Posted by: MarcAFK
« on: April 21, 2020, 09:11:21 AM »This is my 'Minimum Viable" Colony ship for immediate service to the lunar colony.
However, in earlier versions you couldn't load or unload the 0.2 infrastructure this holds, so I couldn't use this the way it was intended.
Also the speed is absolutely excessive for lunar colonization, if you strip out the second engine and add a third luxury passenger accommodation the speed drops to 54 km/s which is fine for the lunar run, but you need to wait 6 weeks for the yards to get big enough for the now 11500 ton design. It will work 50% faster though so might be worth the wait.
Efficiency is a little faster if you make all cargo and all passenger variants too.
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Luna Express class Spaceliner 9 999 tons 245 Crew 374.6 BP TCS 200 TH 25 EM 0
125 km/s Armour 1-41 Shields 0-0 HTK 22 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 1 PPV 0
MSP 23 Max Repair 100 MSP
Cargo 500 Passengers 500 Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1
Lieutenant Commander Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months
Commercial Conventional Engine EP12.5 (2) Power 25.0 Fuel Use 11.18% Signature 12.5 Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 10 000 Litres Range 1.6 billion km (149 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
Its also capable of doing the earth/mars run, but the moon is priority as its so close you can get a decent colony going despite its terrible capacity.However, in earlier versions you couldn't load or unload the 0.2 infrastructure this holds, so I couldn't use this the way it was intended.
Also the speed is absolutely excessive for lunar colonization, if you strip out the second engine and add a third luxury passenger accommodation the speed drops to 54 km/s which is fine for the lunar run, but you need to wait 6 weeks for the yards to get big enough for the now 11500 ton design. It will work 50% faster though so might be worth the wait.
Efficiency is a little faster if you make all cargo and all passenger variants too.