Posted by: sublight
« on: February 01, 2014, 06:41:36 AM »The single fighter engine restriction was true in version 5.x and previous, but starting 6.0 the engine mechanics for everything were completely redesigned.
To improve your fighters: reduce the fuel to 10K litres, drop the armour to 1 layer, add in your missile sensor (size 1) and then add an extra engine. That should produce a faster fighter that can function independently, and serve as a missile interdiciton picket. It also means that your fighter group is not subject to mission kill when you loose your sensor bird.
to help out, here are the warships currently on the slipways
Lancer class Cruiser 12,000 tons 927 Crew 2096. 4 BP TCS 240 TH 150 EM 0
833 km/s JR 3-50 Armour 4-46 Shields 0-0 Sensors 10/10/0/0 Damage Control Rating 8 PPV 22. 28
Maint Life 1. 65 Years MSP 874 AFR 144% IFR 2% 1YR 381 5YR 5715 Max Repair 900 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 3000 tons
J12000(3-50) Enhanced Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 12000 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 3
Nuclear Pulse Engine E7 (5) Power 40 Fuel Use 70% Signature 30 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250,000 Litres Range 53. 6 billion km (744 days at full power)
Twin 10cm C3 Ultraviolet Laser Turret (2x2) Range 120,000km TS: 10000 km/s Power 6-6 RM 4 ROF 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
15cm C4 Ultraviolet Laser (2) Range 192,000km TS: 3000 km/s Power 6-4 RM 4 ROF 10 6 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2
CIWS-120 (1x4) Range 1000 km TS: 12000 km/s ROF 5 Base 50% To Hit
Fire Control S04 24-12000 (1) Max Range: 48,000 km TS: 12000 km/s 79 58 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S04 96-3000 (1) Max Range: 192,000 km TS: 3000 km/s 95 90 84 79 74 69 64 58 53 48
Pebble Bed Reactor Technology PB-1 (6) Total Power Output 18 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Active Search Sensor MR10-R100 (1) GPS 2000 Range 10. 0m km Resolution 100
Active Search Sensor MR0-R1 (1) GPS 10 Range 500k km Resolution 1
Thermal Sensor TH2-10 (1) Sensitivity 10 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 10m km
EM Detection Sensor EM2-10 (1) Sensitivity 10 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 10m km
Strike Group
7x Valkyrie Fighter Speed: 3037 km/s Size: 7. 9
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes