Peacemaker-Class Patrol Cruiser
Peacemaker class Patrol Cruiser 50,500 tons 497 Crew 4154.3 BP TCS 1010 TH 900 EM 0
1188 km/s JR 2-25(C) Armour 8-121 Shields 0-0 Sensors 15/15/0/0 Damage Control Rating 19 PPV 69.88
Maint Life 1.1 Years MSP 2463 AFR 2266% IFR 31.5% 1YR 2054 5YR 30817 Max Repair 140 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Flight Crew Berths 64
Hangar Deck Capacity 4000 tons Troop Capacity: 1 Company Cryo Drop Capacity: 4 Battalions Magazine 423 Cargo 5000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 10 Tractor Beam
JC50K Commercial Jump Drive Max Ship Size 50500 tons Distance 25k km Squadron Size 2
400 EP Commercial Magneto-plasma Drive (3) Power 400 Fuel Use 7.07% Signature 300 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 2,950,000 Litres Range 148.7 billion km (1448 days at full power)
Particle Beam-3 (3) Range 80,000km TS: 1250 km/s Power 7-2 ROF 20 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
R1.5/C3 High Power Microwave (1) Range 15,000km TS: 1250 km/s Power 3-3 RM 1.5 ROF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Twin Gauss Cannon R2-25 Turret (2x4) Range 20,000km TS: 10000 km/s Power 0-0 RM 2 ROF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S02 40-1250 H70 (3) Max Range: 80,000 km TS: 1250 km/s 88 75 62 50 38 25 12 0 0 0
Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 (1) Total Power Output 6 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 (2) Total Power Output 6 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Size 3 Missile Launcher (3) Missile Size 3 Rate of Fire 90
Missile Fire Control FC30-R100 (70%) (1) Range 30.0m km Resolution 100
Size 3 Anti-ship Missile (141) Speed: 15,000 km/s End: 26m Range: 23.4m km WH: 2 Size: 3 TH: 55/33/16
Active Search Sensor MR15-R100 (70%) (1) GPS 3000 Range 15.0m km Resolution 100
Active Search Sensor MR3-R1 (70%) (1) GPS 60 Range 3.0m km MCR 327k km Resolution 1
Active Search Sensor MR21-R200 (70%) (1) GPS 6000 Range 21.2m km Resolution 200
Thermal Sensor TH3-15 (70%) (1) Sensitivity 15 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 15m km
EM Detection Sensor EM3-15 (70%) (1) Sensitivity 15 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 15m km
Strike Group
8x Colt Battle Taxi Speed: 1600 km/s Size: 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
- This is an example of the "Peacemaker" style of ship I mentioned earlier. I named it as such because I'm not feeling too inventive today. The Peacemaker-Class Patrol Cruiser is something more akin to an anemic Imperial-Class Star Destroyer such as those found in the Star Wars universe. It's a generalist ship and is lightly armed, but heavily armoured. It's armament is sufficient to engage many smaller Warships, but is primarily geared for the General Security and Interdiction roles. It makes a very good ground assault ship however, with the ability to deploy eight Marine Companies via it's Battle Taxis and four Battalions via it's own Cryogenic Combat Drop Modules.
- Likewise it features a Ship-to-Ship Tractor Beam, allowing it to carry out Search and Rescue operations as well as tug stranded vessels back to safety. The Peacemaker is powered by Commercial-Grade Ion Engines and mounts a Commercial Grade Jump Drive, giving it excellent mobility. As an aside, the Peacemaker-Class has a small Cargo Bay, enabling it to help support colonies and / or Military Installations. Finally the Peacemaker-Class is outfitted with enough Fuel, Life Support and Maintenance Supplies to support a one year deployment; along with some extra Fuel to support it's standard complement of eight Colt-Class Battle Taxis.
Colt-Class Battle Taxi
- The Colt-Class is a Battle Taxi; and what a Battle Taxi does is chase down and board enemy ships. This one is built with Magneto-Plasma Engine Tech, which is right after Ion Engine Tech. It is armed with a single High Power Microwave weapon, which can fry enemy electronics and does double damage to enemy shields... if you didn't know that already. It has a Cryogenic Combat Drop Module for one Marine Company, allowing them to be stowed for long periods of time with impunity.
Colt class Battle Taxi 500 tons 8 Crew 84 BP TCS 10 TH 21 EM 0
2800 km/s Armour 2-5 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 3
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 100% IFR 1.4% 1YR 14 5YR 205 Max Repair 30 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 0.2 months Spare Berths 0
Cryo Drop Capacity: 1 Company
28 EP Magneto-plasma Drive (1) Power 28 Fuel Use 320.86% Signature 21 Exp 17%
Fuel Capacity 15,000 Litres Range 1.7 billion km (6 days at full power)
R1.5/C3 High Power Microwave (1) Range 15,000km TS: 2800 km/s Power 3-3 RM 1.5 ROF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S00.4 15-625 (FTR) (1) Max Range: 30,000 km TS: 2500 km/s 67 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 (1) Total Power Output 3 Armour 0 Exp 5%
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
Class-3 ASM
- This is a Class-3 ASM (Anti-Ship Missile) that is carried by the Peacemaker-Class Patrol Cruiser; and a particular favorite of mine to use around the time Ion Engine Tech becomes available. It has it's own sensors package; and a fairly comprehensive one for it's size, which means that any ship mounting these missiles that is ALSO equipped with Passive Sensors (that is EM, Thermal or both) may fire upon a target without using it's Active Sensors.
Missile Size: 2.972 MSP (0.1486 HS) Warhead: 2 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 11
Speed: 15100 km/s Engine Endurance: 26 minutes Range: 23.5m km
Active Sensor Strength: 0.0625 Sensitivity Modifier: 50%
Resolution: 50 Maximum Range vs 2500 ton object (or larger): 20,000 km
Thermal Sensor Strength: 0.0312 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 31,200 km
EM Sensor Strength: 0.0312 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 31,200 km
Cost Per Missile: 1.2925
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 166.1% 3k km/s 55% 5k km/s 33.2% 10k km/s 16.6%
Materials Required: 0.5x Tritanium 0.0747x Boronide 0.1249x Uridium 0.5929x Gallicite Fuel x470
Heaven-Class Assault Transport
Heaven class Assault Transport 50,500 tons 486 Crew 3830 BP TCS 1010 TH 900 EM 240
1188 km/s JR 2-25(C) Armour 16-121 Shields 8-300 Sensors 15/15/0/0 Damage Control Rating 42 PPV 22.26
Maint Life 2.98 Years MSP 6569 AFR 1700% IFR 23.6% 1YR 1106 5YR 16588 Max Repair 94 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Flight Crew Berths 118
Hangar Deck Capacity 1875 tons Troop Capacity: 4.4 Battalions Cargo Handling Multiplier 10
JC50K Commercial Jump Drive Max Ship Size 50500 tons Distance 25k km Squadron Size 2
300 EP Commercial Ion Drive (4) Power 300 Fuel Use 7.07% Signature 225 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 900,000 Litres Range 45.4 billion km (442 days at full power)
Gamma R300/336 Shields (4) Total Fuel Cost 56 Litres per hour (1,344 per day)
Twin R1.5/C3 Meson Cannon Turret (2x2) Range 15,000km TS: 1250 km/s Power 6-6 RM 1.5 ROF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10cm Railgun V1/C3 (2x4) Range 10,000km TS: 1250 km/s Power 3-3 RM 1 ROF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S02 40-1250 H70 (2) Max Range: 80,000 km TS: 1250 km/s 88 75 62 50 38 25 12 0 0 0
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (4) Total Power Output 18 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Active Search Sensor MR15-R100 (70%) (1) GPS 3000 Range 15.0m km Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH3-15 (70%) (1) Sensitivity 15 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 15m km
EM Detection Sensor EM3-15 (70%) (1) Sensitivity 15 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 15m km
Strike Group
3x Angel Lifeboat Speed: 6000 km/s Size: 2.5
3x Demon Heavy Fighter Speed: 1500 km/s Size: 10
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
- I also mentioned a dedicated, well-armoured troop transport armed with Gauss Cannons, Railguns, and / or Meson Cannons for use later on as the game progressed. The Heaven-Class I have here is an example of it. Like the Peacemaker-Class it features a Jump Drive, the very same one actually; unlike the Peacemaker-Class, it mounts four of the Commercial Grade Ion Engines instead of just three... although they are still the exact same kind. The Heaven-Class is an Assault Transport, well slabbed with 16 Hull Space dedicated to the armour plating alone and sporting four Gamma Shields providing two shield points each, giving the Heaven-Class minimal shields adding up to eight points worth of it in total. The ship is armed with two 10cm Railguns and four Meson Cannons housed within armoured twin turret mounts. These mounts feature two points of armouring and no traverse speed, making them little more than fixed Meson Cannons with added armour. The transport can haul four Battalions and sports capacity for two Marine Companies to help protect itself from boarding actions.
- Outfitted with enough Life Support for a full year of deployment, and carrying enough Fuel for the same in addition to it's shields, the ship likewise has three Demon-Class Heavy Fighters to support it's assault. The ship also mounts a trio of Angel-Class Lifeboats in the event that the crew must abandon ship. The inclusion of Lifeboats on the Heaven-Class is due to the nature of it's role, which is to drop down into orbit of contested worlds and administer it's payload of Ground Units... even during the hell of an ensuing battle for the control of said world's orbit. The Heaven-Class is also a Supply Ship, thanks to it's generous stock of Maintenance Supplies and a Maintenance Life that is almost triple it's deployment time. This gives the Heaven-Class great utility both when at war and during peace time, allowing it to serve as a capable Jump Tender and making it especially good to use in conjunction with the Peacemaker-Class Patrol Cruiser, where between them they could ferry up to four 50,500 ton Commercial Vessels and serve ably in the Garrison and Pacification roles with or without the aid of additional Space Stations.
Demon-Class Heavy Fighter
Demon class Heavy Fighter 492 tons 29 Crew 58.4 BP TCS 9.84 TH 15 EM 0
1524 km/s Armour 2-5 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 6
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 98% IFR 1.4% 1YR 4 5YR 60 Max Repair 18 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 0.75 months Spare Berths 0
15 EP Ion Drive (1) Power 15 Fuel Use 121.06% Signature 15 Exp 12%
Fuel Capacity 10,000 Litres Range 3.0 billion km (22 days at full power)
R1.5/C3 Meson Cannon (1) Range 15,000km TS: 1524 km/s Power 3-3 RM 1.5 ROF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R1.5/C3 High Power Microwave (1) Range 15,000km TS: 1524 km/s Power 3-3 RM 1.5 ROF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S00.4 15-625 (FTR) (1) Max Range: 30,000 km TS: 2500 km/s 67 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 (1) Total Power Output 6 Armour 0 Exp 5%
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
- The Demon-Class Heavy Fighter is a craft orientated around the use of special beam-weapons, namely the High Power Microwave and the Meson Cannon. These weapons let the Demon wreak havoc among the enemies shields and internal components; while the High Power Microwave damages the enemies shields, the Mesons use their ability to ignore shields and armour to deal significant damage to an enemy ship's internal components. Allocated with enough Fuel and Life Support to sustain a three week deployment gives the Demon-Class surprisingly long legs, however the ship suffers from poor speed when compared to other 500-ton Fighters; a flaw that is somewhat mitigated by it's inclusion of additional armouring.
Angel-Class Lifeboat
Angel class Lifeboat 125 tons 2 Crew 19 BP TCS 2.5 TH 15 EM 0
6000 km/s Armour 1-2 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 32.16 Years MSP 10 AFR 1% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 0 Max Repair 15 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 2 months Spare Berths 1
Cryogenic Berths 200
15 EP Ion Drive (1) Power 15 Fuel Use 121.06% Signature 15 Exp 12%
Fuel Capacity 10,000 Litres Range 11.9 billion km (22 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
- The Angel-Class is an extremely lightweight Lifeboat, able to fit into a Small Boat Bay and carry 200 lucky souls in a state of cryogenic stasis. Unfortunately at least two unlucky souls consigned to pilot it will have to tough it out with the Angel's two months worth of Life Support, although they do have room for an extra passenger... Thankfully, although the Angel-Class Lifeboat only allocates enough fuel for three weeks and a days worth of thrust at full burn, the ship does sport amazing speed with which to hopefully bring it's cargo to safety. Or at least closer to it. In any other respect, the Angel-Class is a standard Lifeboat and boasts no other extraordinary features, with the exception of a single Fighter-Sized Engineering Space with which to conduct maintenance and repairs should something go awry.