NC Part 6: January 2042 - December 2042

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

3rd January 2042
The four Achilles class gravitational survey ships complete their survey of Athens, revealing the location of two new jump points. The jump point to Sol is on a bearing of 12 degrees at a range of one point six billion kilometers. The two new jump points are located on bearings of 1 degree at 2 billion kilometers and 211 degrees at 3 billion kilometers. As the Dionysus is already in Athens awaiting the completion of the survey and one of the newly identified jump points is relatively close to its existing position, the jump tender and its escorts move to investigate.

4th January 2042
The Terran Union launches two new Dunkerque class gravitational survey ships, taking their total to four. The Union Dunkerques have better sensors than the Commonwealth Achilles class and now they also match our number of survey ships.

9th January 2042
Dionysus enters the recently discovered jump point in Athens and finds herself in a binary system with a pair of orange K class stars, the primary being K5-V and the companion orbiting at 100 AU a K8-V. The companion has only one small and unremarkable chunk of rock in close orbit. The primary has four rocky planets, three gas giants and two asteroid belts. The only planet of note is the innermost, close enough to the dim star to have a survivable temperature of minus twenty degrees and a thin, unbreathable oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. Eighty percent of the surface is covered in water, albeit with large ice caps. The gravity is only sixty percent of Earth

[rmcrowe]

Steve

Again, the year seems to end early, though this time in late October.

robert

[Erik L]

That might be a character limit in either PHP or MySQL (which runs the backend).

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Here is the missing section

Akagi class Battlecruiser    5000 tons     589 Crew     854 BP      Signature 100-240
2400 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 24-450     Sensors 9/3/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Supply 400  
Ion Engine (4)    Armour 0    Exp 5%

20cm C2 Ultraviolet Laser (4)    Power 10-2     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 25        10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 4 4
10cm C3 Ultraviolet PD Laser (3)    Power 3-3     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 5        3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Primary Fire Control  (2)    Range: 180k km   TS: 2400 km/s     97 94 92 89 86 83 81 78 75 72
Fast Track Fire Control (1)    Range: 60k km   TS: 7200 km/s     92 83 75 67 58 50 42 33 25 17
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (2)     Total Power Output 18    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Passive Sensor S3-9 (1)     Strength 9     Detect Signature 10: 0.9m km     Detect Signature 100: 9m km
Active Sensor S3-3 (1)     Strength 3     Detect Size 10: 0.3m km     Detect Size 100: 3m km

Akagi FC1 class Battlecruiser    5000 tons     574 Crew     969 BP      Signature 100-240
2400 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 24-450     Sensors 9/3/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Supply 400  
Ion Engine (4)    Armour 0    Exp 5%

20cm C2 Ultraviolet Laser (4)    Power 10-2     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 25        10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 4 4
10cm C3 Ultraviolet PD Laser (2)    Power 3-3     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 5        3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Mk 1 Laser Fire Control (2)    Range: 240k km   TS: 3200 km/s     98 96 94 92 90 88 85 83 81 79
Mk 2 Laser Fire Control (1)    Range: 60k km   TS: 12800 km/s     92 83 75 67 58 50 42 33 25 17
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (2)     Total Power Output 18    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Refit Cost: 480 BP. Estimated Refit Time: 1 Year

Akagi FC2 class Battlecruiser    5000 tons     572 Crew     929 BP      Signature 100-240
2400 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 27-450     Sensors 9/3/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Supply 400  
Ion Engine (4)    Armour 0    Exp 5%

20cm C2 Ultraviolet Laser (4)    Power 10-2     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 25        10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 4 4
10cm C3 Ultraviolet PD Laser (2)    Power 3-3     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 5        3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Mk 1 Laser Fire Control (1)    Range: 240k km   TS: 3200 km/s     98 96 94 92 90 88 85 83 81 79
Primary Fire Control  (1)    Range: 180k km   TS: 2400 km/s     97 94 92 89 86 83 81 78 75 72
Mk 2 Laser Fire Control (1)    Range: 60k km   TS: 12800 km/s     92 83 75 67 58 50 42 33 25 17
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (2)     Total Power Output 18    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Refit Cost: 326 BP. Estimated Refit Time: 7 months.

Akagi FC3 class Battlecruiser    5000 tons     591 Crew     894 BP      Signature 100-240
2400 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 21-450     Sensors 9/3/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Supply 400  
Ion Engine (4)    Armour 0    Exp 5%

20cm C2 Ultraviolet Laser (4)    Power 10-2     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 25        10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 4 4
10cm C3 Ultraviolet PD Laser (3)    Power 3-3     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 5        3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Primary Fire Control  (2)    Range: 180k km   TS: 2400 km/s     97 94 92 89 86 83 81 78 75 72
Mk 2 Laser Fire Control (1)    Range: 60k km   TS: 12800 km/s     92 83 75 67 58 50 42 33 25 17
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (2)     Total Power Output 18    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Refit Cost: 160 BP. Estimated Refit Time: 4 months.

In addition to refits of existing ships, Commonwealth ship designers have been looking at the possibility of a vessel designed to protect other ships from missile attack, allowing those ships to concentrate on long range combat without a diversion of resources to heavy missile defences. This will be particularly relevant to ships such as the Dracon class jump cruisers which lack any lasers at all. The Poseidon class escort cruiser is equipped with ten short ranged but fast firing 10cm lasers coupled with a pair of Mk2 Laser Fire Control systems. No long range fire control is needed as the maximum range of her lasers is only 120,000 km. She is almost defenceless against ships armed with larger calibre lasers, unless she can get very close, but she should be able to wreak havoc on incoming missile salvos. The first Poseidon is laid down and should be ready by November 2044.

Poseidon class Escort Cruiser    5000 tons     570 Crew     990 BP      Signature 100-240
2400 km/s     Armour 1     Shields 30-300     Sensors 6/0/0/0     Damage Control 0-0
Supply 400  
Ion Engine (4)    Armour 0    Exp 5%

10cm C3 Ultraviolet PD Laser (10)    Power 3-3     Range Modifier 4    Rate of Fire 5        3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Mk 2 Laser Fire Control (2)    Range: 60k km   TS: 12800 km/s     92 83 75 67 58 50 42 33 25 17
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (5)     Total Power Output 45    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Passive Sensor S2-6 (1)     Strength 6     Detect Signature 10: 0.6m km     Detect Signature 100: 6m km

30th October 2042
A third Dionysus class jump tender is laid down. While not as capable as a Dracon class jump cruiser, the Dionysus class ships are ideal for supporting our survey efforts. At the moment survey ships are standing idle at jump points as they wait for the assignment of one of our overworked jump-capable ships. A second Dracon is due in February 2044 but the third Dionysus will be available seven months earlier in July 2043.

3rd November 2042
The Hercules Fast Scout Cherokee arrives at the Gitanyow homeworld with Diplomatic Team Alpha on board. The mission of this team is to resolve recent differences with the Gitanyow and get the technology exchange program back on track.

13th November 2042
Dracon arrives at the Delphi jump point to relieve Bacchus, who sets course for the Pharsalos jump point to await the survey ships that recently left Thermopylae.

14th November 2042
The Apollo class missile cruiser Agamemnon completes her overhaul. With both missile cruisers now available, the Akagi enters the shipyards. Her planned electronics refit will have to wait at least five months until after the overhaul is complete.

18th November 2042
The Japanese-built freighter Hosho is sent to the shipyards to be refitted to a Themistocles class. The refit includes doubling her engineering capacity and adding a third ion engine, a tractor beam and passive sensors. Her hull is also increased in size by fifteen percent to accommodate the additional systems. Hosho has been involved in the ongoing operations to move our automated mines to the new mining colony on Toronto but her top speed of 1621 km/s is much slower than the 2117 km/s of the Themistocles and her lack of a tractor beam results in loading or unloading requiring ten days compared to two days for the Themistocles. The refit will be complete by March 2043.

21st November 2042
On the Gitanyow homeworld, relations have improved to the point where more discussions can begin on technology exchanges. An offer of partial jump drive technology is made in return for the Gitanyow