13th of January 2077
The old man leaned heavily on his cane as he crossed the room to his desk where his computer sat. As he sat heavily and with relief, he laid a case containing several DVD cds saying Aurora 5.1 marked in black marker. It was, he mused, an oddity that games would be his salvation. Six months ago he and his great grandson had been in a car accident that had also killed the driver and security guard. While his Great grandson Mathew had suffered the far more brutal injuries, he was also much younger and had recovered far more quickly. Mathew was sixteen and already had hours towards a college degree in astro engineering. It had been he who had asked him if he had any games that he enjoyed. Well, yes, he had replied. He sometimes played Doom.
Doom? Mathew had replied in a I have never heard of it voice. It had figured. Most IT didn't remember DOS except for the really old ones. Mathew had come back the next day with Doom IV and challenged him to it. After appealing to his competitive spirit, he took the youngster up on his challenge and had been promptly blown away, semi-figuratively of course. This was good as it had helped distract him from the loss of his wife and given him something to focus on.
Ever since then they had played a wide variety of games throughout their recovery and even met up on the weekends for all night gaming( or at least until ten o'clock when he was exhausted and ready for bed.) Recently, Mathew had introduced him to a free downloadable game called Aurora. He was now, after two weeks, officially addicted to it. He had lots of free time during the week to practice and figure out tactics for the program. Next time Mathew would face a fleet that wouldn't get rolled up at a jump point so easily.
Lets see. 1 billion population, call it the Terran Federation, Sol system start, need to survey everything.
Lets base the ships off of Star Trek. I may have to watch several episodes for more names here. No maintenance.
Um, 10 shipyards with 22 slipways,
1000 CF
200 OF
400 Fuel refineries
820 mines
300 AM
45 RL
10 GF
4 DSTS
1 Naval Academy
(15)Basic Freighter class Freighter 6100 tons 223 Crew 520.8 BP TCS 122 TH 100 EM 0
1639 km/s Armour 1 Shields 0-0 Sensors 18/0/0/0 Damage Control 0-0 PPV 0
Cargo 25000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 5 Replacement Parts 5
Nuclear Pulse Engine E7 ARM-1 (5) Power 40 Efficiency 0.70 Signature 20 Armour 1 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 50.6 billion km (357 days at full power)
Thermal Sensor TH3-18/70 (1) Sensitivity 18 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 18m km
Colony FT class Colony Ship 6000 tons 236 Crew 954.6 BP TCS 120 TH 100 EM 0
1666 km/s Armour 1 Shields 0-0 Sensors 18/0/0/0 Damage Control 0-0 PPV 0
Colonists 50000 Replacement Parts 5
Nuclear Pulse Engine E7 ARM-1 (5) Power 40 Efficiency 0.70 Signature 20 Armour 1 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres Range 102.8 billion km (714 days at full power)
Thermal Sensor TH3-18/70 (1) Sensitivity 18 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 18m km
Constitution CA class Cruiser 7600 tons 723 Crew 869 BP TCS 152 TH 100 EM 0
1315 km/s Armour 1 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/0/0/0 Damage Control 0-0 PPV 32
Replacement Parts 5
Nuclear Pulse Engine E7 ARM-1 (5) Power 40 Efficiency 0.70 Signature 20 Armour 1 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 40.6 billion km (357 days at full power)
15cm C3 Visible Light Phaser (2) Range 120,000km TS: 2400 km/s Power 6-3 RM 2 ROF 10 6 6 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Fusion Torpedo R15 C3 (3) Range 128,000km TS: 2400 km/s Power 15-3 ROF 25 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Fire Control S16 64-6400 H70 (2) Max Range: 128,000 km TS: 6400 km/s 92 84 77 69 61 53 45 37 30 22
Pebble Bed Reactor Technology PB-1 AR-1 (1) Total Power Output 12 Armour 1 Exp 5%
Pebble Bed Reactor Technology PB-1 AR-1 (1) Total Power Output 6 Armour 1 Exp 5%
Active Sensor S36-R20/70 (1) GPS 720 Range 7.2m km Resolution 20
ECCM-2 (1)
(15)Grishom DSS class Deep Space Survey Ship 5950 tons 444 Crew 1262 BP TCS 119 TH 80 EM 0
1344 km/s JR 5-50 Armour 1 Shields 0-0 Sensors 18/33/3/2 Damage Control 0-0 PPV 0
Replacement Parts 5
J6000(5-50) Jump Drive Max Ship Size 6000 tons Distance 50k km Squadron Size 5
Nuclear Pulse Engine E7 ARM-1 (4) Power 40 Efficiency 0.70 Signature 20 Armour 1 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 150,000 Litres Range 155.5 billion km (1339 days at full power)
Thermal Sensor TH3-18/70 (1) Sensitivity 18 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 18m km
EM Detection Sensor EM3-33/70 (1) Sensitivity 33 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 33m km
Advanced Gravitational Sensors (1) 3 Survey Points
Improved Geological Sensors (1) 2 Survey Points
(1)Knight PDC class Planetary Defence Centre 34000 tons 1103 Crew 3944.6 BP TCS 136 TH 0 EM 0
Armour 10 Sensors 18/36 Damage Control 1-1 PPV 80
Troop Capacity 1 Divisions
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range N/A
Fusion Torpedo R15 C3 (10) Range 128,000km TS: 2400 km/s Power 15-3 ROF 25 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Fire Control S16 64-6400 H70 (1) Max Range: 128,000 km TS: 6400 km/s 92 84 77 69 61 53 45 37 30 22
Pebble Bed Reactor Technology PB-1 AR-1 (3) Total Power Output 36 Armour 1 Exp 5%
Active Sensor S36-R20/70 (2) GPS 720 Range 7.2m km Resolution 20
Thermal Sensor TH3-18/70 (1) Sensitivity 18 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 18m km
ECCM-2 (1)
This design is classed as a Planetary Defence Centre
(4)Lance PDC class Planetary Defence Centre 27350 tons 1560 Crew 3749 BP TCS 109.4 TH 0 EM 0
Armour 8 Sensors 1/36 Damage Control 0-0 PPV 120
Troop Capacity 1 Divisions Magazine 3000
Missile Launcher 06-045 (20) Missile Size 6 Rate of Fire 45
Missile Fire Control S02-100 H70 (2) Range: 1000k km
Capital Missile ASM (500) Speed: 3,000 km/s Endurance: 50 secs Range: 150k km Warhead: 5 Size: 6
Active Sensor S36-R20/70 (1) GPS 720 Range 7.2m km Resolution 20
ECCM-2 (1)
This design is classed as a Planetary Defence Centre
Maybe I should research a PD missile?
