This is really an experiment rather than a serious campaign but I'll keep everyone posted on how it progresses. I am starting on Earth with four NPRs. Someone posted this idea a few hours ago so I thought I would give it a go to see if it was a viable idea for a campaign. The five Empires, including my own, are as follows:
Neo-Roman Republic (North America/Europe/ Australia/NZ/Israel) - player race
Chinese Empire (China, Japan, South-East Asia, Indonesia, Korea)
Indo-Russian Alliance (India, Russia, Central Asia)
South American Federation (Central and South America)
Islamic Union (Middle-East / Africa)
I didn't want to get into a lot of background for a campaign that might implode within hours
so I am assuming some type of inconclusive non-nuclear world war, or severe cold war, that resulted in the five factions above
Here is a screenshot of Earth ten seconds after campaign start (thermal sensors only)
[attachment=0:29gi5tf8]10seconds.GIF[/attachment:29gi5tf8]
I am starting with one billion pop. The other Empires have between 600m and 2000m, although a lower industrial percentage for the larger populations means their wealth and industry will be similar to mine. Here are my starting designs for grav survey ship, DD and DE.
Draco class Gravitational Survey Vessel 3750 tons 358 Crew 677.6 BP TCS 75 TH 300 EM 0
4000 km/s JR 3-50 Armour 1-21 Shields 0-0 Sensors 12/12/2/0 Damage Control Rating 3 PPV 0
Annual Failure Rate: 37% IFR: 0.5% Maintenance Capacity 339 MSP Max Repair 100 MSP
Apollo XV Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 3750 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 3
Neptune-60 Ion Engine (5) Power 60 Fuel Use 80% Signature 60 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 460,000 Litres Range 276.0 billion km (798 days at full power)
SPS-II Active Search Sensor (1) GPS 6300 Range 63.0m km Resolution 100
SQR-IX Thermal Sensor (1) Sensitivity 12 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 12m km
SLR-VII EM Detection Sensor (1) Sensitivity 12 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 12m km
Gravitational Survey Sensors (2) 2 Survey Points Per Hour
Leonis class Geosurvey ships are identical except for geo sensors.
Avenger class Destroyer 6000 tons 639 Crew 841.48 BP TCS 120 TH 480 EM 0
4000 km/s Armour 3-29 Shields 0-0 Sensors 6/6/0/0 Damage Control Rating 3 PPV 32
Annual Failure Rate: 96% IFR: 1.3% Maintenance Capacity 263 MSP Max Repair 63 MSP
Magazine 382
Neptune-60 Ion Engine (8) Power 60 Fuel Use 80% Signature 60 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres Range 37.5 billion km (108 days at full power)
Aeolus IV Missile Launcher (8) Missile Size 4 Rate of Fire 40
SPG-III Missile Fire Control (1) Range 63.0m km Resolution 100
Spiculum Anti-Ship Missile (96) Speed: 20,000 km/s End: 50.5m Range: 60.6m km WH: 6 Size: 4 TH: 66 / 40 / 20
SPS-II Active Search Sensor (1) GPS 6300 Range 63.0m km Resolution 100
SQR-VIII Thermal Sensor (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
SLR-V EM Detection Sensor (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Eternal Guardian class Destroyer Escort 6000 tons 519 Crew 970.96 BP TCS 120 TH 480 EM 0
4000 km/s Armour 3-29 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 3 PPV 15
Annual Failure Rate: 96% IFR: 1.3% Maintenance Capacity 303 MSP Max Repair 126 MSP
Magazine 525
Neptune-60 Ion Engine (8) Power 60 Fuel Use 80% Signature 60 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres Range 37.5 billion km (108 days at full power)
Aeolus I Missile Launcher (15) Missile Size 1 Rate of Fire 10
SPG-IV Missile Fire Control (3) Range 1.3m km Resolution 1
Gladius Anti-missile Missile (525) Speed: 26,400 km/s End: 1.4m Range: 2.2m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 158 / 95 / 47
SPS-I Navigation Sensor (1) GPS 2100 Range 21.0m km Resolution 100
SPS-VI Missile Detection Sensor (1) GPS 126 Range 1.3m km Resolution 1
Steve