Posted by: Garfunkel
« on: February 17, 2012, 12:03:40 PM »Ugh, why had I never thought of this myself? Well, I'm going to shamelessly copy your design and utilize it in my current game, thanks!
Fighter-sized picket-sats actually seem practical even without the minimalist approach.
JPD2 - Trapdoor Spider class Jump Point Defence Base 200 tons 16 Crew 29.5 BP TCS 4 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 3
Maint Life 81.66 Years MSP 28 AFR 1% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 0 Max Repair 10 MSP
Magazine 20
ASM s1 Box g1 (20) Missile Size 1 Hangar Reload 7.5 minutes MF Reload 1.2 hours
MFC ASM Res10-MR2.9mkm Spider (2) Range 2.9m km Resolution 10
SBM s1g1 w4 r2kmkm (20) Speed: 27,400 km/s End: 1.3m Range: 2.1m km WH: 4 Size: 1 TH: 201 / 120 / 60
ASS ASM g3 Res10-MR970kkm Spider (1) GPS 28 Range 970k km Resolution 10
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
Frunze class Recon Satellite 250 tons 18 Crew 46.1 BP TCS 5 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 1.5
Maint Life 90.95 Years MSP 115 AFR 0% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 0 Max Repair 16 MSP
Magazine 10
B-405A VLS System (2) Missile Size 5 Hangar Reload 37.5 minutes MF Reload 6.2 hours
Phazotron Zhuk-69 Missile Fire Control (1) Range 51.5m km Resolution 180
Voskhod MR-115 (1) GPS 1440 Range 8.6m km Resolution 180
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
One engineering space is good for 90 years on such a ship! For all intents and purposes maintenance-less. Good for troublemakers!Buoy class Prototype Satellite 50 tons 0 Crew 1 BP TCS 1 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 1-1 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0
MSP 0 AFR 10% IFR 0.1% Max Repair 45 MSP
Active Search Sensor MR0-R1 (1) GPS 1 Range 750k km Resolution 1
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
What you see here is the first attempt on one such design. The active sensor deployed here is a 0.1 size, EM 75 (max), grav 10 sensor with resolution 1. You can easily increase the resolution to 20 and higher and still spot anything that realistically has a jump drive, and even an EM 5 sensor covers the full deviation of standard jump engines around a jump point (50k). The only true limitations for these sensors are their 0.1 HS to negate crew requirements. If you restrain yourself on the grav strength to levels 10 and 12, you'll also face a meager 10 research point and virtually no resource costs.