Posted by: clement
« on: November 07, 2015, 02:37:56 PM »What exactly is wrong with the fire controls? Not enough? Size/range mismatch?
The resolution 1 AMM Fire Control is way to large for what it needs to be. It really only needs to have a range similar to whatever the range of your Anti-missile missile. I make them with ~10 to 20% more range than the initial missiles I am putting on the ship so that as missile technology improves the ships can take advantage of that growth without needing a refit of the electronics.
As said by someone else, I would take the large thermal and electronics sensors and the "Big Eyes" sensors and put them on a dedicated ship that is heavily armored and has decent point defense. Those are fleet level sensors that do not need to be on every ship. That will give you a lot more space for weapons. You can replace the "Big Eyes" sensor with a more reasonable sensor for the ship.
Here is a cruiser class similar in size that I have used as at that technology level. It is intended to move as a squadron or as part of a fleet.
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Knight class Cruiser 22 000 tons 602 Crew 4311 BP TCS 440 TH 2400 EM 0
5454 km/s Armour 6-69 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 14 PPV 78.08
Maint Life 2.07 Years MSP 1715 AFR 276% IFR 3.8% 1YR 536 5YR 8042 Max Repair 400 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Spare Berths 0
Magazine 821
Marsh-Finch MP-800 Military Drive (3) Power 800 Fuel Use 35% Signature 800 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 1 500 000 Litres Range 35.1 billion km (74 days at full power)
Twin Humphries Weapon Systems 12cm UV Laser Turret (2x2) Range 160 000km TS: 16000 km/s Power 8-8 RM 4 ROF 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1
Gibbons Warning & Control BFC-128-16000 (2) Max Range: 256 000 km TS: 16000 km/s 96 92 88 84 80 77 73 69 65 61
Sutton-Poole Stellarator Fusion Reactor PB-1 (3) Total Power Output 18 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Gordon Precision Arms S-1 Launcher (6) Missile Size 1 Rate of Fire 10
Gordon Precision Arms S-5 Missile Launcher (10) Missile Size 5 Rate of Fire 50
Gibbons Warning & Control MFC-Res120-R121 (2) Range 121.4m km Resolution 120
Gibbons Warning & Control MFC-Res1-MR34-R3.7 (2) Range 34.7m km Resolution 1
Mark 4 Counter Missile (136) Speed: 28 000 km/s End: 2.3m Range: 3.9m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 224/134/67
Mark 9 Missile (120) Speed: 22 400 km/s End: 54.3m Range: 73m km WH: 9 Size: 5 TH: 142/85/42
Gibbons Warning & Control AS-Res120-R126 (1) GPS 12600 Range 126.5m km Resolution 120
Gibbons Warning & Control AS-Res-1-MR34-R3.7 (1) GPS 315 Range 34.7m km MCR 3.8m km Resolution 1
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