Posted by: JacksonTaus
« on: September 14, 2015, 09:18:02 PM »Quote from: 83athom link=topic=7917. msg81002#msg81002 date=1442242691
I am thinking 2 of these, 2 ASM Cruisers (with a little AMM), and 1 beam cruiser. What you want on that is lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and/or mesons. Lasers are like a main cannon with moderate rate of fire, decent range, and can deal a bit of damage, however their damage decreases with range. Microwaves are the anti-shield, they only do one point of damage but ignores armor. However, they do 3 damage to shields. If they don't have shields (or they went down) they will only do electronic damage (look at the DAC/Rank/Info tab of the designer and look at the Electronic only DAC to see what these damage). Particle beams are basically the sniper rifles of the ships, they have a really long range and do a good chunk of damage (I like using these a lot) but unlike lasers they will not decrease damage over range. Mesons do one point of damage (no matter the tech) however they ignore all armor and shields, so you can use this to do constant damage no matter the enemy. THIS is a really good page to help with choosing your beams. However, one thing I always do is include at least 1 CIWS on all craft, including commercial and escort ships like yours.
What do I need this beam cruiser for? Just in case I run out of missiles and need protection or if someone sneaks up on me?
Here's my Missile Cruiser:
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Artemis class Missile Cruiser 15,000 tons 373 Crew 3926.8 BP TCS 300 TH 480 EM 1440
6666 km/s Armour 5-54 Shields 48-300 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 38 PPV 64
Maint Life 2.76 Years MSP 2309 AFR 225% IFR 3.1% 1YR 436 5YR 6541 Max Repair 500 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 24 months Spare Berths 1
Magazine 1058
Massart-Mustin 500 EP Military MFD (4) Power 500 Fuel Use 32% Signature 120 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,450,000 Litres Range 54.4 billion km (94 days at full power)
Coltharp Defence Technologies Theta R300/384 Shields (12) Total Fuel Cost 192 Litres per hour (4,608 per day)
Griswald-Sass "Crossbow" S4 RR5 (16) Missile Size 4 Rate of Fire 25
Whitford Striker Fire Control FC150-R60 (2) Range 150.6m km Resolution 60
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
So maybe drop down to 12-14 launchers to have room for the AMM? My concern with that is that that means I'm shooting only 24-28 missiles in a salvo if I've only got 2 of these guys - is that enough? I keep reading in the fiction about 40+ missile salvos being necessary.
Quote from: 83athom link=topic=7917. msg81002#msg81002 date=1442242691
However I do have a question about your command ship. Can you post its design?
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Zeus class Command Cruiser 15,000 tons 300 Crew 4336 BP TCS 300 TH 480 EM 1440
6666 km/s JR 7-50 Armour 5-54 Shields 48-300 Sensors 56/72/0/0 Damage Control Rating 38 PPV 0
Maint Life 2.11 Years MSP 2445 AFR 225% IFR 3.1% 1YR 733 5YR 10997 Max Repair 500 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 24 months Spare Berths 1
Flag Bridge Cryogenic Berths 200
Nurre Systems J15000(7-50) Military Squadron Jump Drive Max Ship Size 15000 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 7
Massart-Mustin 500 EP Military MFD (4) Power 500 Fuel Use 32% Signature 120 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 4,000,000 Litres Range 150.0 billion km (260 days at full power)
Coltharp Defence Technologies Theta R300/384 Shields (12) Total Fuel Cost 192 Litres per hour (4,608 per day)
Kahahane CIWS-250B (2x8) Range 1000 km TS: 25000 km/s ROF 5 Base 50% To Hit
Whitford Missile Detector MR38-R1 (1) GPS 216 Range 38.9m km MCR 4.2m km Resolution 1
Whitford Active Search Sensor MR301-R60 (1) GPS 12960 Range 301.2m km Resolution 60
Fairbanks Thermal Sensor TH4-56 (1) Sensitivity 56 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 56m km
Fairbanks EM Detection Sensor EM4-72 (1) Sensitivity 72 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 72m km
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
My missile range is only 127m KM. I'm wondering if there's a benefit to finding room for a R20 sensor to deal with FACs - my original plan for them was to send out a fighter-scout to detect them if necessary, but I'm realizing that the fighter-scout wouldn't be much better either.