quick couple of questions on AMM set ups-
I currently have my missile defence destroyers set up with 20 size 1 launchers and 5 missile fire controls with 4 launchers allocated to each control on the basis that I want a 4 to 1 shoot ratio against incomming missiles. The question is do I actually need this number of controllers to achieve this 4-1 ratio?
You need one controller for every simultaneous salvo you want to fire. So if you want fire all your missiles in groups of four, you will need five fire controls. With only one fire control, you would have to fire all missiles at the same target. With a 4v1 engagement ratio you would effectively only fire four missiles per increment.
Second one is I also have a active search sensor that can spot size 1 ships out to 8.8 million km however I was unable to detect incomming missiles until they were under 1m km out. I was under the impression from previous posts that a resolution 1 sensor picked up everything below size 1 as if they were size one - ie it would pick up incomming missiles at 8.8 mil km, but does this not appear to be the case?
This used to be the case a few versions ago. Now it works a little differently. The formula for active sensor range now uses the following formula.
Range = SQRT(Resolution) x Active Sensor Strength x EM Sensitivity x 10,000 km
The formula for detecting objects smaller than the sensor resolution remains the same, which is: (Object Size / Resolution)^2
A resolution 1 sensor has to detect everything based on its actual size, even if that is smaller than 1 HS. However, Aurora also has a minimum target signature equal to one third of a hull space, or a size 6 missile. The technobabble is that any TN object, no matter how small, creates some minimal gravitational disturbance. Which means that a missile of size 6 or below is only going to be detected at about nine percent of the max range of a resolution 1 sensor. To compensate for the changes, the new active sensor formula means that resolution 1 sensors have about ten times the range they had before the change.
Here is an example of how this is displayed in the Create Research Project window. This is for a size 6, resolution 1 active sensor. The tech is Grav Sensor 21 and EM 11.
Missile Detection SensorActive Sensor Strength: 126 Sensitivity Modifier: 110%
Sensor Size: 6 HS Sensor HTK: 1
Resolution: 1 Maximum Range: 13,860,000 km
Range vs Size 6 Missile (or smaller): 1,509,354 km
Range vs Size 8 Missile: 2,217,600 km
Range vs Size 12 Missile: 4,989,600 km
Chance of destruction by electronic damage: 100%
Cost: 126 Crew: 30
Materials Required: 31.5x Duranium 94.5x Uridium
Development Cost for Project: 1260RP
Steve