Here is my first attempt at creating a carrier and its fighter contingency:
The Carrier
India class Carrier 45,000 tons 1,030 Crew 16,758.9 BP TCS 900 TH 1,080 EM 0
7500 km/s Armour 6-112 Shields 0-0 HTK 255 Sensors 24/24/0/0 DCR 62 PPV 114.48
Maint Life 1.08 Years MSP 10,428 AFR 506% IFR 7.0% 1YR 9,028 5YR 135,423 Max Repair 7593.75 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 10,000 tons Troop Capacity 100 tons Drop Capable Magazine 2,280
Captain Control Rating 6 BRG AUX ENG CIC FLG PFC
Intended Deployment Time: 6 months Flight Crew Berths 200 Morale Check Required
Aerospatial SA Cruiser Magnetic Fusion Drive M.HS180 EP6750.00 (1) Power 6750 Fuel Use 19.49% Signature 1080.00 Explosion 15%
Fuel Capacity 4,000,000 Litres Range 82.1 billion km (126 days at full power)
Quad Rheinmetall AG Gauss Cannon Mk.1 (12x20) Range 50,000km TS: 32000 km/s Power 0-0 RM 50,000 km ROF 5
Wuxing Incorporated Point Defense Fire Control R60-TS32000 (4) Max Range: 60,000 km TS: 32,000 km/s 83 67 50 33 17 0 0 0 0 0
Size 1 Missile Pod (24) Missile Size: 1 Rate of Fire 5
Cyberdyne Systems Corporation AMM Missile Fire Control FC12-R1 (10%) (4) Range 12.1m km Resolution 1
EADS Bodkin Fighter Anti-Ship Missile (480) Speed: 82,933 km/s End: 0.2m Range: 1m km WH: 10 Size: 3.00 TH: 276/165/82
Raytheon Rapier AMM (456) Speed: 87,600 km/s End: 0.5m Range: 2.5m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 671/402/201
Raytheon Point DRADIS AS19-R1 (10%) (1) GPS 48 Range 19.1m km MCR 1.7m km Resolution 1
Raytheon Command DRADIS AS562-R100 (10%) (1) GPS 192000 Range 562.1m km Resolution 100
Raytheon Standard DRADIS AS51-R20 (10%) (1) GPS 960 Range 52m km Resolution 20
Boglin Fields, Inc. MilSpec Standard EM Sensor Mk1. (1) Sensitivity 24 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 38.7m km
Boglin Fields, Inc. MilSpec Standard Thermal Sensor Mk.1 (1) Sensitivity 24 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 38.7m km
ECM 50
Strike Group
48x B2 Lancer Bomber Speed: 25152 km/s Size: 2.48
6x D4 Raven Dropship Speed: 12515 km/s Size: 9.99
2x SC1 Bugeye Scout Speed: 12515 km/s Size: 9.99
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
Primary Strike Craft
B2 Lancer class Bomber 200 tons 4 Crew 168.8 BP TCS 4 TH 20 EM 0
31300 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 HTK 2 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 0.9
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 39% IFR 0.6% 1YR 7 5YR 108 Max Repair 70.3125 MSP
Magazine 6
Sub-Commander Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Morale Check Required
Union Aerospace Corporation Fighter Magnetic Fusion Drive M.HS1 EP62.50 (2) Power 125.0 Fuel Use 937.50% Signature 10.000 Explosion 25%
Fuel Capacity 27,000 Litres Range 2.6 billion km (23 hours at full power)
Size 3 Missile Mount (2) Missile Size: 3 Hangar Reload 86 minutes MF Reload 14 hours
Renraku Computer Systems Fighter Missile Fire Control FC32-R20 (5%) (1) Range 32.9m km Resolution 20
Raytheon Micro Point DRADIS AS6-R1 (10%) (1) GPS 5 Range 6.1m km MCR 545k km Resolution 1
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
Scout Fighter
SC1 Bugeye class Scout 500 tons 16 Crew 603.4 BP TCS 10 TH 20 EM 0
12515 km/s Armour 1-5 Shields 0-0 HTK 6 Sensors 24/24/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 99% IFR 1.4% 1YR 145 5YR 2,182 Max Repair 384 MSP
Commander Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Morale Check Required
Union Aerospace Corporation Fighter Magnetic Fusion Drive M.HS1 EP62.50 (2) Power 125.0 Fuel Use 937.50% Signature 10.000 Explosion 25%
Fuel Capacity 51,000 Litres Range 2 billion km (43 hours at full power)
Yang Su Enterprises Scout DRADIS (1) GPS 3840 Range 104m km Resolution 20
Boglin Fields, Inc. MilSpec Standard EM Sensor Mk1. (1) Sensitivity 24 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 38.7m km
Boglin Fields, Inc. MilSpec Standard Thermal Sensor Mk.1 (1) Sensitivity 24 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 38.7m km
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
Boarding Dropship
D4 Raven class Dropship 500 tons 13 Crew 181.8 BP TCS 10 TH 20 EM 0
12515 km/s Armour 1-5 Shields 0-0 HTK 3 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 99% IFR 1.4% 1YR 17 5YR 252 Max Repair 70.3125 MSP
Troop Capacity 250 tons Boarding Capable
Sub-Commander Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Morale Check Required
Union Aerospace Corporation Fighter Magnetic Fusion Drive M.HS1 EP62.50 (2) Power 125.0 Fuel Use 937.50% Signature 10.000 Explosion 25%
Fuel Capacity 31,000 Litres Range 1.2 billion km (26 hours at full power)
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
Questions
- I added a very small drop transport bay to the carrier to house the company HQ for all the Marine boarding squads. I understand you can still connect them in a hierarchy even if they aren't on the same ship.
- Can you quickly deploy all ground units from the carrier with a single click as long as all the dropships containing the Marines are in the carrier?
- Is having passive sensors on a scout a good idea? I want it to have the option to be stealthy
- At what range should I have the bombers fire? I assume you want fighter missiles to hit within 5 seconds before enemy PD has a chance to react. I didn't make a very good missile in that case...
- What kind of weapons do you put on fighters? I used a single 25% accuracy GG and it was still too big for my tastes. I'm trying to get them at 125 tons.
EDIT:
I've created a new missile to be used on the strike bombers, meant to be launched at 400,000 km.
Missile Size: 3.00 MSP (7.500 Tons) Warhead: 10 Radiation Damage: 10 Manoeuvre Rating: 10
Speed: 82,933 km/s Fuel: 25 Flight Time: 11.7 seconds Range: 970,320 km
Cost Per Missile: 8.72 Development Cost: 872
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 829.3% 3k km/s 276.4% 5k km/s 165.9% 10k km/s 82.9%