Posted by: Beersatron
« on: June 17, 2010, 06:10:30 PM »Quote from: "Soralin"
Yeah, this is at a really low level of tech, I mean, for an example of what this level of tech could do on a ship:Code: [Select]Forrestal class Cruiser 12400 tons 1416 Crew 1474.4 BP TCS 248 TH 800 EM 0
The missiles and drones here don't even have ion engine levels of speed upgraded. The ship is slower then the drones even, and about 1/2 the cost of the PDC, so I could get a whole 2 of them for the same cost, and with a smaller (and slower since they need more fuel) salvo of missiles, although at a bit faster rate of fire. I suppose it would be better to go with smaller missiles here, although they'd have to be a bit bigger then what the drone can fire for the same damage, since they need more fuel. Although they do have a longer range then the drones, since they can actually fly around, but they need to get a lot closer, and are more vulnerable and costly to replace than a pack of drones that are going to die anyway. But in any case, it looks better to tech up more before even attempting much in the way of building defensive forces like this.
3225 km/s Armour 3-47 Shields 0-0 Sensors 10/11/0/0 Damage Control Rating 6 PPV 69
Annual Failure Rate: 205% IFR: 2.8% Maint Capacity 446 MSP Max Repair 96 MSP Est Time: 1.63 Years
Magazine 444
Nuclear Pulse Engine E9 (20) Power 40 Fuel Use 90% Signature 40 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres Range 16.1 billion km (57 days at full power)
Size 1 Missile Launcher (5) Missile Size 1 Rate of Fire 10
Size 8 Missile Launcher (8) Missile Size 8 Rate of Fire 80
Missile Fire Control FC1-R1 (1) Range 1.1m km Resolution 1
Missile Fire Control FC52-R100 (1) Range 52.8m km Resolution 100
Size 1 Anti-missile Missile (84) Speed: 16,700 km/s End: 9.9m Range: 10m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 111 / 66 / 33
Size 8 Anti-ship Missile (45) Speed: 15,700 km/s End: 28.6m Range: 26.9m km WH: 9 Size: 8 TH: 99 / 59 / 29
Active Search Sensor MR35-R100 (1) GPS 3200 Range 35.2m km Resolution 100
Active Search Sensor MR1-R1 (1) GPS 96 Range 1.1m km Resolution 1
Thermal Sensor TH2-10 (1) Sensitivity 10 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 10m km
EM Detection Sensor EM1-11 (1) Sensitivity 11 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 11m 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 purposesQuoteHe can send small escorts ahead to destroy the drones before separation, far away of the actual target.Hmm, related to this, if the drones had sensors on them, could I do something like turn off my missile base's active sensors for a few seconds, to get them to change targets to the closer ship trying to intercept them? Although that might cause troubles with other drones that have been fired further back.
If you decrease the range on your size1 missile then you will be able to increase the interception percentage by a considerable factor. 10m km missile tied into a 1.1m km Fire Control and Sensor will be wasteful.
I have never tried to flick the Sensors on/off before but I would imagine that it would cause all of them to loose track, they would then proceed to previous known location of target and search.