Woot. My first non-cloaked ship. A beam fighter. it even had room to fit a point of armor in it's 375 tons. I had to design a new engine with 3.00x power boost for it. It is not fuel-friendly, but it has nearly the same range as the frigates.
Spark class Beam Fighter 375 tons 10 Crew 557 BP TCS 7.5 TH 30.72 EM 0
25600 km/s Armour 2-4 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 2
Maint Life 4.15 Years MSP 93 AFR 11% IFR 0.2% 1YR 9 5YR 130 Max Repair 225 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 0.12 months Spare Berths 0
192 EP Inertial Fusion MicroDrive (1) Power 192 Fuel Use 458.3% Signature 30.72 Exp 30%
Fuel Capacity 60,000 Litres Range 6.3 billion km (68 hours at full power)
15cm C0.5 Soft X-ray Laser (1) Range 240,000km TS: 25600 km/s Power 6-0.5 RM 6 ROF 60 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 3
Fire Control S01 S120-6250 (FTR) (1) Max Range: 240,000 km TS: 25000 km/s 96 92 88 83 79 75 71 67 62 58
Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 (1) Total Power Output 1.2 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Small Craft ECCM-1 (1) This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
EDIT2: And a fleet escort. It is not cloaked. If I understand correctly, NPR AI will favour targeting the biggest targets / strongest active sensors / largest thermal signatures, am I right? Meaning, if the 45000t ships operate together, enemy fire will mostly be directed at the Eerie (largest cross-section), and command ship (largest sensor / shield)?
Eerie class Battlecruiser 45,000 tons 1031 Crew 25115.3 BP TCS 900 TH 1536 EM 2400
10666 km/s Armour 10-112 Shields 80-300 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 170 PPV 169
Maint Life 1.14 Years MSP 7238 AFR 780% IFR 10.8% 1YR 5611 5YR 84159 Max Repair 1350 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Spare Berths 2
Magazine 80
1200 EP Inertial Fusion Stealth EcoDrive (8) Power 1200 Fuel Use 7.31% Signature 192 Exp 7%
Fuel Capacity 5,050,000 Litres Range 276.3 billion km (299 days at full power)
Theta R300/288 Shields (20) Total Fuel Cost 240 Litres per hour (5,760 per day)
Single 30cm C8 Soft X-ray Laser Turret (9x1) Range 480,000km TS: 18225 km/s Power 24-8 RM 6 ROF 15 24 24 24 24 24 24 20 18 16 14
Twin 10cm C3 Soft X-ray Laser (AMM180kkm) Turret (5x2) Range 180,000km TS: 21984 km/s Power 6-6 RM 6 ROF 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1
Fire Control S06 240-18750 H30 (3) Max Range: 480,000 km TS: 18750 km/s 98 96 94 92 90 88 85 83 81 79
Fire Control S06 180-25000 (5) Max Range: 360,000 km TS: 25000 km/s 97 94 92 89 86 83 81 78 75 72
Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 (4) Total Power Output 96 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor PB-1.25 (2) Total Power Output 6 Armour 0 Exp 20%
Size 8 Box Launcher (10) Missile Size 8 Hangar Reload 60 minutes MF Reload 10 hours
Torpedo Fire Control FC13-R50 (1) Range 13.7m km Resolution 50
Size 8 Torpedo Mk1 (10) Speed: 120,000 km/s End: 0.2m Range: 1.4m km WH: 9 Size: 8 TH: 840/504/252
Active Search Sensor MR16-AMM Mk1 (1) GPS 90 Range 16.2m km MCR 1.8m km Resolution 1
Compact ECCM-2 (3) ECM 30
Now to build 4 tenders with 4 carriers each (9 defense frigates, 9 missile frigates, 9 AMM frigates, 9 beam frigates, 4 recon, 80 beam fighters, 75 missile fighters total), and a command ship with 4 Battlecruiser escorts.