Author Topic: Diligent Class Frigate, Nuclear Thermal Warship (Read 1535 times)

xenoscepter · « **on:** August 18, 2020, 08:41:51 PM »

Diligent Class

Diligent class Frigate          6,250 tons       152 Crew       497.1 BP       TCS 125    TH 168    EM 0
1344 km/s      Armour 3-30       Shields 0-0       HTK 42      Sensors 1/1/0/0      DCR 6      PPV 17.5
Maint Life 10.79 Years     MSP 568    AFR 47%    IFR 0.7%    1YR 9    5YR 134    Max Repair 30 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 375 tons     Magazine 40    Cryogenic Berths 200    
Commander    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 3.3 months    Flight Crew Berths 40    Morale Check Required    

T1200-100T Nuclear Thermal Engine, Class 84-1M (2)    Power 168    Fuel Use 26.46%    Signature 84    Explosion 7%
Fuel Capacity 126,000 Litres    Range 13.7 billion km (118 days at full power)

K100 Particle Beam, Class 2-2 (2)    Range 100,000km     TS: 2,000 km/s     Power 5-2    ROF 15        2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T100/128-2 Beam Fire Control, Class 4-1 (1)     Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 2,000 km/s     14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T50/0B Pressurised Water Reactor, Class 2 (2)     Total Power Output 4    Exp 5%

R0-75/2 Missile Launcher, Class 1 (10)     Missile Size: 1    Rate of Fire 30
T25/1R Missile Fire Control, Class 10-5 (2)     Range 5.6m km    Resolution 1
Class 1 Light Attack Missile (30)    Speed: 4,000 km/s    End: 23.7m     Range: 5.7m km    WH: 1    Size: 1    TH: 16/9/4

T100/1R Active Search Sensor, Class 10-5 (1)     GPS 20     Range 5.6m km    MCR 507.8k km    Resolution 1
T10 EM Sensor, Class 1 (1)     Sensitivity 1     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km
T10 TH Sensor, Class 1 (1)     Sensitivity 1     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km

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 numbers given for the B-FCS are measured against targets moving at 6,000 km/s at a range of 75,000 km.
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--- This... is a terrible ship; you should not use this ship w/o first upgrading it with better tech. This design is a proof of concept and far better suited to Nuclear Pulse / Ion Engines and Composite Armor. That said, as a concept it is an AMM Defense Frigate with Particle Beam backups to help finish off enemies. It's pretty good against equal tech enemies, as the missile throw weight can devastate an enemy ship in 1 on 1. The Diligent-Class carries enough missiles to, at least in theory, destroy all of it's own armor; in practice, this would never happen on account of it's speed.

--- A Boat Bay and Small Boat Bay work together to afford the ship some scouts, while 20,000 Litres is held in reserve for it's parasites. Three magazines sport 10 Missiles each, and furnish the ship with 3 extra HtK per magazine, while Cryogenic Berths afford the crew some leeway if the life support gets zonked. This ship uses extremely low tech, and is intended to be designed early and built later if possible. I like to have some warship design laying around though, so if I get attacked early I just need to put the ordinance designs I have into production, then immediately begin researching the prototypes I have.

--- As posted though, the Diligent-Class isn't a very good ship, but it can be useful even this early on. The PPV is certainly okay and the range & maintenance life, when coupled to it's low cost, means that it can provide a good stop gap solution for PPV, while the ship benefits immensely from just a simple upgrade of it's missiles. It's Particle Beam armament and overbuilt Beam FCS can help it to weather obsolescence from early ECM and low caliber Near UV Lasers. A refit of Active Sensors and Missile FCS can allow it to serve longer in the AMM role as well.

Author Topic: Diligent Class Frigate, Nuclear Thermal Warship (Read 1535 times)

xenoscepter (OP)

Diligent Class Frigate, Nuclear Thermal Warship