Finally, after starting new game in 1.10, i meet first aliens. (not counting precursors, who sitting on planet and acting like furniture).
Suddenly it turns out that i am outgunned, outnumbered, outranged and my ships are 3x slower than enemy ships. 200+ wrecks of Light Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers and fighters floating in Kapteyns Star system with more than 30 millions civilian losses on Kapteyns Star A-1 border colony are silent reminder of this shocking defeat.
Critical design error : lack of Active Sensors on missles led to huge overkills. Doctrine flaw : in this game i didn't design missle cruisers at all.
My retreating fleet was chased down and annihilated in less than 10 minutes.
Enemy ships can kite me easily, right now they have 2x speed advantage and have confirmed 1.1m km Laser range. My newest BFC have 1m km range and my top damage laser : Advanced Spinal Mount 60.0cm C16 Near Gamma Ray Laser with 94 dmg is still 3x time weaker. Missles were chosen as only avaliable solution.
My earlier focused investment in shipyards and good mineral stockpile was core reason in my survival in this game : i can produce 20 x 5000 tonn, 20 x 15000 tonn, 20 x 25000 tonn, 10 x 35000 tonn, 50 x 1000 tonn ships simultaneously.
For next ~10 years i go into "dead defence" mode. Enemy has confirmed path to every 3 colonised systems that lead to Earth. Without constant fleet prsence in each system moving further is too risky.
My saviors (first 10 of them entered service 2 weeks before first assault on my core worlds):
Kirov G8 Missle Cruisers:
Kirov G8 class Missile Cruiser 19 987 tons 529 Crew 14 752.5 BP TCS 400 TH 250 EM 0
15635 km/s Armour 20-65 Shields 0-0 HTK 143 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 86 PPV 115.2
Maint Life 4.66 Years MSP 11 994 AFR 123% IFR 1.7% 1YR 900 5YR 13 506 Max Repair 2539.0625 MSP
Magazine 864
Captain Control Rating 3 BRG AUX CIC
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check Required
Gas Core AM Drive 125% EP1562.50 (4) Power 6250.0 Fuel Use 13.81% Signature 62.500 Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 2 000 000 Litres Range 130.4 billion km (96 days at full power)
Size 6.00 Missile Launcher (40.0% Reduction) (48) Missile Size: 6 Rate of Fire 150
Missile Fire Control FC296-R100 (5%) (1) Range 296.3m km Resolution 100
Medium ASM G8 (144) Speed: 105 000 km/s End: 2.7m Range: 16.7m km WH: 16 Size: 6 TH: 2450/1470/735
Active Search Sensor AS234-R100 (5%) (1) GPS 20000 Range 234.2m km Resolution 100
ECCM-7 (1) ECM 70
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
Right now 25 in service : 20 constantly deployed in Struwe 2398 core system (0.8 bln population), covering primary invasion path, 5 lost (run out of missles, 1 last surviving enemy ship out of ~12 was enough).
Total planned : 60. 20 per path to Sol + 20 as fire brigade / reinforcement.
Only ships that survived Kapteyns Star massacre:
Enemy ships have no missles, but i keep them to fight off enemy FAC's or Fighters.
Ognevoy G8 class Escord Destroyers:
Ognevoy G8 class Destroyer Escort 4 996 tons 157 Crew 4 056.7 BP TCS 100 TH 63 EM 0
15639 km/s Armour 5-26 Shields 0-0 HTK 57 Sensors 40/40/0/0 DCR 37 PPV 15
Maint Life 5.48 Years MSP 3 552 AFR 29% IFR 0.4% 1YR 198 5YR 2 976 Max Repair 2539.0625 MSP
Magazine 315 Cryogenic Berths 200
Commander Control Rating 2 BRG AUX
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check Required
Gas Core AM Drive 125% EP1562.50 (1) Power 1562.5 Fuel Use 13.81% Signature 62.500 Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 500 000 Litres Range 130.5 billion km (96 days at full power)
Size 1 Missile Launcher (15) Missile Size: 1 Rate of Fire 5
Missile Fire Control FC63-R1 (5%) (1) Range 63.8m km Resolution 1
Small AMM G8 (315) Speed: 120 000 km/s End: 2m Range: 14.6m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 3880/2328/1164
Active Search Sensor AS50-R1 (5%) (1) GPS 200 Range 50.5m km MCR 4.5m km Resolution 1
Thermal Sensor TH1.0-40.0 (5%) (1) Sensitivity 40 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 50m km
EM Sensor EM1.0-40.0 (5%) (1) Sensitivity 40 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 50m km
ECM 70
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
Right now : 20 in service.
Planned : 80 (as Kirovs).
To increase resistance to enemy FAC's / Fighters Gnevny class destroyers were redesigned in Missle Destroyers:
Gnevny G8 class Missile Destroyer 4 997 tons 152 Crew 4 001.5 BP TCS 100 TH 63 EM 0
15634 km/s Armour 5-26 Shields 0-0 HTK 46 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 7 PPV 25.6
Maint Life 5.50 Years MSP 3 503 AFR 29% IFR 0.4% 1YR 195 5YR 2 922 Max Repair 2539.0625 MSP
Magazine 256
Commander Control Rating 2 BRG AUX
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check Required
Gas Core AM Drive 125% EP1562.50 (1) Power 1562.5 Fuel Use 13.81% Signature 62.500 Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 500 000 Litres Range 130.4 billion km (96 days at full power)
Size 4.0 Missile Launcher (40.0% Reduction) (16) Missile Size: 4 Rate of Fire 120
Missile Fire Control FC122-R20 (5%) (1) Range 122.5m km Resolution 20
Light ASM G8 (64) Speed: 105 000 km/s End: 1.6m Range: 10.2m km WH: 6 Size: 4 TH: 2380/1428/714
Active Search Sensor AS136-R20 (5%) (1) GPS 4000 Range 137m km Resolution 20
ECCM-7 (1) ECM 70
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
Right now in service : 0. Currently Building : 20
Planned : 80.
Just in case Beam Ships are still being designed and build:
Sevastopol G8 class Cruiser 14 997 tons 494 Crew 20 592.3 BP TCS 300 TH 188 EM 7 110
15628 km/s Armour 15-54 Shields 237-355 HTK 112 Sensors 40/40/0/0 DCR 75 PPV 71
Maint Life 4.24 Years MSP 13 087 AFR 118% IFR 1.6% 1YR 1 168 5YR 17 517 Max Repair 3000 MSP
Cryogenic Berths 400
Captain Control Rating 3 BRG AUX CIC
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check Required
Gas Core AM Drive 125% EP1562.50 (3) Power 4687.5 Fuel Use 13.81% Signature 62.500 Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 1 500 000 Litres Range 130.4 billion km (96 days at full power)
Omicron S237 / R355 Shields (1) Recharge Time 355 seconds (0.7 per second)
52.50cm C16 Near Gamma Ray Laser (1) Range 1 000 000km TS: 15 628 km/s Power 72-16 RM 100 000 km ROF 25
25.0cm C16 Near Gamma Ray Laser (4) Range 1 000 000km TS: 15 628 km/s Power 16-16 RM 100 000 km ROF 5
Single 12cm C16 Near Gamma Ray Laser Turret (4x1) Range 400 000km TS: 60000 km/s Power 4-16 RM 100 000 km ROF 5
Beam Fire Control R500-TS60000 (5%) (1) Max Range: 500 000 km TS: 60 000 km/s 98 96 94 92 90 88 86 84 82 80
Beam Fire Control R1000-TS15000 (5%) (1) Max Range: 1 000 000 km TS: 15 000 km/s 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90
Plasma-core Anti-matter Power Plant R95 (2) Total Power Output 189.8 Exp 5%
Active Search Sensor AS86-R20 (5%) (1) GPS 1600 Range 86.6m km Resolution 20
Active Search Sensor AS31-R1 (5%) (1) GPS 80 Range 31.9m km MCR 2.9m km Resolution 1
Thermal Sensor TH1.0-40.0 (5%) (1) Sensitivity 40 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 50m km
EM Sensor EM1.0-40.0 (5%) (1) Sensitivity 40 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 50m km
ECCM-7 (1) ECM 70
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Right now in service: 20.
Planned : 20.