Posted by: Michael Sandy
« on: April 29, 2017, 04:36:14 PM »For uncolonizing the Moon:
Botany Bay class Colony Ship 9 450 tons 155 Crew 465.85 BP TCS 189 TH 125 EM 0
661 km/s Armour 1-39 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 31 Max Repair 31.25 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 1
Cryogenic Berths 20000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 50
Ingram Aero Engines NT 125 EP Commercial Nuclear Thermal Engine (1) Power 125 Fuel Use 8.84% Signature 125 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 53.8 billion km (942 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
10 Cargo handling systems. I can load and unload in an hour, with a decent logistics officer. It has way more range than it needs, but I wanted the flexibility. My little colony ship can outpace the entire efforts of a colony fleet that can load 350,000 people at a time. So I can keep profiting from them shipping people to the moon without it getting overcrowded.
Similarly:
Terra-Luna Shipping class Freighter 9 400 tons 137 Crew 272.85 BP TCS 188 TH 125 EM 0
664 km/s Armour 1-39 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 18 Max Repair 31.25 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 1
Cargo 5000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 50
Ingram Aero Engines NT 125 EP Commercial Nuclear Thermal Engine (1) Power 125 Fuel Use 8.84% Signature 125 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 54.1 billion km (942 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
Designed to shuttle lots of stuff cheaply between Earth and Luna. I also would use it once I get around to terraforming the Jovian moons, so larger ships could handle the bulk long distance shipping. Also, it can just go around between the various mining colonies, saving me from having to build and ship mineral packet launchers.
Also used for quick things like "Ship the mats for Spaceport to the Moon, ship lots of construction factories to the Moon to build it".
One of my goals is to get ship to ship tractors, and once Luna is terraformed, move all my shipyards there, and put a dedicated Shipyard bonus commander on it, while Earth will have a wealth/factory/mining commander. I would just keep a small freighter handy for shipping stuff back and forth when I needed to, and I could use it for other purposes as needed.
Botany Bay class Colony Ship 9 450 tons 155 Crew 465.85 BP TCS 189 TH 125 EM 0
661 km/s Armour 1-39 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 31 Max Repair 31.25 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 1
Cryogenic Berths 20000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 50
Ingram Aero Engines NT 125 EP Commercial Nuclear Thermal Engine (1) Power 125 Fuel Use 8.84% Signature 125 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 53.8 billion km (942 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
10 Cargo handling systems. I can load and unload in an hour, with a decent logistics officer. It has way more range than it needs, but I wanted the flexibility. My little colony ship can outpace the entire efforts of a colony fleet that can load 350,000 people at a time. So I can keep profiting from them shipping people to the moon without it getting overcrowded.
Similarly:
Terra-Luna Shipping class Freighter 9 400 tons 137 Crew 272.85 BP TCS 188 TH 125 EM 0
664 km/s Armour 1-39 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 18 Max Repair 31.25 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 1
Cargo 5000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 50
Ingram Aero Engines NT 125 EP Commercial Nuclear Thermal Engine (1) Power 125 Fuel Use 8.84% Signature 125 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 54.1 billion km (942 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
Designed to shuttle lots of stuff cheaply between Earth and Luna. I also would use it once I get around to terraforming the Jovian moons, so larger ships could handle the bulk long distance shipping. Also, it can just go around between the various mining colonies, saving me from having to build and ship mineral packet launchers.
Also used for quick things like "Ship the mats for Spaceport to the Moon, ship lots of construction factories to the Moon to build it".
One of my goals is to get ship to ship tractors, and once Luna is terraformed, move all my shipyards there, and put a dedicated Shipyard bonus commander on it, while Earth will have a wealth/factory/mining commander. I would just keep a small freighter handy for shipping stuff back and forth when I needed to, and I could use it for other purposes as needed.