Gestalt Class Cruiser, Duranium / Nuclear Thermal

[xenoscepter (OP)]

Gestalt Class Cruiser:

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Gestalt Class Cruiser      13,000 tons       247 Crew       1,045 BP       TCS 260    TH 300    EM 0
1153 km/s      Armour 6-49       Shields 0-0       HTK 101      Sensors 6/6/0/0      DCR 12      PPV 30
Maint Life 9.35 Years     MSP 1,802    AFR 113%    IFR 1.6%    1YR 37    5YR 557    Max Repair 56.2500 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 750 tons     Magazine 120   
Commander    Control Rating 2   BRG   AUX   
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months    Flight Crew Berths 60    Morale Check Required   

Nuclear Thermal Engine  EP150.00 (2)    Power 300.0    Fuel Use 24.36%    Signature 150.00    Explosion 7%
Fuel Capacity 271,000 Litres    Range 15.4 billion km (154 days at full power)

10cm Railgun V20/C2 (6x4)    Range 20,000km     TS: 1,250 km/s     Power 3-2     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
Beam Fire Control R60-TS1250 (2)     Max Range: 60,000 km   TS: 1,250 km/s     26 21 16 10 5 0 0 0 0 0
Pressurized Water Reactor R6-PB10 (2)     Total Power Output 12    Exp 7%

Size 20 Missile Launcher (30.0% Reduction) (2)     Missile Size: 20    Rate of Fire 13420
Missile Fire Control FC16-R260 (2)     Range 16.1m km    Resolution 260
Gestalt ASM (6)    Speed: 8,620 km/s    End: 26.8m     Range: 13.8m km    WH: 16    Size: 20.0    TH: 28/17/8

Active Search Sensor AS16-R260 (1)     GPS 1040     Range 16.1m km    Resolution 260
EM Sensor EM1.2-6.0 (1)     Sensitivity 6.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  19.4m km
Thermal Sensor TH1.2-6.0 (1)     Sensitivity 6.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  19.4m 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
 - A quickie design I whipped up on a whim. Noteworthy points are the armor, which is thick enough to tank a shot from it's own ASMs and it's two Beam FCS which allow it to split it's fire between the offensive and PD roles if needs be. Slow as hell, even for Nuclear Pulse. Not quite "fresh TN start" tech, but pretty close. 60,000 liters of fuel is carried for whatever parasite craft the Gestalt-Class might be packing. It has four hefty magazines that each hold 1 ASM, but furnish the ship with 10 HtK per magazine. Each engine is 2,000 tons, making them account for almost 30% of the vessel's mass. I don't expect the Gestalt-Class to get of more than one salvo in an engagement, but I don't want to have to run back to base after every shot either, so the four mags give it that ability. If needs be, Fighter sized colliers could be built, giving it perhaps one or two more shots on the go. It has enough MSP to repair it's most expensive component 15 times from battle damage or 30 times from regular repair. The Railguns take up 7 MSP to repair per gun, so that's 42 MSP for the set.

[vorpal+5]

Should low tech missiles not favor speed and number (so small) instead of slow and big? Now that there is no more armored missiles (never understood why but oh well), it will be easy to destroy the rare, slow, size 20 missiles fired by your ship.

[dag0net]

Because even tho it's not an mp game, armored missiles were 'sploity, like htk in magazines? besides, the idea of something the size of a missile surviving an impact intact at 50,000kms with an object of measurable size..



Idk what the point is in a size 20 single stage missile either, I think this might have been made before a long sleep after a longer wake :-)
I suppose, it's prolly the biggest bang one could reasonably make at the TL, but the battle would have to be won already for it to hit? Maybe if your TL1 sic has 50 13k cruisers, myself I've barely got a ship out the yard before tl2 it seems... I guess that's telling me I should lower research speed.