After almost half a year of hiatus, I decided to start a brand new Aurora game on 800% NPR difficulty and all spoilers turned on at the very start. I started with meritocracy and up the starting RP to 240,000 points. Here are some of my initial designs and a post invader design:
The main damage dealer, I had about 20 of these before the invaders showed up.
Defiant (2025) class Missile Destroyer 10,000 tons 102 Crew 1393.2 BP TCS 200 TH 1200 EM 0
6000 km/s Armour 3-41 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 3 PPV 100.8
Maint Life 1.03 Years MSP 261 AFR 266% IFR 3.7% 1YR 244 5YR 3659 Max Repair 300 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 6 months Spare Berths 2
Magazine 672
Florian Marine MPD-M0600EP 125-70 (2) Power 600 Fuel Use 85.6% Signature 600 Exp 12%
Fuel Capacity 595,000 Litres Range 12.5 billion km (24 days at full power)
Macrinus-Akios BML6 (112) Missile Size 6 Hangar Reload 45 minutes MF Reload 7.5 hours
Vulkan & Hephaestus AS MFC17-R20 (4) Range 17.2m km Resolution 20
ASM6-12-24300 (112) Speed: 24,300 km/s End: 3.5m Range: 5.1m km WH: 12 Size: 6 TH: 129/77/38
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
Command ship with all the fancy sensors, quite expensive to produce.
Et Nunc Et Semper (2025) class Command Cruiser 10,000 tons 212 Crew 2036.6 BP TCS 200 TH 1200 EM 0
6000 km/s Armour 4-41 Shields 0-0 Sensors 5/8/0/0 Damage Control Rating 4 PPV 45
Maint Life 1.26 Years MSP 509 AFR 200% IFR 2.8% 1YR 336 5YR 5045 Max Repair 320 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 6 months Spare Berths 2
Flag Bridge Magazine 300
Florian Marine MPD-M0600EP 125-70 (2) Power 600 Fuel Use 85.6% Signature 600 Exp 12%
Fuel Capacity 625,000 Litres Range 13.1 billion km (25 days at full power)
Macrinus-Akios BML6 (50) Missile Size 6 Hangar Reload 45 minutes MF Reload 7.5 hours
Vulkan & Hephaestus AS MFC17-R20 (2) Range 17.2m km Resolution 20
ASM6-12-24300 (50) Speed: 24,300 km/s End: 3.5m Range: 5.1m km WH: 12 Size: 6 TH: 129/77/38
Balian & Ardias Central Sensor Array MR313-R150 (1) GPS 48000 Range 313.5m km Resolution 150
Balian & Ardias Central Sensor Array MR25-R1 (1) GPS 320 Range 25.6m km MCR 2.8m km Resolution 1
Balian & Ardias Thermal Sensor TH1-5 (1) Sensitivity 5 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 5m km
Balian & Ardias Passive Sensor EM1-8 (1) Sensitivity 8 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 8m km
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
My railgun PD carriers. These babies kept me alive. One carrier worth of PD crafts is capable of shooting down on average a whooping "12" invader missiles.
Exorcist (2025) class Carrier 20,000 tons 328 Crew 2852.8 BP TCS 400 TH 2400 EM 0
6000 km/s Armour 3-65 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 5 PPV 0
Maint Life 0.73 Years MSP 446 AFR 640% IFR 8.9% 1YR 611 5YR 9167 Max Repair 300 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 6 months Flight Crew Berths 29
Hangar Deck Capacity 10000 tons
Florian Marine MPD-M0600EP 125-70 (4) Power 600 Fuel Use 85.6% Signature 600 Exp 12%
Fuel Capacity 1,320,000 Litres Range 13.9 billion km (26 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Very expensive on the Gallicite, but its worth every BP. The only thing that can beat it is a fighter variant, and those can't be refitted.
SiG-1 class Fast PD Craft 1,000 tons 8 Crew 251.8 BP TCS 20 TH 320 EM 0
16000 km/s Armour 1-8 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 6
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 200% IFR 2.8% 1YR 29 5YR 430 Max Repair 58 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 0.1 months Spare Berths 2
Florian Marine MPD-M0032EP 200-70 (10) Power 32 Fuel Use 392.02% Signature 32 Exp 20%
Fuel Capacity 15,000 Litres Range 0.7 billion km (11 hours at full power)
Gunnar Incorporated 100mm Railgun V1/C3 (2x4) Range 10,000km TS: 16000 km/s Power 3-3 RM 1 ROF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vulkan & Hephaestus RG BFC 24-16000 (1) Max Range: 48,000 km TS: 16000 km/s 79 58 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florian Marine SFR-3P (1) Total Power Output 3 Armour 0 Exp 5%
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This is the new refitted command cruiser I build out of invader tech components. The shipyard retool took a dredging 5 years, but the refit is really fast since most components came from salvages. I can only afford one of these since the sensors are really hard to come by, but it has allowed me to see much better than my initial crap tech command ships. The first and only ship in the class is completed on 27th March 2049.
Et Nunc Et Semper (REV) class Command Cruiser 10,000 tons 229 Crew 5899.4 BP TCS 200 TH 2640 EM 0
13200 km/s Armour 3-41 Shields 0-0 Sensors 80/40/0/0 Damage Control Rating 7 PPV 51.56
Maint Life 4.19 Years MSP 2581 AFR 114% IFR 1.6% 1YR 236 5YR 3537 Max Repair 750 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 6 months Spare Berths 3
Flag Bridge Magazine 240 Cryogenic Berths 200
220 EP Solid Core AM Drive (12) Power 220 Fuel Use 24.11% Signature 220 Exp 11%
Fuel Capacity 1,310,000 Litres Range 97.8 billion km (85 days at full power)
Twin 10cm C12 Extreme X-ray Laser Turret (2x2) Range 200,000km TS: 50000 km/s Power 6-24 RM 9 ROF 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Fire Control S02 100-50000 (1) Max Range: 200,000 km TS: 50000 km/s 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50
Gas-core Anti-matter Power Plant Technology PB-1 (3) Total Power Output 60 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Macrinus-Akios BML6 (40) Missile Size 6 Hangar Reload 45 minutes MF Reload 7.5 hours
Missile Fire Control FC858-R20 (2) Range 858.6m km Resolution 20
ASM6-12-24300 (40) Speed: 24,300 km/s End: 3.5m Range: 5.1m km WH: 12 Size: 6 TH: 129/77/38
Active Search Sensor MR288-R1 (1) GPS 720 Range 288.0m km MCR 31.4m km Resolution 1
Active Search Sensor MR1759-R84 (1) GPS 40320 Range 1,759.7m km Resolution 84
Active Search Sensor MR858-R20 (1) GPS 9600 Range 858.7m km Resolution 20
Thermal Sensor TH2-80 (1) Sensitivity 80 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 80m km
EM Detection Sensor EM1-40 (1) Sensitivity 40 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 40m km
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