipped with FFD, and provide them with Ground Support Fighters and/or Orbital Bombardment. That design got hit with feature creep, eventually giving birth to the Dreadnaught-Class War Cruiser. Feedback on that design led to the creation of the -S variant for MSP / Fuel Support. These designs represent the final culmination of those ideas, and I've sat down to properly present them here.

   Links for reference purposes:
 - Consolidated Class Patrol Cruiser: http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=11847.msg140132#msg140132
 - Dreadnaught Class War Cruiser: http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=11848.msg140158#msg140158

 Dauntless Class Assault Ship:

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 - Built to drop an elite 15,000 Ton Assault Team, this ship's role is very offense-oriented. It's weaponry, however, is very defense-oriented. A group of six 10cm Railguns make up the vessel's primary Point Defense armament, relying on volume of fire rather than accuracy in this role. These guns are supplemented by six turreted 10cm Lasers for Area PD, while a whopping forty Class 1 Missile Launchers provide AMM support as well. These 10cm Lasers can also be used in the Anti-Fighter role, supplemented by thirty six Class 3 Missile Cells loaded with AFMs. It's dedicated anti-ship armament consists of a quartet of Class 2 Particle Beams, and is supplemented by a battery of twelve Class 3 Missile Launchers firing ASMs. All of these various roles are further enhanced by the vessel's compliment of eight Dauntless Strikefighters.

 - In terms of passive defenses, the Dauntless-Class Assault Ship has very light armor and modest shields. Not a particularly fast ship, the Dauntless-Class does somewhat compensate for this by having an excellent sensors package, replete with a battery of Active Sensors, powerful passives and even a pair of ELINTs for the gathering of tactical and/or strategic information. A comprehensive battery of fire control systems allow the Dauntless-Class to effectively engage a variety of enemies simultaneously, while enabling it to better deal with swarms of enemy strike craft or FACs. Cryogenic Berths provide an effective back-up should the ship's Life Support Systems sustain damage while a quartet of Cargo Shuttle Bays allow it to retrieve it's soldiers after the battle as well as pickup survivors in a pinch. An large array of Command and Control systems afford the vessel good accuracy, efficient repairs, and effective carrier ops.

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Dauntless Class Assault Ship      150,000 tons       4,718 Crew       19,273 BP       TCS 3,000    TH 7,200    EM 4,500
2400 km/s      Armour 5-251       Shields 150-300       HTK 1190      Sensors 96/96/0/0      DCR 600      PPV 162.6
Maint Life 29.58 Years     MSP 189,302    AFR 300%    IFR 4.2%    1YR 418    5YR 6,276    Max Repair 450 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 3,875 tons     Troop Capacity 15,000 tons     Drop Capable    Magazine 1,552    Cryogenic Berths 5,000    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 4   
Captain    Control Rating 5   BRG   AUX   ENG   CIC   PFC   
Intended Deployment Time: 5 months    Flight Crew Berths 140    Morale Check Required   

Magneto-plasma Drive  EP1200.00 (6)    Power 7200    Fuel Use 10.78%    Signature 1200    Explosion 7%
Fuel Capacity 5,200,000 Litres    Range 57.9 billion km (279 days at full power)
Dauntless Energy Shield System, 500 tons [Delta Class] (6)     Recharge Time 300 seconds (0.5 per second)

Turreted Naval Laser, 10cm [N-UV, Single Mount] (6x1)    Range 90,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5        3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naval Particle Beam, Class 2 (4)    Range 100,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Power 5-3    ROF 10        2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naval Railgun, 10cm [Fast Firing] (6x4)    Range 30,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5        1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIWS-120 (6x6)    Range 1000 km     TS: 12,000 km/s     ROF 5       Base 50% to hit
Dauntless TAS, Laser Turret FCS (3)     Max Range: 192,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     42 34 27 19 11 3 0 0 0 0
Dauntless TAS, Particle Beam FCS (2)     Max Range: 192,000 km   TS: 3,000 km/s     11 9 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
Dauntless TAS, Railgun FCS (2)     Max Range: 96,000 km   TS: 3,000 km/s     9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dauntleess Fusion Reactor, 123 Tons [Stellarator] (2)     Total Power Output 49    Exp 5%
Dauntleess Fusion Reactor, 200 Tons [Stellarator] (1)     Total Power Output 51.2    Exp 5%

Dauntless Missile Launcher, Class 3 (12)     Missile Size: 3    Rate of Fire 20
Dauntless Missile Cell, Class 3 (36)     Missile Size: 3    Hangar Reload 86 minutes    MF Reload 14 hours
Dauntless Missile Launcher, Class 1 (40)     Missile Size: 1    Rate of Fire 10
Dauntless TAS, Anti-Fighter FCS (2)     Range 47.6m km    Resolution 10
Dauntless TAS, Anti-Missile FCS (4)     Range 28.5m km    Resolution 1
Dauntless TAS, Anti-Ship FCS (4)     Range 24.5m km    Resolution 20
Class 3 Anti-Fighter Missile (36)    Speed: 30,000 km/s    End: 15.1m     Range: 27.3m km    WH: 3    Size: 3    TH: 230/138/69
Class 1 Anti-Missile Missile (120)    Speed: 44,200 km/s    End: 0.6m     Range: 1.7m km    WH: 1    Size: 1    TH: 338/203/101
Class 3 Anti-Ship Missile (288)    Speed: 20,000 km/s    End: 12.4m     Range: 14.8m km    WH: 9    Size: 3    TH: 66/40/20
Class 3 Fighter-to-Fighter Strike Missile (64)    Speed: 40,000 km/s    End: 2.3m     Range: 5.6m km    WH: 4    Size: 3    TH: 266/160/80
Class 3 Strikefighter Anti-Missile Pod (64)    Speed: 0 km/s    End: 0.2m     Range: 0.5m km    WH: 0    Size: 3    TH: 0/0/0

Dauntless TAS, Ship Detection Module (1)     GPS 1920     Range 47.6m km    Resolution 10
Dauntless TAS, Missile Detection Module (1)     GPS 320     Range 28.5m km    MCR 2.6m km    Resolution 1
Dauntless TAS, Passive Detection System [EM Module] (1)     Sensitivity 96     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  77.5m km
Dauntless TAS, Passive Detection System [TH Module] (1)     Sensitivity 96     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  77.5m km
ELINT Module (2)     Sensitivity 12     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  27.4m km

Strike Group
8x Dauntless Strikefighter   Speed: 10668 km/s    Size: 7.5
1x Scout Recon Craft   Speed: 8040 km/s    Size: 2.49
6x Thunderbolt III Ground Attack Fighter   Speed: 3202 km/s    Size: 2.5

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 Military Vessel for maintenance purposes*To Hit Chances are given for targets moving 24,000 km/s at a range of 30,000 km

 Dauntless Class Strikefighter:

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 - Named after the class of Assault Ship, this strikefighter not only uses the very same missile cells as that ship, but has it's TAS (Target Acquisition System) derived from it as well. 35% Thermal Reduction on it's 250% Boosted engines help keep it from being detected too easily, while it's 375 Ton profile means that standard Resolution 10 Anti-Fighter Sensors have trouble picking it up. A multitude of sensors and M-FCS modules let it engage a variety of targets effectively.

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Dauntless Class Strikefighter      375 tons       10 Crew       112.3 BP       TCS 7    TH 28    EM 0
10668 km/s      Armour 1-4       Shields 0-0       HTK 2      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 1.8
Maint Life 15.44 Years     MSP 77    AFR 6%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 1    5YR 9    Max Repair 70 MSP
Magazine 12   
Lieutenant Commander    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days    Morale Check Required   

Magneto-plasma Drive  EP80.00 (1)    Power 80    Fuel Use 1546.80%    Signature 28.00    Explosion 25%
Fuel Capacity 62,000 Litres    Range 1.9 billion km (50 hours at full power)

Dauntless Missile Cell, Class 3 (4)     Missile Size: 3    Hangar Reload 86 minutes    MF Reload 14 hours
Dauntless TAS, Strikefighter FCS [Anti-Missile Module] (1)     Range 4m km    Resolution 1
Dauntless TAS, Strikefighter FCS [Anti-Ship Module] (1)     Range 25.1m km    Resolution 240
Dauntless TAS, Strikefighter FCS [Anti-Fighter Module] (1)     Range 8.7m km    Resolution 10

Dauntless TAS, Strikefighter Detection System [Anti-Ship Module] (1)     GPS 1536     Range 25.1m km    Resolution 240
Dauntless TAS, Strikefighter Detection System [Anti-Fighter Module] (1)     GPS 64     Range 8.7m km    Resolution 10
Dauntless TAS, Strikefighter Detection System [Anti-Missile Module] (1)     GPS 7     Range 4m km    MCR 363.3k km    Resolution 1

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
 Thunderbolt III Class Ground Attack Fighter:

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 - Named after my favorite CAS of all time, the A10 Thunderbolt II, the Thunderbolt III is a Ground Support Fighter armed with a pair of large autocannons. Nine days of Life Support and a week's worth of fuel give good range and a minimum 2 days of loiter time.

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Thunderbolt III Class Ground Attack Fighter      125 tons       2 Crew       38.9 BP       TCS 2    TH 8    EM 0
3202 km/s      Armour 1-2       Shields 0-0       HTK 1      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 1.4
Maint Life 25.47 Years     MSP 19    AFR 1%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 14 MSP
Magazine 28   
Lieutenant Commander    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 9 days    Morale Check Required   

Magneto-plasma Drive  EP8.00 (1)    Power 8    Fuel Use 611.42%    Signature 8    Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 9,000 Litres    Range 2.1 billion km (7 days at full power)

Thunderbolt III Fighter Pod Bay, Class 14 (2)     Pod Size: 14    Hangar Reload 187 minutes    MF Reload 31 hours
Thunderbolt III Ground Attack FCS (1)     Range 2.5m km    Resolution 1
Class 14 Fighter Autocannon Pod (2)    Armour Penetration: 16     Damage: 16     Shots: 3

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 Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
 Scout Class Recon Craft:

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 - Doing exactly what it says on the tin, the Scout is a small and expendable craft for when you just want something to keep an ear out for any trouble. Nine days of Life Support and a wekk of fuel let it stay on station for two days before needing to return for rest, refuel and resupply. 35% Thermal Reduction on it's 125% Boosted Engines make it exceptionally hard to spot on Thermals, while the 125 Ton profile makes it difficult to spot on typical Resolution 10 sensors too. A sneaky breeki if nothing else.

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Scout Class Recon Craft      125 tons       5 Crew       29.4 BP       TCS 2    TH 7    EM 0
8040 km/s      Armour 1-2       Shields 0-0       HTK 1      Sensors 2/2/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 0
Maint Life 61.84 Years     MSP 36    AFR 0%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 0    Max Repair 17.5 MSP
Lieutenant Commander    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 9 days    Morale Check Required   

Magneto-plasma Drive  EP20.00 (1)    Power 20    Fuel Use 386.70%    Signature 7.00    Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 14,000 Litres    Range 5.2 billion km (7 days at full power)

Scout Passive Detection System [TH Module] (1)     Sensitivity 2.4     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  12.2m km
Scout Passive Detection System [EM Module] (1)     Sensitivity 2.4     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  12.2m km

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
EDIT: Apparently the Class 3 Strikefighter Anti-Missile Pod doesn't display properly, so here is the Submunition:

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Missile Size: 1.00 MSP  (2.500 Tons)     Warhead: 1    Radiation Damage: 1    Manoeuvre Rating: 22
Speed: 48,000 km/s     Fuel: 25     Flight Time: 10.5 seconds     Range: 504,000 km
Cost Per Missile: 1.6932     Development Cost: 169
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 1056%   3k km/s 352%   5k km/s 211.2%   10k km/s 105.6%

Materials Required
Tritanium  0.25
Gallicite  1.4432
Fuel:  25The missile pod is set to separate as soon as it is fired.

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 - The aforementioned Support Ships.

 Matron Class Mothership:

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 - The primary support ship, the Matron provides  a jump engine for the rest of the support ships presented here, as well as for three Dauntless-Class Assault Ships in the form of it's Patron-Class Jump Tender Station. Recreational Facilities allow it to bolster the morale of the fleet, while a large swath of cryogenic berths and eight Cargo Shuttle Bays allow it to scoop up survivors of past battles. Twelve CIWS and a full sensor complement round out the vessel.

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Matron Class Mothership      300,000 tons       2,358 Crew       12,581 BP       TCS 6,000    TH 3,000    EM 0
500 km/s    JR 3-50(C)      Armour 3-399       Shields 0-0       HTK 272      Sensors 8/8/0/0      DCR 1      PPV 0
MSP 1,166    Max Repair 3006.1 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 36,000 tons     Cryogenic Berths 40,000    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 8   
Captain    Control Rating 3   BRG   AUX   CIC   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months    Flight Crew Berths 720   
Recreational Facilities

JC300K Commercial Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 300000 tons    Distance 50k km     Squadron Size 3

Commercial Magneto-plasma Drive  EP600.0 (5)    Power 3000    Fuel Use 4.52%    Signature 600    Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 300,000 Litres    Range 4 billion km (92 days at full power)

CIWS-120 (12x6)    Range 1000 km     TS: 12,000 km/s     ROF 5       
Planetary Surface Scanner (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
Planetary Detection Scanner (1)     GPS 8000     Range 50.7m km    Resolution 500
Ship Detection Scanner (1)     GPS 160     Range 13.8m km    Resolution 10
Elctromagnetic Signature Detection System (1)     Sensitivity 8.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  22.4m km
Thermal Signature Detection System (1)     Sensitivity 8.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  22.4m km

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
 Patron Class Jump Tender Station:

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 - Carried in the belly of a Matron-Class Mothership, the Patron-Class is a design for a "Jump Drive In a Box" to allow commercial ships to transit military vessels AND themselves. The small fuel allotment is there because: A. I had two tons to round off, B. Reactors can't be used in Space Stations, C. AFAIK, having fuel let's engineless ships be tugged faster... for some reason. At least it did in the VB6 version of Aurora.

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Patron Class Jump Tender Station      36,000 tons       1,356 Crew       30,204.1 BP       TCS 720    TH 0    EM 0
1 km/s    JR 4-50      No Armour       Shields 0-0     HTK 177      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 4      PPV 0
MSP 2,497    Max Repair 29724.8 MSP
Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1   
Commander    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months   

J150000(4-50) Military Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 150000 tons    Distance 50k km     Squadron Size 4

Fuel Capacity 2,000 Litres    Range N/A

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a Space Station for construction purposes
 Repair Class Maintenance Vessel:

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 - One of three designs for support ships that share a very "On the Nose" naming convention, the Repair-Class is Maintenance Vessel capable of servicing 50,000 Tons worth of ship. It takes three of these to fully maintain just one Dauntless-Class Assault Ship, but even still it's nice to have some mobile repair. It doubles as an MSP supply ship as well.

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Repair Class Maintenance Vessel      300,000 tons       2,878 Crew       13,950.3 BP       TCS 6,000    TH 3,000    EM 0
500 km/s      Armour 3-399       Shields 0-0       HTK 451      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 1      PPV 0
MSP 141,329    Max Repair 200 MSP
Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 3   
Commander    Control Rating 2   BRG   AUX   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months   
Maintenance Modules: 50 module(s) capable of supporting ships of 50,000 tons

Commercial Magneto-plasma Drive  EP600.0 (5)    Power 3000    Fuel Use 4.52%    Signature 600    Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 302,000 Litres    Range 4 billion km (92 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
 Refuel Class Tanker

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 - Another of three designs for support ships that share a very "On the Nose" naming convention, the Refuel-Class Tanker has enough fuel to keep a whole fleet fighting for quite some time. The Refuelling Hub ensures that it can service ships in an highly efficient manner.

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Refuel Class Tanker      300,000 tons       1,113 Crew       11,309.8 BP       TCS 6,000    TH 3,000    EM 0
500 km/s      Armour 3-399       Shields 0-0       HTK 508      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 1      PPV 0
MSP 808,083    Max Repair 2400 MSP
Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 10   
Commander    Control Rating 2   BRG   AUX   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months   
Refuelling Hub - Capable of refuelling multiple ships simultaneously

Commercial Magneto-plasma Drive  EP600.0 (5)    Power 3000    Fuel Use 4.52%    Signature 600    Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 66,002,000 Litres    Range 876.4 billion km (20287 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
 Reload Class Collier:

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 - The last of three designs for support ships that share a very "On the Nose" naming convention, the Reload-Class Collier is the explode-iest of the three. A twenty layer armor scheme with just as many CIWS help to somewhat alleviate that short-coming, while a full complement of sensors let's the Reload-Class be less blind. An Ordnance Transfer Hub let's it re-arm ships in a highly efficient manner.

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Reload Class Collier      300,000 tons       1,372 Crew       17,211.2 BP       TCS 6,000    TH 3,000    EM 0
500 km/s      Armour 20-399       Shields 0-0       HTK 186      Sensors 8/8/0/0      DCR 1      PPV 0
MSP 2,415    Max Repair 2400 MSP
Magazine 24,000    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 2   
Captain    Control Rating 3   BRG   AUX   CIC   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months   
Ordnance Transfer Hub - Capable of transferring ordnance to multiple ships simultaneously

Commercial Magneto-plasma Drive  EP600.0 (5)    Power 3000    Fuel Use 4.52%    Signature 600    Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 302,000 Litres    Range 4 billion km (92 days at full power)

CIWS-120 (20x6)    Range 1000 km     TS: 12,000 km/s     ROF 5       
Planetary Scanner (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
Planetary Surface Scanner (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
Planetary Detection Scanner (1)     GPS 8000     Range 50.7m km    Resolution 500
Electromagnetic Signature Detection System (1)     Sensitivity 8.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  22.4m km
Thermal Signature Detection System (1)     Sensitivity 8.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  22.4m km

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes