So, I figured I would post my ship designs for feedback. I operate ships in squadrons of 4 (3 ships + 1 jump variant).
Here are some of my designs from my current game.
The goal is an affordable particle beam cruiser that relies on shields rather than armor. The 10cm railguns are primarily for PD, although at point blank range they have way more dps than the particle beams.
Napoleon 2 class Cruiser 25,000 tons 895 Crew 3,187.4 BP TCS 500 TH 2,000 EM 3,330
4000 km/s Armour 1-76 Shields 111-370 HTK 172 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 14 PPV 158
Maint Life 2.73 Years MSP 1,870 AFR 357% IFR 5.0% 1YR 360 5YR 5,400 Max Repair 250 MSP
Captain Control Rating 4 BRG AUX ENG CIC
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check Required
Nuclear Gas-Core Engine EP500.00 (4) Power 2000 Fuel Use 61.14% Signature 500 Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 1,750,000 Litres Range 20.6 billion km (59 days at full power)
Gamma S37 / R370 Shields (3) Recharge Time 370 seconds (0.3 per second)
BP-4 (14) Range 150,000km TS: 4,000 km/s Power 10-3 ROF 20
10cm Railgun V10/C3 (20x4) Range 10,000km TS: 4,000 km/s Power 3-3 RM 10,000 km ROF 5
BFCl R192-TS4050 (2) Max Range: 192,000 km TS: 4,050 km/s 95 90 84 79 74 69 64 58 53 48
BFC R48-TS4050 (2) Max Range: 48,000 km TS: 4,050 km/s 79 58 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaseous Fission Reactor R32 (4) Total Power Output 128 Exp 5%
Active Search Sensor AS31-R100 (1) GPS 2400 Range 31.4m km Resolution 100
PD Radar AS2-R1 (1) GPS 3 Range 2.1m km MCR 192.7k km Resolution 1
ECM 10
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a Warship for auto-assignment purposes
For every 3 Napoleons I also have 1 Defiant class Jump Cruiser, to provide squadron jump capability
Defiant 2 class Jump Cruiser 25,000 tons 814 Crew 3,670.7 BP TCS 500 TH 2,000 EM 3,330
4000 km/s JR 4-50 Armour 1-76 Shields 111-370 HTK 146 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 16 PPV 60
Maint Life 1.52 Years MSP 2,273 AFR 312% IFR 4.3% 1YR 1,111 5YR 16,660 Max Repair 1181.5 MSP
Captain Control Rating 5 BRG AUX ENG CIC FLG
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check Required
J25000.0(4-50) Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 25000 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 4
Nuclear Gas-Core Engine EP500.00 (4) Power 2000 Fuel Use 61.14% Signature 500 Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 1,750,000 Litres Range 20.6 billion km (59 days at full power)
Gamma S37 / R370 Shields (3) Recharge Time 370 seconds (0.3 per second)
10cm Railgun V10/C3 (20x4) Range 10,000km TS: 4,000 km/s Power 3-3 RM 10,000 km ROF 5
BFC R48-TS4050 (2) Max Range: 48,000 km TS: 4,050 km/s 79 58 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaseous Fission Reactor R32 (2) Total Power Output 64 Exp 5%
PD Radar AS2-R1 (1) GPS 3 Range 2.1m km MCR 192.7k km Resolution 1
ECM 10
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a Warship for auto-assignment purposes
Future refit plans are to use the smaller jump drive designs I am researching to fit a few particle beams back on the Defiant class, and eventually I want to replace some of the particle beams with particle lances, once I unlock them.
Obviously, they aren't as fast as they could be, but I am hoping that the cost savings in not going faster will make up for it.