Here are the successor designs, an opportunity to see if I'm learning my lessons here.
Missile Cruiser Project class Missile Cruiser 20 000 tons 568 Crew 5380.52 BP TCS 400 TH 4000 EM 1800
10000 km/s Armour 6-65 Shields 60-240 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 43 PPV 78.4
Maint Life 5.19 Years MSP 5549 AFR 96% IFR 1.3% 1YR 343 5YR 5148 Max Repair 1000 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Flight Crew Berths 17
Hangar Deck Capacity 1000 tons Magazine 632
2000 EP Magnetic Fusion Drive (2) Power 2000 Fuel Use 48.57% Signature 2000 Exp 16%
Fuel Capacity 1 500 000 Litres Range 27.8 billion km (32 days at full power)
Theta S4-RC240/288 Shields (15) Total Fuel Cost 180 Litres per hour (4 320 per day)
Triple Gauss R4-100/TS25000 Turret (2x12) Range 40 000km TS: 25000 km/s Power 0-0 RM 4 ROF 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC S02 R48k-TS25000 (Gauss Turret) (2) Max Range: 96 000 km TS: 25000 km/s 90 79 69 58 48 38 27 17 6 0
ML S6-RL150s (50% Reduction) ( Missile Size 6 Rate of Fire 150
S1-RL6 (AMM) Missile Launcher ( Missile Size 1 Rate of Fire 5
MFC-32/3.5mk-R50t (AMM-2) (2) Range 32.3m km Resolution 1
MFC-173mk-R4000t (ASM-2) (4) Range 173.9m km Resolution 80
Active Search (PD) MR6mk/AM705k-R1 (1) GPS 36 Range 6.5m km MCR 706k km Resolution 1
Active Search MR350mk-R4000t (1) GPS 22400 Range 350.6m km Resolution 80
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
First ship in class very likely to be the
Sun Tzu and I'm glad I decided to post because I could probably stand to mount a smaller active long range sensor, which just needs to be strong enough for the ship to use its ASMs. The
Julu class area defense cruisers also have yet to be officially named:
Point Defence Cruiser Project class Area Defence Cruiser 20 000 tons 650 Crew 7188.6 BP TCS 400 TH 4000 EM 1200
10000 km/s Armour 6-65 Shields 40-240 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 43 PPV 110.6
Maint Life 5.69 Years MSP 7414 AFR 96% IFR 1.3% 1YR 388 5YR 5819 Max Repair 1000 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Flight Crew Berths 18
Hangar Deck Capacity 1000 tons
2000 EP Magnetic Fusion Drive (2) Power 2000 Fuel Use 48.57% Signature 2000 Exp 16%
Fuel Capacity 1 500 000 Litres Range 27.8 billion km (32 days at full power)
Theta S4-RC240/288 Shields (10) Total Fuel Cost 120 Litres per hour (2 880 per day)
Quad 15cm C6/TS25000 Far UV Laser Turret (2x4) Range 300 000km TS: 25000 km/s Power 24-24 RM 5 ROF 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 3 3 3
Triple Gauss R4-100/TS25000 Turret (3x12) Range 40 000km TS: 25000 km/s Power 0-0 RM 4 ROF 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC S08-R240k-TS25000 (FUV Turret) (2) Max Range: 480 000 km TS: 25000 km/s 98 96 94 92 90 88 85 83 81 79
FC S02 R48k-TS25000 (Gauss Turret) (3) Max Range: 96 000 km TS: 25000 km/s 90 79 69 58 48 38 27 17 6 0
P10-S1 Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactor (5) Total Power Output 50 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Active Search (PD) MR6mk/AM705k-R1 (1) GPS 36 Range 6.5m km MCR 706k km Resolution 1
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
I have yet to design the primary surveillance ship that will accompany the two pairs of these in my battle groups, but the carrier/flagship/jumpship is nearly designed ... just waiting on scientists to finish designing a 40,000t military jump drive. At present, I can manage 10,000t of hangar space, but I may have to trim that down to fit some CIWS, some reserve sensors, or more shields. My missile-armed strikefighters weigh in at just under 250t, so I can manage 16 of them and 1000t of auxillary (probably sensor) craft with half that space. I've designed interceptors at ~300t, but I debate whether two squadrons of 6 fighters is worth that space when the battle group's escorts are so strong in point defense already and the carrier needs a few extra systems of its own.
Spacecraft Carrier Project class Carrier 34 500 tons 1022 Crew 7700.4 BP TCS 690 TH 8000 EM 1200
11594 km/s Armour 6-94 Shields 40-240 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 110 PPV 0
Maint Life 8.34 Years MSP 13950 AFR 95% IFR 1.3% 1YR 357 5YR 5358 Max Repair 1000 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Flight Crew Berths 120
Flag Bridge Hangar Deck Capacity 10000 tons
2000 EP Magnetic Fusion Drive (4) Power 2000 Fuel Use 48.57% Signature 2000 Exp 16%
Fuel Capacity 3 000 000 Litres Range 32.2 billion km (32 days at full power)
Theta S4-RC240/288 Shields (10) Total Fuel Cost 120 Litres per hour (2 880 per day)
Active Search (PD) MR6mk/AM705k-R1 (1) GPS 36 Range 6.5m km MCR 706k km Resolution 1
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Thanks for having a look and double that for all the great advice.
EDIT: Almost forgot, my Gauss turrets don't seem to be working on those previous ADCs, so I should probably mention that here (I've posted about it, specifically, in the Academy sub-forum) in case someone notices what might be wrong before I start building these (hopefully) beauties. I doubt it's a combat interface/assignment/PD setup issue because the range indicator radius doesn't display on the System Map; I don't think it's a design issue either, but maybe someone sees something I missed?