Posted by: ZimRathbone
« on: March 04, 2010, 03:55:43 AM »Quote from: "sloanjh"
Its quite possible to create 1000 ton Jump capable survey ships - they will be military however . The ship below can be a geosurv ship merely by exchanging the sensorsQuote from: "Elvin"Also, as a more general note, how should I make my first exploration through a jump point? Do I build a jump gate, get a jmp capable ship, what research do I need/should I have to do it, etc. The whole situation is slightly beyond me.I usually build jump ships. With 4.9, one can build small jump drives for e.g. a 1000 ton scout ship - that's one way to make transit but you'll have trouble sending geosurvey and grav survey ships after.
The downside of using a jump gate is that, unless you send through a jump-capable ship, you won't be able to get your ship back (unless you send through a jump gate construction ship to build a gate on the other side). So jump gates for exploration = bad idea
John
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Nuestarr class Survey Ship 1000 tons 95 Crew 218 BP TCS 20 TH 100 EM 0
5000 km/s JR 1-50 Armour 2-8 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/6/1/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
Annual Failure Rate: 8% IFR: 0.1% Maint Capacity 136 MSP Max Repair 100 MSP Est Time: 5.33 Years
J1000(1-50) Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 1000 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 1
Internal Confinement Fusion Drive E6 (1) Power 100 Fuel Use 60% Signature 100 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 150.0 billion km (347 days at full power)
EM Detection Sensor EM1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Gravitational Survey Sensors (1) 1 Survey Points Per Hour
This design is classed as a military vessel for maintenance purposes
As the smallest civillian drive is 25HS, which all by itself takes you to 1250 tons and the smallest Civ j-drive is 10 HS so this would be the smallest civilian geosurv with J-capabilty early on (you can drop it to 2200 tons once you reach Jump eff 6 - you cant really get it any smaller than that as you also need 1HS for the Engineering bay, & 5HS for sensors)
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Rockfinder class Geosurvey Ship 2750 tons 80 Crew 221 BP TCS 55 TH 250 EM 0
4545 km/s JR 1-25(C) Armour 1-17 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/1 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
Maint Capacity 50 MSP Max Repair 100 MSP
JC3K Commercial Jump Drive Max Ship Size 3000 tons Distance 25k km Squadron Size 1
Internal Confinement Fusion Drive E0.6 (1) Power 250 Fuel Use 6% Signature 250 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 545.4 billion km (1388 days at full power)
Geological Survey Sensors (1) 1 Survey Points Per Hour
This design is classed as a commercial vessel for maintenance purposes