Hi,
Just wanted to share my fighter designs and maybe get some constructive criticism
Initially I wanted to see how small a fighter I could come up with and came up with these. . .
Daphnis III-M class Fighter 145 tons 4 Crew 65.5 BP TCS 2.9 TH 7.2 EM 0
10344 km/s Armour 2-2 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0.6
Maint Life 51.59 Years MSP 56 AFR 0% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 1 Max Repair 30 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 1 months Spare Berths 1
Magazine 4
Crawford-Webb 30 EP IntCon Compact Px1.5 (F0.5/T25/e1.36) (1) Power 30 Fuel Use 136.41% Signature 7.2 Exp 15%
Fuel Capacity 10,000 Litres Range 9.1 billion km (10 days at full power)
Daly-Page S1BL (4) Missile Size 1 Hangar Reload 7.5 minutes MF Reload 1.2 hours
Hardy & Sims Missile FC FC32-R30 (a28/e14/50%) (1) Range 32.2m km Resolution 30
AHI Amnixiel S1W1 (32m/56k) (4) Speed: 56,000 km/s End: 9.5m Range: 32m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 205/123/61
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 Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
In hindsight I could probably have cut it down to 1 fighter engineering rather than 2 and perhaps squeezed another layer of armor or added a bit more fuel.
With those is a group leader providing target acquisition. . .
Daphnis III-S/L class Fighter 145 tons 5 Crew 90 BP TCS 2.9 TH 7.2 EM 0
10344 km/s Armour 1-2 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 33.29 Years MSP 78 AFR 0% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 2 Max Repair 50 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 1 months Spare Berths 0
Crawford-Webb 30 EP IntCon Compact Px1.5 (F0.5/T25/e1.36) (1) Power 30 Fuel Use 136.41% Signature 7.2 Exp 15%
Fuel Capacity 10,000 Litres Range 9.1 billion km (10 days at full power)
Hardy & Sims Active SS MR42-R80 (a28/e14/50%) (1) GPS 2688 Range 42.1m km Resolution 80
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
The idea was to have a long strike range with a standoff capability, closing to 30mkm to launch then turning tail and running while the group leader maintained sensor lock on the targets for the 10 min flight time of the missiles. As it turned out, you really have to close to 27-28mkm to allow for the targets movement.
I had some hostiles jump into Sol (I know, I should never have let them in, but at the time I only had the opportunity to hit them once with the gate defenses and, as they weren't hostile at the time, and I had no second strike capability, I decided not to pick a fight. )
After a while, I noticed some of my commercial shipping was been chased by them, but by that point they were getting out towards Pluto, so I had to put my satellite deployment ships into service as stopgap carriers (4k hanger decks and 480 magazine. ) Eventually I was able to chase them down, and finally kill them, but using the size 1 missiles was painful, like flicking peas at an elephant.
Given the distances involved, I had to quickly design a fighter refueling craft and came up with this. . .
Narvi T-10 class Strike Group Tanker 300 tons 5 Crew 102.5 BP TCS 6 TH 14.4 EM 0
10000 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 18.36 Years MSP 64 AFR 2% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 5 Max Repair 30 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 1.9 months Spare Berths 3
Crawford-Webb 30 EP IntCon Compact Px1.5 (F0.5/T25/e1.36) (2) Power 30 Fuel Use 136.41% Signature 7.2 Exp 15%
Fuel Capacity 160,000 Litres Range 70.4 billion km (81 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
which proved extremely useful, especially as the hostiles had split into two different groups, as I was able to perform strikes at the better part of 10 bkm range from the task force.
I'm currently working on a heaver 250 ton fighter with size 2 warhead strength 4 missiles. I'm hoping they will have a bit more stopping power
Anyway, I'll post that up later if anyone's interested.
I reckon there probably is a niche for a small 150-200 ton fighter, but it's likely going to be in an anti-fighter/missile role.
Anyway that's all for now. Cheers.