These are some designs from what is probably my most successful campaign. Unfortunately, it bogged down thanks to constant interrupts, and I got to the point where I started a new game. Looking over the designs today, I realized how much I enjoyed them, and I just thought I would share them for comments/feedback/what have you.
My initial fleet consisted of one Destroyer Squadron of 5
Fletcher class destroyers and 1
Spruance class destroyer leader. The
Fletchers proved their worth early on, when I got ambushed by 8 precursor FACs.
Fletcher herself took something on the order of 30 strength 6 hits, lost half her engine rooms and most of her offensive capability... but she survived. The rest of the 1st DesRon quickly dispatched the offending FACs. After that engagement, I ordered enough ships to form the 2nd and 3rd DesRons, which became the backbone of my fleet.
Fletcher class Destroyer 10,000 tons 977 Crew 2250 BP TCS 200 TH 500 EM 0
5000 km/s Armour 8-41 Shields 0-0 Sensors 70/70/0/0 Damage Control Rating 13 PPV 40
Maint Life 10.1 Years MSP 1898 AFR 59% IFR 0.8% 1YR 34 5YR 508 Max Repair 180 MSP
Magazine 592
ICF E6 (10) Power 100 Fuel Use 60% Signature 50 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 520,000 Litres Range 156.0 billion km (361 days at full power)
Standard Missile Launcher (10) Missile Size 4 Rate of Fire 30
MFC151-R100 (2) Range 151.2m km Resolution 100
Striker SM Mk. 1 (148) Speed: 27,500 km/s End: 63.6m Range: 105m km WH: 8 Size: 4 TH: 165 / 99 / 49
Standard Search Sensor MR252-R100 (1) GPS 18000 Range 252.0m km Resolution 100
Emergency Search Sensor MR50-R100 (1) GPS 3600 Range 50.4m km Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
EM Detection Sensor EM5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
Sommers class Destroyer Escort Leader 9,000 tons 871 Crew 2693.6 BP TCS 180 TH 450 EM 0
5000 km/s JR 6-250 Armour 4-38 Shields 0-0 Sensors 70/70/0/0 Damage Control Rating 17 PPV 0
Maint Life 8.38 Years MSP 3274 AFR 37% IFR 0.5% 1YR 83 5YR 1247 Max Repair 720 MSP
J9000(6-250) Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 9000 tons Distance 250k km Squadron Size 6
ICF E6 (9) Power 100 Fuel Use 60% Signature 50 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 1,305,000 Litres Range 435.0 billion km (1006 days at full power)
Anti-Missile Search Sensor MR100-R1 (1) GPS 720 Range 100.8m km Resolution 1
Emergency Search Sensor MR50-R100 (1) GPS 3600 Range 50.4m km Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
EM Detection Sensor EM5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
After a couple decades of flying around and plopping down colonies, I got inspired: I was going to build a starbase, damnit! I have no idea why, now, but I decided that Earth needed an orbital station along the same grain as the
Philadelphia of Command & Conquer fame. After about 20 years of shipyard expansion and over 3 years of construction,
Vigilant, the first of the
Sentinel class starbases, became operational.
Sentinel class Starbase 75,000 tons 5238 Crew 14446 BP TCS 1500 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 20-158 Shields 0-0 Sensors 280/280/0/0 Damage Control Rating 300 PPV 50
Maint Life 16.17 Years MSP 36115 AFR 150% IFR 2.1% 1YR 260 5YR 3899 Max Repair 720 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 10000 tons Troop Capacity: 2 Battalions Magazine 5570 Cargo Handling Multiplier 5
Fuel Capacity 2,460,000 Litres Range N/A
Defender Missile Launcher (50) Missile Size 1 Rate of Fire 10
Missile Fire Control FC105-R1 (10) Range 105.8m km Resolution 1
Striker SM Mk. 1 (642) Speed: 27,500 km/s End: 63.6m Range: 105m km WH: 8 Size: 4 TH: 165 / 99 / 49
Defender AMM Mk. 1 (3002) Speed: 50,000 km/s End: 3m Range: 9m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 533 / 320 / 160
Planetary Search Sensor MR1008-R100 (1) GPS 72000 Range 1,008.0m km Resolution 100
Anti-Missile Search Sensor MR100-R1 (1) GPS 720 Range 100.8m km Resolution 1
Thermal Sensor TH20-280 (1) Sensitivity 280 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 280m km
EM Detection Sensor EM20-280 (1) Sensitivity 280 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 280m km
Strike Group
36x Falcon Fighter Speed: 16400 km/s Size: 5
4x Falcon-C Fighter Speed: 16400 km/s Size: 5
Strikegroup:
Falcon class Fighter 250 tons 7 Crew 93.7 BP TCS 5 TH 19.68 EM 0
16400 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 1.8
Maint Life 35.78 Years MSP 70 AFR 1% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 2 Max Repair 36 MSP
Magazine 12
FTR MCFD E720 (1) Power 82.5 Fuel Use 7200% Signature 19.8 Armour 0 Exp 50%
Fuel Capacity 25,000 Litres Range 2.5 billion km (42 hours at full power)
Standard Box Launcher (3) Missile Size 4 Hangar Reload 30 minutes MF Reload 5 hours
MFC151-R100 (1) Range 151.2m km Resolution 100
Striker SM Mk. 1 (3) Speed: 27,500 km/s End: 63.6m Range: 105m km WH: 8 Size: 4 TH: 165 / 99 / 49
Falcon-C class Fighter 250 tons 7 Crew 129.1 BP TCS 5 TH 19.68 EM 0
16400 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 Sensors 14/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 7.37 Years MSP 32 AFR 5% IFR 0.1% 1YR 1 5YR 15 Max Repair 72 MSP
FTR MCFD E720 (1) Power 82.5 Fuel Use 7200% Signature 19.8 Armour 0 Exp 50%
Fuel Capacity 25,000 Litres Range 2.5 billion km (42 hours at full power)
Defender AMM Mk. 1 (14) Speed: 50,000 km/s End: 3m Range: 9m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 533 / 320 / 160
Standard Fighter Sensor MR100-R100 (1) GPS 7200 Range 100.8m km Resolution 100
Civ Thermal Sensor (1) Sensitivity 14 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 14m km
(Note, the thermal sensor is because I am OCD about my ships being the same size.)
During the 25 year Starbase project, I designed an Escort Destroyer and an Escort Destroyer Leader, and launched 15 and 3, respectively, to form 3 squadrons that operated in conjunction with the DesRons. Unfortunately, I never had to opportunity to test them in battle.
Gearing Mod A class Destroyer Escort 9,000 tons 708 Crew 2386.8 BP TCS 180 TH 450 EM 0
5000 km/s Armour 9-38 Shields 0-0 Sensors 70/70/0/0 Damage Control Rating 10 PPV 10
Maint Life 6.28 Years MSP 1757 AFR 61% IFR 0.8% 1YR 77 5YR 1149 Max Repair 360 MSP
Magazine 562
ICF E6 (9) Power 100 Fuel Use 60% Signature 50 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 1,250,000 Litres Range 416.7 billion km (964 days at full power)
Anti-Missile Missile Launcher (10) Missile Size 1 Rate of Fire 10
AMFC41-R1 (2) Range 41.6m km Resolution 1
Defender AMM Mk. 1 (562) Speed: 50,000 km/s End: 3m Range: 9m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 533 / 320 / 160
Emergency Search Sensor MR50-R100 (1) GPS 3600 Range 50.4m km Resolution 100
Standard Anti-Missile Sensor MR50-R1 (1) GPS 360 Range 50.4m km Resolution 1
Thermal Sensor TH5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
EM Detection Sensor EM5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
(As you can see, I had to put the
Gearings through a refit to bring them up to fleet speed of the destroyers.)
Sommers class Destroyer Escort Leader 9,000 tons 871 Crew 2693.6 BP TCS 180 TH 450 EM 0
5000 km/s JR 6-250 Armour 4-38 Shields 0-0 Sensors 70/70/0/0 Damage Control Rating 17 PPV 0
Maint Life 8.38 Years MSP 3274 AFR 37% IFR 0.5% 1YR 83 5YR 1247 Max Repair 720 MSP
J9000(6-250) Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 9000 tons Distance 250k km Squadron Size 6
ICF E6 (9) Power 100 Fuel Use 60% Signature 50 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 1,305,000 Litres Range 435.0 billion km (1006 days at full power)
Anti-Missile Search Sensor MR100-R1 (1) GPS 720 Range 100.8m km Resolution 1
Emergency Search Sensor MR50-R100 (1) GPS 3600 Range 50.4m km Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
EM Detection Sensor EM5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
In addition to those, I designed an escort carrier, intending it to accompany either my destroyers or civilian ships going through somewhat unsecured sectors. Unfortunately, I never had the chance to build one, as the yard completed retooling during my increment hell.
Forrestal class Escort Carrier 10,000 tons 689 Crew 2569.6 BP TCS 200 TH 330 EM 0
6875 km/s Armour 4-41 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 16 PPV 0
Maint Life 10.1 Years MSP 2570 AFR 50% IFR 0.7% 1YR 46 5YR 688 Max Repair 138 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 2500 tons Magazine 368
MCFD E7.2 (10) Power 137.5 Fuel Use 72% Signature 33 Armour 0 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 2,060,000 Litres Range 515.0 billion km (867 days at full power)
Striker SM Mk. 1 (92) Speed: 27,500 km/s End: 63.6m Range: 105m km WH: 8 Size: 4 TH: 165 / 99 / 49
Emergency Search Sensor MR50-R100 (1) GPS 3600 Range 50.4m km Resolution 100
Strike Group
9x Falcon Fighter Speed: 16400 km/s Size: 5
1x Falcon-C Fighter Speed: 16400 km/s Size: 5
During all this, I read over Steve's posts about Boarding, and I decided I would incorporate that into this campaign. To that end, I designed two ships and one fighter.
Meant to operate in groups of 5 transports and 1 assault ship:
Long Beach Mod A class Troop Transport 25,000 tons 1100 Crew 3200 BP TCS 500 TH 1000 EM 0
4000 km/s Armour 6-76 Shields 0-0 Sensors 70/70/0/0 Damage Control Rating 27 PPV 0
Maint Life 8.74 Years MSP 3184 AFR 183% IFR 2.5% 1YR 75 5YR 1120 Max Repair 75 MSP
Troop Capacity: 5 Battalions Cargo Handling Multiplier 15
ICF E6 (20) Power 100 Fuel Use 60% Signature 50 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 2,500,000 Litres Range 300.0 billion km (868 days at full power)
Thermal Sensor TH5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
EM Detection Sensor EM5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
Tarawa class Assault Ship 20,000 tons 968 Crew 3727.8 BP TCS 400 TH 1000 EM 0
5000 km/s Armour 4-65 Shields 0-0 Sensors 14/14/0/0 Damage Control Rating 27 PPV 0
Maint Life 9.51 Years MSP 3157 AFR 118% IFR 1.6% 1YR 63 5YR 945 Max Repair 75 MSP
Drop Capacity: 21 Battalions Cargo Handling Multiplier 15
ICF E6 (20) Power 100 Fuel Use 60% Signature 50 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 1,350,000 Litres Range 202.5 billion km (468 days at full power)
Emergency Search Sensor MR50-R100 (1) GPS 3600 Range 50.4m km Resolution 100
Civ Thermal Sensor (1) Sensitivity 14 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 14m km
Civ EM Sensor (1) Sensitivity 14 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 14m km
Finally, the fighter:
Akula class Assault Shuttle 170 tons 2 Crew 49.9 BP TCS 3.4 TH 19.68 EM 0
24117 km/s Armour 1-2 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 34% IFR 0.5% 1YR 4 5YR 59 Max Repair 28 MSP
Drop Capacity: 1 Company
FTR MCFD E720 (1) Power 82.5 Fuel Use 7200% Signature 19.8 Armour 0 Exp 50%
Fuel Capacity 5,000 Litres Range 0.7 billion km (8 hours at full power)
Although I never found an NPR, I did enjoy combat dropping a full division on precursor listening posts. I mean, hey, I can just RP that there could have been all sorts of nasties down there
Towards the end of this game, I decided to build my next generation of warships.
New Orleans class Heavy Cruiser 30,000 tons 2808 Crew 10600.6 BP TCS 600 TH 990 EM 0
6875 km/s Armour 14-86 Shields 0-0 Sensors 70/70/0/0 Damage Control Rating 120 PPV 125.52
Maint Life 14.48 Years MSP 15457 AFR 102% IFR 1.4% 1YR 138 5YR 2066 Max Repair 600 MSP
Magazine 200
MCFD E7.2 (30) Power 137.5 Fuel Use 72% Signature 33 Armour 0 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 2,485,000 Litres Range 207.1 billion km (348 days at full power)
Twin 15cm C5 Ultraviolet Laser Turret (4x2) Range 240,000km TS: 25000 km/s Power 12-10 RM 4 ROF 10 6 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2
Triple 20cm C5 Ultraviolet Laser Turret (2x3) Range 320,000km TS: 13900 km/s Power 30-15 RM 4 ROF 10 10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 4 4
AMFC S16 160-25000 (2) Max Range: 320,000 km TS: 25000 km/s 97 94 91 88 84 81 78 75 72 69
ASFC S12 160-15000 (1) Max Range: 320,000 km TS: 15000 km/s 97 94 91 88 84 81 78 75 72 69
ICFR PB-1.1 (6) Total Power Output 79.2 Armour 0 Exp 10%
Standard Box Launcher (50) Missile Size 4 Hangar Reload 30 minutes MF Reload 5 hours
MFC151-R100 (1) Range 151.2m km Resolution 100
Striker SM Mk. 1 (50) Speed: 27,500 km/s End: 63.6m Range: 105m km WH: 8 Size: 4 TH: 165 / 99 / 49
Standard Anti-Missile Sensor MR50-R1 (1) GPS 360 Range 50.4m km Resolution 1
Standard Search Sensor MR252-R100 (1) GPS 18000 Range 252.0m km Resolution 100
Emergency Search Sensor MR50-R100 (1) GPS 3600 Range 50.4m km Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
EM Detection Sensor EM5-70 (1) Sensitivity 70 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 70m km
Suffolk class Command Cruiser 30,000 tons 3063 Crew 13364.6 BP TCS 600 TH 990 EM 0
6875 km/s JR 6-50 Armour 8-86 Shields 0-0 Sensors 280/280/0/0 Damage Control Rating 122 PPV 20.76
Maint Life 5.47 Years MSP 20188 AFR 99% IFR 1.4% 1YR 1132 5YR 16982 Max Repair 4225 MSP
Troop Capacity: 1 Company
J30000(6-50) Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 30000 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 6
MCFD E7.2 (30) Power 137.5 Fuel Use 72% Signature 33 Armour 0 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,600,000 Litres Range 133.3 billion km (224 days at full power)
Twin 15cm C5 Ultraviolet Laser Turret (2x2) Range 240,000km TS: 25000 km/s Power 12-10 RM 4 ROF 10 6 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2
AMFC S16 160-25000 (1) Max Range: 320,000 km TS: 25000 km/s 97 94 91 88 84 81 78 75 72 69
ICFR PB-1.1 (2) Total Power Output 26.4 Armour 0 Exp 10%
Planetary Search Sensor MR1008-R100 (1) GPS 72000 Range 1,008.0m km Resolution 100
Anti-Missile Search Sensor MR100-R1 (1) GPS 720 Range 100.8m km Resolution 1
Emergency Search Sensor MR50-R100 (1) GPS 3600 Range 50.4m km Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH20-280 (1) Sensitivity 280 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 280m km
EM Detection Sensor EM20-280 (1) Sensitivity 280 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 280m km
Saratoga class Light Carrier 30,000 tons 1943 Crew 7935.4 BP TCS 600 TH 990 EM 0
6875 km/s Armour 10-86 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 50 PPV 0
Maint Life 8.68 Years MSP 8266 AFR 144% IFR 2% 1YR 196 5YR 2944 Max Repair 360 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 3500 tons Troop Capacity: 1 Battalion Magazine 1104
MCFD E7.2 (30) Power 137.5 Fuel Use 72% Signature 33 Armour 0 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 6,215,000 Litres Range 517.9 billion km (871 days at full power)
Striker SM Mk. 1 (276) Speed: 27,500 km/s End: 63.6m Range: 105m km WH: 8 Size: 4 TH: 165 / 99 / 49
Area Search Sensor MR504-R100 (1) GPS 36000 Range 504.0m km Resolution 100
Strike Group
9x Falcon Fighter Speed: 16400 km/s Size: 5
5x Akula Assault Shuttle Speed: 24117 km/s Size: 3.4
1x Falcon-C Fighter Speed: 16400 km/s Size: 5
Meant to operate in squadrons of 3 CA, 1 CC, 2 CVL. I intended to form fleets consisting on 1 CruRon and 1 DesRon (By this time a combination of my Fletcher and Gearing squadrons into 3 squadrons of 12 ships). At the time of giving up on this game, the first four
New Orleans were in the yards and about 50% completed, with 2
Suffolks about a year behind, and a yard was retooling for the
Saratogas.
As much as I would love to continue this game, I fear that it is hopelessly bogged down in increments, and will soon be broken by 5.70. And I am afraid I no longer remember all of my plans in this game, making getting back in to it much harder.
Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed reading through all this.