Posted by: waresky
« on: December 28, 2012, 06:01:03 AM »My ships (Science Class) have all more than 240 months.
Hello, I found this great game last week so I do not really have any experience with designing military ships. I prepared some designs and I would like to know, if I will be able to use those ships in combat.Code: [Select]Napoleon class Destroyer 8 950 tons 227 Crew 1331.32 BP TCS 179 TH 720 EM 0
4022 km/s Armour 4-38 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 2 PPV 40
Maint Life 1.08 Years MSP 186 AFR 320% IFR 4.5% 1YR 160 5YR 2403 Max Repair 144 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 6 months Spare Berths 1
Magazine 280
120 EP Ion Drive (6) Power 120 Fuel Use 63% Signature 120 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 1 000 000 Litres Range 31.9 billion km (91 days at full power)
Loki-5 Missile Launcher (8) Missile Size 5 Rate of Fire 50
Beholder-66 Missile Fire Control (2) Range 66.9m km Resolution 60
Short Range Military Search Sensor (1) GPS 320 Range 8.1m km Resolution 10
Standard Military Search Sensor (1) GPS 5760 Range 59.5m km Resolution 60
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposesCode: [Select]Salamander class Destroyer Leader 8 850 tons 198 Crew 1502.52 BP TCS 177 TH 720 EM 0
4067 km/s Armour 4-38 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 2 PPV 12
Maint Life 1.08 Years MSP 212 AFR 313% IFR 4.4% 1YR 183 5YR 2739 Max Repair 150 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 6 months Spare Berths 0
Flag Bridge Magazine 252
120 EP Ion Drive (6) Power 120 Fuel Use 63% Signature 120 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 1 000 000 Litres Range 32.3 billion km (91 days at full power)
CIWS-160 (2x4) Range 1000 km TS: 16000 km/s ROF 5 Base 50% To Hit
Loki-5 Missile Launcher (2) Missile Size 5 Rate of Fire 50
Sling-1 AMM Launcher (2) Missile Size 1 Rate of Fire 10
Beholder-66 Missile Fire Control (1) Range 66.9m km Resolution 60
Anti-Missile Missile Fire Control (1) Range 23.0m km Resolution 1
Anti-Missile Military Search Sensor (1) GPS 32 Range 2.6m km Resolution 1
Short Range Military Search Sensor (1) GPS 320 Range 8.1m km Resolution 10
Standard Military Search Sensor (1) GPS 5760 Range 59.5m km Resolution 60
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
I am not sure if those informations are enough to judge the ship designs, I will try to provide more information if necessary.
I am not sure what level of ECM enemy has. I do have ECCM, but i do not equip my destroyers with it. To be honest I didn't look very closely on ECCM yet. So I am not sure how should I use it to be effective.
Enemy that I encountered had ships with ECM and that is why I started to use fire control with longer range.
I played quite a lot in last few days and developed some bigger ships as well and now I think that my destroyers are a bit too large. For my next game I think I will go with 6000 tons destroyers.
Might I suggest that your fire control has too much range? This makes it larger than necessary, although it could save you on refits should you develop a new misile in future.