So, I realized my main fleets are bulky and slow (2.5-3k km/s), and moving a whole fleet (carriers, cruisers, escorts, PD...) costs a lot of fuel and takes a lot of time, but rather than reworking my existing class designs into something faster, I figured out I'd start from scratch and design a faster (in the 5k range) quick response fleet, with few ship classes, that is still capable of dealing with an average sized threat, operating alone a few jumps from the nearest base if need arises (operating at the edge of the controlled space, fuel might be a concern), with a decent chance to disengage and regroup with main fleet in face of overwhelming odds.
Active sensors here are intended as a backup, I already have some fast scout ships that can keep up with the fleet.
This is the primary "hitter", other classes are designed around this one:
Mospeada class Light Cruiser 8,000 tons 189 Crew 1240 BP TCS 160 TH 800 EM 0
5000 km/s Armour 4-35 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 3 PPV 30
Maint Life 1.85 Years MSP 291 AFR 170% IFR 2.4% 1YR 108 5YR 1621 Max Repair 80 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months Spare Berths 3
Magazine 630
Gentili Research Inc 160 EP "Scout" Magneto-plasma Drive (5) Power 160 Fuel Use 54% Signature 160 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 550,000 Litres Range 22.9 billion km (53 days at full power)
Norton Aerospace Size 5 Missile Launcher (6) Missile Size 5 Rate of Fire 40
Parkes-Davis Incorporated Missile Fire Control FC31-R20 (70%) (1) Range 31.5m km Resolution 20
Caldera Size 5 Anti-ship Missile (126) Speed: 28,800 km/s End: 19.6m Range: 33.8m km WH: 9 Size: 5 TH: 134/80/40
Parkes-Davis Incorporated Active Search Sensor MR22-R20 (70%) (1) GPS 1260 Range 22.5m km Resolution 20
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 Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This one provides mid-range defense, with some fighter capability (fighters are old-tech, to be replaced soon with something better, as soon as I unlock better engine speed multipliers):
Harmony class Flight-deck Cruiser 8,000 tons 191 Crew 1438 BP TCS 160 TH 800 EM 0
5000 km/s Armour 4-35 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 3 PPV 28.56
Maint Life 1.72 Years MSP 337 AFR 170% IFR 2.4% 1YR 138 5YR 2071 Max Repair 240 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Flight Crew Berths 20
Hangar Deck Capacity 2000 tons
Gentili Research Inc 160 EP "Scout" Magneto-plasma Drive (5) Power 160 Fuel Use 54% Signature 160 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 400,000 Litres Range 16.7 billion km (38 days at full power)
Twin Marinelli Systems 15cm C3 Far Ultraviolet Laser Turret (3x2) Range 256,000km TS: 10000 km/s Power 12-6 RM 5 ROF 10 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 3 3 3
Martínez-Cruz Electronic Systems Fire Control S04 128-10000 H70 (1) Max Range: 256,000 km TS: 10000 km/s 96 92 88 84 80 77 73 69 65 61
Herbert Aerospace Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 (3) Total Power Output 18 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Strike Group
4x Vengeance MkVI Fighter Speed: 9600 km/s Size: 10
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This one is a smaller, cheaper ship that provides close-range defense and anti-missile/anti-fighter PD:
Invid class Destroyer 4,000 tons 138 Crew 812 BP TCS 80 TH 480 EM 0
6000 km/s Armour 4-22 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 20.56
Maint Life 1.48 Years MSP 127 AFR 128% IFR 1.8% 1YR 64 5YR 967 Max Repair 180 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months Spare Berths 0
Gentili Research Inc 160 EP "Scout" Magneto-plasma Drive (3) Power 160 Fuel Use 54% Signature 160 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 300,000 Litres Range 25.0 billion km (48 days at full power)
Twin Hurst Heavy Industries R8/C4 Meson Cannon Turret (2x2) Range 80,000km TS: 15000 km/s Power 8-8 RM 8 ROF 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Lazarev-Maximov Limited Fire Control S03 64-15000 H70 (1) Max Range: 128,000 km TS: 15000 km/s 92 84 77 69 61 53 45 37 30 22
Herbert Aerospace Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1 (3) Total Power Output 18 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Daly Research Inc Active Search Sensor MR4-R1 (70%) (1) GPS 56 Range 4.5m km MCR 488k km Resolution 1
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Any suggestions/design errors/weaknesses?
Thanks!