Aurora Class Science Vessel

[xeryon]

It is most unfortunate that we do not have pocket refineries yet.  It would be an excellent addition to your concept if Steve were to give us a tactical sorium harvester and refinery.

[Cassaralla]

If you update to 6.2 then the fuel is really going to become an issue.  My current game is suffering a fuel crisis even worse than any mineral crisis I've suffered in the past.  I really wasn't prepared for how the engine redesigns in 6.0+ have changed things around.

[dgibso29]

You inspired me. I'm RPing that this is the culmination of decades of R&D by humanity - This is our first TN vessel, designed to trek to the stars. Huge political, cultural phenomenon, symbol of peace, prosperity, cooperation, etc. Also doomed to die if she ever meets anything hostile. But hey, I do enjoy the concept!

Using latest version, 6.21 I do believe.

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New Horizons class Science Vessel    61,000 tons     1073 Crew     6931 BP      TCS 1220  TH 336  EM 0
786 km/s    JR 2-25(C)     Armour 8-138     Shields 0-0     Sensors 110/110/20/0     Damage Control Rating 110     PPV 44.22
Maint Life 9.08 Years     MSP 7812    AFR 270%    IFR 3.8%    1YR 171    5YR 2561    Max Repair 420 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 96 months    Spare Berths 44   
Magazine 755    Cryogenic Berths 1000   

General Dynamics C-61K-S3-50 Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 61000 tons    Distance 25k km     Squadron Size 2
Gibson Engineering ID-C-120P-35S (8)    Power 120    Fuel Use 0.54%    Signature 42    Exp 2%
Fuel Capacity 1,000,000 Litres    Range 545.8 billion km   (8037 days at full power)

Twin 15cm C4 Ultraviolet Laser Turret (1x2)    Range 240,000km     TS: 8000 km/s     Power 12-8     RM 4    ROF 10        6 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 2
Fire Control S08 128-8000 H40 (1)    Max Range: 256,000 km   TS: 8000 km/s     96 92 88 84 80 77 73 69 65 61
Westinghouse GCFR-9P (2)     Total Power Output 18    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Defender Missile Launch System (10)    Missile Size 1    Rate of Fire 10
Missile Tube (Standard) (5)    Missile Size 5    Rate of Fire 30
Missile Defense Fire Control Center (2)     Range 13.9m km    Resolution 1
Standard Missile Fire Control Center (1)     Range 69.3m km    Resolution 100
Kingfisher SM Mk. 1 (90)  Speed: 28,800 km/s   End: 36.1m    Range: 62.5m km   WH: 5    Size: 5    TH: 153/92/46
Defender Missile Mk. 1 (305)  Speed: 28,800 km/s   End: 1.2m    Range: 2.1m km   WH: 1    Size: 1    TH: 211/126/63

Active Search Sensor MR23-R1 (1)     GPS 210     Range 23.1m km    Resolution 1
Active Search Sensor MR462-R100 (1)     GPS 42000     Range 462.0m km    Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH10-110 (1)     Sensitivity 110     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  110m km
EM Detection Sensor EM10-110 (1)     Sensitivity 110     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  110m km
Improved Gravitational Sensors (10)   20 Survey Points Per Hour
They are quite slow, but as you can see, they can cruise for quite some time. New Horizons herself is still surveying Sol's JPs while sister ship Galactic Explorer is conducting an extensive survey of the lucrative Alpha Centauri system. We've never seen any baddies before, so that armament is totally precautionary. Probably won't need it, right? Vast void of space, and all. Should be fine!

[Theodidactus (OP)]

I made some changes, here's the new design

Aurora class Science Vessel    24,000 tons     1931 Crew     6102.5 BP      TCS 480  TH 2750  EM 750
5729 km/s    JR 3-50     Armour 3-74     Shields 25-375     Sensors 720/360/10/0     Damage Control Rating 53     PPV 24.5
Maint Life 3.46 Years     MSP 3655    AFR 200%    IFR 2.8%    1YR 465    5YR 6980    Max Repair 720 MSP
Flag Bridge    Hangar Deck Capacity 3000 tons     Magazine 190    Passengers 250   

Baltic Naval Capital Ship Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 24000 tons    Distance 50k km     Squadron Size 3
UN-MC Naval Engine (20)    Power 137.5    Fuel Use 72%    Signature 137.5    Armour 0    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,900,000 Litres    Range 197.9 billion km   (399 days at full power)
Capital Positronic Shield Generator (10)   Total Fuel Cost  150 Litres per day

Moonraker Positron Beam (2)    Range 150,000km     TS: 10000 km/s     Power 7-5    ROF 10        3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Eagle Close-In Weapon Systems (1x6)    Range 1000 km     TS: 40000 km/s     ROF 5       Base 50% To Hit
Creedance Second Generation Naval Fire Control (1)    Max Range: 240,000 km   TS: 10000 km/s     96 92 88 83 79 75 71 67 62 58
Behring Shiva Compact-ICF (1)     Total Power Output 13.2    Armour 0    Exp 10%

Drone Bay (1)    Missile Size 25    Rate of Fire 625
UN Naval Missile Command (1)     Range 77.3m km    Resolution 5
Slylandro Orbital Probe (5)  Speed: 0 km/s   End: 720d    Range: 0m km   WH: 0    Size: 10    TH: 0 / 0 / 0
Wukong Thermal Observatory (3)  Speed: 0 km/s   End: 1800d    Range: 0m km   WH: 0    Size: 12    TH: 0 / 0 / 0
Houwang Scanning Buoy (2)  Speed: 0 km/s   End: 1800d    Range: 0m km   WH: 0    Size: 12    TH: 0 / 0 / 0
Neptune Deep Space Probe (2)  Speed: 16,000 km/s   End: 1250m    Range: 1200m km   WH: 0    Size: 20    TH: 26 / 16 / 8
Tarrasque Strange-Matter Torpedo (2)  Speed: 46,000 km/s   End: 4.3m    Range: 12m km   WH: 75    Size: 20    TH: 306 / 184 / 92

U.N. Second Generation Naval Scanner (1)     GPS 48     Range 11.5m km    Resolution 1
Albion Thermal Observatory (1)     Sensitivity 720     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  720m km
Sykes All-Sky Electromagnetic Sensor (1)     Sensitivity 360     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  360m km
Improved Gravitational Sensors (5)   10 Survey Points Per Hour

Strike Group
4x Seer Survey Corvette   Speed: 8200 km/s    Size: 10
2x Viking Patrol Ship   Speed: 8367 km/s    Size: 9.8

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes





Basic changes are:
- removed two engines, it is now slower than most ships in space, but that's okay, becuase it lets me put more stuff I actually want on:
- Removed geosensors, it relies on seers to do geosurveys
- Added two boat bays and a flag bridge
- Added two vikings to boat bays. These patrol ships are standard among naval command ships in the United Nations universe, and I think they work well here
- Removed a passive sensor from the seer geosurvey ship...added another fuel tank. This more than doubled its operating life to 7 days. Here's the stats of a viking if you're curious:



Viking class Patrol Ship    490 tons     18 Crew     122 BP      TCS 9.8  TH 82  EM 0
8367 km/s     Armour 3-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 5
Maint Life 3.53 Years     MSP 16    AFR 19%    IFR 0.3%    1YR 2    5YR 30    Max Repair 24 MSP


UN-MC Fighter Engine (1)    Power 82.5    Fuel Use 7200%    Signature 82.5    Armour 0    Exp 50%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 2.6 billion km   (3 days at full power)


12cm Railgun V1/C5 (1x4)    Range 20,000km     TS: 10000 km/s     Power 6-5     RM 1    ROF 10        2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crosshair II H.U.D. (1)    Max Range: 30,000 km   TS: 40000 km/s     67 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DySOL Fusion Power Pack (4)     Total Power Output 6.4    Armour 0    Exp 5%


Davino Fighter Combat Scanner (1)     GPS 24     Range 5.8m km    Resolution 1


This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

[Theodidactus (OP)]

I get really into the RP aspect...so I draw up little floorplans for all my ships including a bridge layout...I decided to make the Aurora's minutely detailed.

I put a bunch of images in the gallery