Ship designs Playthrough V1.13.0 2021

[Blogaugis (OP)]

I have missed this question:

about carriers - aren't they also supplying their fighters with fuel? I'm even considering that Rheinland should also be classed as a tanker and collier...

Yep, carriers are intended to supply their parasites, but it's not very large part of their fuel needs usually. Let's calc. Your Rheinland carrier class have very economical engines (Fuel Use 8.94%) and so very small fuel tanks (300,000 Litres) despite rather long range. Her combat wing is more usual in terms of fuel usage - it's 31 x 1,000 = 31,000 litres of fuel to tank up given that your wing will use up all their fuel... though it's very unlikely situation, especially for escort carrier, where fighters are intended mostly to be short-range interceptors with just emergency capability to undertake relatively long-range strike. So, even Rheinland is able to fuel up her group after full-range strike for just 10% of her fuel load, and it's very unlikely that she will need another large refuel in the same route. And if you'll use this ship in the strike role - to sent fighters wave after the wave - you'll have tankers with your fleet, so it will not be the problem.

Speaking of tanker and collier role for escort carrier - it can be useful in some situations, though you'll need to equip her with corresponding modules, and so you'll noticeably increase the maintenance load and fuel usage of your carrier. Escort ships have to be cheap, otherwise you'll have problems with building and maintaining your main combat fleet (and you'll need it with invaders on!), so it's more sensible to have dedicated tankers and especially colliers (it's unlikely that you'll need to replenish with ordnance those ships you'll sent escort carrier with).

Generally speaking, an absence of storms and navigational crashes in Aurora makes specilized ships more potent compared with real ocean navies: it's more efficient to sent several specilized ships, if you need no fear that one of them will lag behind and get lost or collide with some of their escort, or smth like this.

Right... But, considering that I've added military engines, which make a part of the stats look like this:

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G3-ME Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP200.00 (2)    Power 400    Fuel Use 50.60%    Signature 200    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 750,000 Litres    Range 10.7 billion km (154 days at full power)Her intended deployment time is 3.4. It is a bit of a reserve, but overall...
Yeah, it seems that I'll need dedicated supply ships either way.

[serger]

Right... But, considering that I've added military engines, which make a part of the stats look like this:

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G3-ME Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP200.00 (2)    Power 400    Fuel Use 50.60%    Signature 200    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 750,000 Litres    Range 10.7 billion km (154 days at full power)

And now she carries even more fuel just to move herself, so even less worry about fuelling up her wing (fighters and other craft just will not consume large volumes of fuel, if you use them rationally).

[Blogaugis (OP)]

Alright... 5 years passed since the early designs were shared (10 years + a few days since the game's start with a construction cycle).

Let's get to the new stuff.
Missiles:

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G3DFA; Size: 5; Speed: 11,200 km/s; range 33.7 mkm; Warhead: 4; MR: 10; Cost 2.41.
G3DFB; Size: 5; Speed: 12,480 km/s; range 22.2 mkm; Warhead: 3; MR: 10; Cost 2.31.Both of them became obsolete, as the Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine technology has been researched. Combined stockpile of them is 100 (50 and 50). They probably will be used on a ship to nuke some potential alien worlds.
The most modern missile, G4DF:

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Missile Size: 5.0 MSP  (12.50 Tons)     Warhead: 4    Radiation Damage: 4    Manoeuvre Rating: 10
Speed: 15,600 km/s     Fuel: 250     Flight Time: 27 minutes     Range: 25.39m km
Cost Per Missile: 2.95
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 156.0%   3k km/s 52.0%   5k km/s 31.2%   10k km/s 15.6%

Materials Required
Tritanium  1
Gallicite  1.95
Fuel:  250It'll probably stay as the main missile for some time. There are other technologies to develop than new Engines...

Either way, let's take a look at fighters:

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Heinkiel He-30123A class Fighter      202 tons       6 Crew       23.2 BP       TCS 4    TH 10    EM 0
2385 km/s      Armour 2-3       Shields 0-0       HTK 2      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 1.5
Maint Life 15.88 Years     MSP 12    AFR 3%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Lieutenant    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days    Morale Check Required   

G3-FE1 Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP9.60 (1)    Power 9.6    Fuel Use 230.94%    Signature 9.6    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,000 Litres    Range 0.39 billion km (45 hours at full power)

G1-HS1.5-GC Gauss Cannon R200-25.00 (1x2)    Range 20,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Accuracy Modifier 25.00%     RM 20,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-SWFBFC Beam Fire Control R32-TS3000 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 32,000 km   TS: 3,000 km/s     52 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

G2-FMASS Active Search Sensor AS1-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 1     Range 1.6m km    MCR 143.6k km    Resolution 1

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
This design is classed as a e for auto-assignment purposes


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Heinkiel He-30123B class Fighter      207 tons       6 Crew       23.5 BP       TCS 4    TH 10    EM 0
2512 km/s      Armour 2-3       Shields 0-0       HTK 2      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 1.5
Maint Life 15.31 Years     MSP 12    AFR 3%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Lieutenant    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days    Morale Check Required   

G3-FE2 Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP10.40 (1)    Power 10.4    Fuel Use 221.88%    Signature 10.4    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,000 Litres    Range 0.39 billion km (43 hours at full power)

G1-HS1.5-GC Gauss Cannon R200-25.00 (1x2)    Range 20,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Accuracy Modifier 25.00%     RM 20,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-SWFBFC Beam Fire Control R32-TS3000 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 32,000 km   TS: 3,000 km/s     52 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

G2-FMASS Active Search Sensor AS1-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 1     Range 1.6m km    MCR 143.6k km    Resolution 1

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
This design is classed as a e for auto-assignment purposes
The main difference was their engine... I noticed that the minimum amount of Galicite in an engine will always be at least 5. So, what I did, was essentially design engine with this limitation in mind - since 5 is the minimum, there's little point in creating smaller, economically inefficient engines.
Either way, both of these designs are obsolete. 0 were built.
With the new Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine technology, the 1 HS size engines became economically viable:

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Heinkiel He-40123 class Fighter      191 tons       6 Crew       26.1 BP       TCS 4    TH 10    EM 0
2618 km/s      Armour 2-2       Shields 0-0       HTK 2      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 1.5
Maint Life 16.24 Years     MSP 13    AFR 3%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 9 MSP
Lieutenant    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days    Morale Check Required   

G4-FE Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP10.00 (1)    Power 10    Fuel Use 221.36%    Signature 10    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 2,000 Litres    Range 0.9 billion km (3 days at full power)

G2-HS1.5-GC Gauss Cannon R300-25.00 (1x3)    Range 30,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Accuracy Modifier 25.00%     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-SWFBFC Beam Fire Control R32-TS3000 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 32,000 km   TS: 3,000 km/s     52 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

G2-FMASS Active Search Sensor AS1-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 1     Range 1.6m km    MCR 143.6k km    Resolution 1

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
This design is classed as a e for auto-assignment purposes
Notable thing that I've noticed about active sensors - the EM improvements do not affect the required resources to build them. Meaning the EM technology is an economically viable way to increase the sensor range, without making your sensors more expensive.
Or, at least, this applies to the low level technology that I am in now...
There also were (and are) concepts of minimalist size, single use interceptor:

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Mitsubishi A30133M class Interceptor      124 tons       4 Crew       13.9 BP       TCS 2    TH 10    EM 0
3893 km/s      Armour 1-2       Shields 0-0       HTK 1      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 0.5
Maint Life 22.99 Years     MSP 7    AFR 1%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 0    Max Repair 8 MSP
Lieutenant    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 1.5 days    Morale Check Required   

G3-FE1 Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP9.60 (1)    Power 9.6    Fuel Use 230.94%    Signature 9.6    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,000 Litres    Range 0.63 billion km (45 hours at full power)

G1-HS.5-GC Gauss Cannon R200-8.00 (1x2)    Range 20,000km     TS: 3,893 km/s     Accuracy Modifier 8.00%     RM 20,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-SWIBFC Beam Fire Control R22-TS3900 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 22,400 km   TS: 3,900 km/s     54 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

G1-FMASS Active Search Sensor AS1-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 1     Range 1.4m km    MCR 124.4k km    Resolution 1

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
This design is classed as a e for auto-assignment purposes
The A3M became obsolete with the new INPE technology. 0 were built.
The modern design:

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Mitsubishi A40143M class Interceptor      113 tons       4 Crew       14.8 BP       TCS 2    TH 10    EM 0
4445 km/s      Armour 1-2       Shields 0-0       HTK 1      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 0.5
Maint Life 29.02 Years     MSP 8    AFR 1%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 0    Max Repair 8 MSP
Lieutenant    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 1.5 days    Morale Check Required   

G4-FE Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP10.00 (1)    Power 10    Fuel Use 221.36%    Signature 10    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,000 Litres    Range 0.72 billion km (45 hours at full power)

G2-HS.5-GC Gauss Cannon R300-8.00 (1x3)    Range 22,400km     TS: 4,445 km/s     Accuracy Modifier 8.00%     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-SWIBFC Beam Fire Control R22-TS3900 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 22,400 km   TS: 3,900 km/s     54 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

G2-FMASS Active Search Sensor AS1-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 1     Range 1.6m km    MCR 143.6k km    Resolution 1

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
This design is classed as a e for auto-assignment purposes
One of the main flaws however is the lacking tracking speed of fire control. It will have to be rectified with the new fire control developments.
More designs to come.

[Blogaugis (OP)]

Also, about fighters with missile armament...
They are classified as bombers:

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Dornier Do-32023A class Bomber      202 tons       2 Crew       23.9 BP       TCS 4    TH 10    EM 0
2378 km/s      Armour 2-3       Shields 0-0       HTK 1      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 1.5
Maint Life 17.50 Years     MSP 12    AFR 3%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Magazine 10   
Lieutenant    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days    Morale Check Required   

G3-FE1 Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP9.60 (1)    Power 9.6    Fuel Use 230.94%    Signature 9.6    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,000 Litres    Range 0.39 billion km (45 hours at full power)

G1-BML Size 5 Box Launcher (2)     Missile Size: 5    Hangar Reload 111 minutes    MF Reload 18 hours
G1-FSMFC Missile Fire Control FC14-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 14.4m km    Resolution 50
G3DFB (2)    Speed: 12,480 km/s    End: 29.7m     Range: 22.2m km    WH: 3    Size: 5    TH: 41/24/12

G2-FESASS Active Search Sensor AS9-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 120     Range 9.1m km    Resolution 50

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 planetary interaction
This design is classed as a e for auto-assignment purposes


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Dornier Do-32023B class Bomber      208 tons       2 Crew       24.2 BP       TCS 4    TH 10    EM 0
2505 km/s      Armour 2-3       Shields 0-0       HTK 1      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 1.5
Maint Life 16.85 Years     MSP 12    AFR 3%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Magazine 10   
Lieutenant    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days    Morale Check Required   

G3-FE2 Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP10.40 (1)    Power 10.4    Fuel Use 221.88%    Signature 10.4    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,000 Litres    Range 0.39 billion km (43 hours at full power)

G1-BML Size 5 Box Launcher (2)     Missile Size: 5    Hangar Reload 111 minutes    MF Reload 18 hours
G1-FSMFC Missile Fire Control FC14-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 14.4m km    Resolution 50
G3DFB (2)    Speed: 12,480 km/s    End: 29.7m     Range: 22.2m km    WH: 3    Size: 5    TH: 41/24/12

G2-FESASS Active Search Sensor AS9-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 120     Range 9.1m km    Resolution 50

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 planetary interaction
This design is classed as a e for auto-assignment purposes
As with the fighters, bombers also were designed with different engines...
None were built however.
The modern variant:

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Dornier Do-42023 class Bomber      192 tons       2 Crew       24.8 BP       TCS 4    TH 10    EM 0
2611 km/s      Armour 2-2       Shields 0-0       HTK 1      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 1.5
Maint Life 20.19 Years     MSP 13    AFR 3%    IFR 0.0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Magazine 10   
Lieutenant    Control Rating 1   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days    Morale Check Required   

G4-FE Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP10.00 (1)    Power 10    Fuel Use 221.36%    Signature 10    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 2,000 Litres    Range 0.8 billion km (3 days at full power)

G1-BML Size 5 Box Launcher (2)     Missile Size: 5    Hangar Reload 111 minutes    MF Reload 18 hours
G2-FSMFC Missile Fire Control FC16-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 16.6m km    Resolution 50

G3-FESASS Active Search Sensor AS10-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 160     Range 10.5m km    Resolution 50

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
This design is classed as a e for auto-assignment purposes
I forgot to note about fighter variants: the Heinkiel 4 model actually was constructed - 20 in active service.
Now about bombers - previous iteration (Dornier 2) actually had a problem with missile fire control, active search sensor and missile ranges. The Generation 3 Fighter Extended Ship Active Search Sensor alleviates this problem somewhat, but it still persists. It may be necessary to pretty much double the size of the Active search sensor, though it would come at the cost of requiring a crew member.
Overall it looks like this:
Missile (G4) range is 25.39 m km, Fire control range is 16.6 m km, Search Sensor range 10.5 m km. It is still sub-optimal.
0 Do 4s have been built so far.
Older Do 2s that have been constructed (5 in total), may be used as a planetary bombardment craft and perhaps as a outdated unimportant planet and/or system garrison.

Another thing to note - the armor technology has surged ahead, currently composite armor.
There are no heavy fighter designs, for now.
ODP:

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Watchman C class Orbital Defence Platform      2,500 tons       86 Crew       315.4 BP       TCS 50    TH 0    EM 300
1 km/s      Armour 4-16       Shields 10-300       HTK 15      Sensors 1/1/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 16.8
Maint Life 4.20 Years     MSP 159    AFR 67%    IFR 0.9%    1YR 14    5YR 216    Max Repair 48 MSP
Captain    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 1 months    Morale Check Required   

G1-CSS Alpha S10 / R300 Shields (1)     Recharge Time 300 seconds (0 per second)

G2-SLT Single G2-HS3 10cm C1.5 Visible Light Laser Turret (2x1)    Range 60,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 3-1.5     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
G2-SGCT Single G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (1x3)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-ESBFC Beam Fire Control R64-TS12000 (70%) (1)     Max Range: 64,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     84 69 53 38 22 6 0 0 0 0
G2-SWSBFC Beam Fire Control R32-TS12000 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 32,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     69 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G3-O3PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R3 (1)     Total Power Output 3    Exp 5%

G3-SMASS Active Search Sensor AS6-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
G3-SSASS Active Search Sensor AS23-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 800     Range 23.5m km    Resolution 50
BTNS Thermal Sensor TH0.2-1.0 (1)     Sensitivity 1     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km
BEMNS EM Sensor EM0.2-1.0 (1)     Sensitivity 1     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km

ECCM-1 (1)         This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
About deployment time - being towed by a tug is not considered deployed?
Also, I'm considering the idea to create several types of Orbital defense platforms, one being more about Longer ranged weaponry, medium-close ranged and missile...

[serger]

There is no relief in space, so no need to have full range radar at every fighter and/or bomber - you'll need only 1 radar in range (2, if you like to have a spare) to guide your missile salvos, so a common practice is to have missile design without active sensors or with minimal 1-res close range one, and another design - specialized AWACS or EWC with radar only, 1 or 2 for every missile squadron or wing.

It is also no need to have so long Maint Life for your strike craft models, because they'll be maintained at hangars or in orbit of their base. It is very unlikely that any of them will catch failure during their 3-day-long mission. It is though rather rational to have long Maint Life for training fighters - just to have long training missions.

Being towed by a tug is considered deployed, the same as being in orbit without sufficient maintenance facility or module.

[Blogaugis (OP)]

There is no relief in space, so no need to have full range radar at every fighter and/or bomber - you'll need only 1 radar in range (2, if you like to have a spare) to guide your missile salvos, so a common practice is to have missile design without active sensors or with minimal 1-res close range one, and another design - specialized AWACS or EWC with radar only, 1 or 2 for every missile squadron or wing.

Is it have to be in the same fleet? Or can there be multiple fleets?

It is also no need to have so long Maint Life for your strike craft models, because they'll be maintained at hangars or in orbit of their base. It is very unlikely that any of them will catch failure during their 3-day-long mission. It is though rather rational to have long Maint Life for training fighters - just to have long training missions.

In that case, maintenance storage for fighters seems a pointless component, exists solely to make it that designs be in nice, round numbers...
Though... How about the idea of giving them some capability to carry out independent operations?

Being towed by a tug is considered deployed, the same as being in orbit without sufficient maintenance facility or module.

Well, that means that the 1 month of deployment time should help when the platform is being relocated to a world far far away.

[nuclearslurpee]

There is no relief in space, so no need to have full range radar at every fighter and/or bomber - you'll need only 1 radar in range (2, if you like to have a spare) to guide your missile salvos, so a common practice is to have missile design without active sensors or with minimal 1-res close range one, and another design - specialized AWACS or EWC with radar only, 1 or 2 for every missile squadron or wing.

Is it have to be in the same fleet? Or can there be multiple fleets?

It doesn't matter. The rule is simply that as long as an enemy ship is detected by some active sensor of your race, you can fire at it as long as it is within MFC range.

In that case, maintenance storage for fighters seems a pointless component, exists solely to make it that designs be in nice, round numbers...
Though... How about the idea of giving them some capability to carry out independent operations?

It can be useful to add just enough MSP to fix a single failure, which can occasionally be a good idea. Also the fighter-size components are good for reconnaissance fighters that will spend days rather than hours away from a carrier.

Well, that means that the 1 month of deployment time should help when the platform is being relocated to a world far far away.

The deployment time doesn't matter too much, because it will recover fairly quickly once you are in orbit of a populated colony.

It can matter more if you are building stations for deep space or JP defense but then a recreational station is probably better to accompany a group of defense stations.

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Regarding the current designs iteration, the largest thing missing is engine boosting. All of your fighters are at merely 1.0x boost which is limiting by itself, but far worse is the missiles situation. Even the NPRs with their terrible designs can easily get ASMs with over 20,000 km/s at INPE tech level, by using the EP boost techs. For missiles this will also give better speed per MSP allowing you to put a larger warhead on your missiles, or to start gaining MR to improve accuracy. For example, with reasonable INPE-level techs you can build a missile that is size 5, WH 6, speed over 20k km/s, and has MR=12 and 20m to 30m km range, with the EP boost tech up to 2.0x. This is admittedly a bit short range for a ASM but it illustrates what should be possible. Alternatively you can drop the WH to 4 in order to have more like 40m km range which is a nice number for INPE tech.

Your speeds in general while better are still a bit lackluster. At INPE tech level I would say 3000 km/s is the bare minimum, really only for missile ships. The NPRs will probably be in a range of maybe 3200 to 3500 km/s so as a player you should ideally exceed this, certainly with fighters you should exceed this by a lot using the EP boost techs, otherwise why use fighters at all?

[Blogaugis (OP)]

It doesn't matter. The rule is simply that as long as an enemy ship is detected by some active sensor of your race, you can fire at it as long as it is within MFC range.

Well, then a single spotter ship is a valid choice. This means that fighters only need to carry the very minimalistic active search sensor, just to be able to use their fire control.
I guess their carriers should carry the sensor suite.

It can be useful to add just enough MSP to fix a single failure, which can occasionally be a good idea. Also the fighter-size components are good for reconnaissance fighters that will spend days rather than hours away from a carrier.

My ~250 ton fighter designs have some emphasis on survivability, to the point of giving them a way to limp back to a planet, in case their carrier is destroyed.

The deployment time doesn't matter too much, because it will recover fairly quickly once you are in orbit of a populated colony.

It can matter more if you are building stations for deep space or JP defense but then a recreational station is probably better to accompany a group of defense stations.

Alright... a recreational module essentially allows crew to rest, same as 50,000 colonist size colony?
While maintenance facility allows the ship to stay still for an unlimited amount of time? Their tonnage is relevant only when overhauling?

Regarding the current designs iteration, the largest thing missing is engine boosting. All of your fighters are at merely 1.0x boost which is limiting by itself, but far worse is the missiles situation. Even the NPRs with their terrible designs can easily get ASMs with over 20,000 km/s at INPE tech level, by using the EP boost techs. For missiles this will also give better speed per MSP allowing you to put a larger warhead on your missiles, or to start gaining MR to improve accuracy. For example, with reasonable INPE-level techs you can build a missile that is size 5, WH 6, speed over 20k km/s, and has MR=12 and 20m to 30m km range, with the EP boost tech up to 2.0x. This is admittedly a bit short range for a ASM but it illustrates what should be possible. Alternatively you can drop the WH to 4 in order to have more like 40m km range which is a nice number for INPE tech.

Your speeds in general while better are still a bit lackluster. At INPE tech level I would say 3000 km/s is the bare minimum, really only for missile ships. The NPRs will probably be in a range of maybe 3200 to 3500 km/s so as a player you should ideally exceed this, certainly with fighters you should exceed this by a lot using the EP boost techs, otherwise why use fighters at all?

A boost, a boost! My Empire for the boost!
Well, I suppose that reducing Engine size, adding more fuel and making them boosted could help the situation...
Bu-ut, I want to see how it would go without the boost technology.
I think that 0.1 MSP dedicated to fuel, 3.9 to engine size and 1 point to warhead results in - 15,600 km/s speed, 4 warhead with 25,39 m km range - a pretty economical missile, intended to hit targets of resolution 50 and above.

As for fighters... Yeah, a hypothetical corvette already exceeds their speed:

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Schnellboote G2 class Corvette      2,500 tons       55 Crew       321.1 BP       TCS 50    TH 250    EM 30
5001 km/s      Armour 3-16       Shields 1-150       HTK 13      Sensors 1/1/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 9.9
Maint Life 1.60 Years     MSP 155    AFR 100%    IFR 1.4%    1YR 70    5YR 1,052    Max Repair 125 MSP
Magazine 10   
Captain    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 12 days    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (1)    Power 250    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 35,000 Litres    Range 5.7 billion km (13 days at full power)
G1-SSG Alpha S1 / R150 Shields (1)     Recharge Time 150 seconds (0 per second)

G2-SGCT Single G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (1x3)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-SWSBFC Beam Fire Control R32-TS12000 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 32,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     69 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

G1-BML Size 5 Box Launcher (2)     Missile Size: 5    Hangar Reload 111 minutes    MF Reload 18 hours
G2-FSMFC Missile Fire Control FC16-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 16.6m km    Resolution 50
G4DF (2)    Speed: 15,600 km/s    End: 27.1m     Range: 25.4m km    WH: 4    Size: 5    TH: 52/31/15

G3-SSASS Active Search Sensor AS23-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 800     Range 23.5m km    Resolution 50
G3-SMASS Active Search Sensor AS6-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
BTNS Thermal Sensor TH0.2-1.0 (1)     Sensitivity 1     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km
BEMNS EM Sensor EM0.2-1.0 (1)     Sensitivity 1     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km

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 design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
5,000 ton frigate is close too:

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Iltis G2 class Frigate      5,000 tons       140 Crew       609.5 BP       TCS 100    TH 250    EM 60
2500 km/s      Armour 4-26       Shields 2-150       HTK 36      Sensors 2/2/0/0      DCR 5      PPV 28.8
Maint Life 10.42 Years     MSP 1,096    AFR 40%    IFR 0.6%    1YR 18    5YR 276    Max Repair 125 MSP
Troop Capacity 100 tons     Magazine 115   
Captain    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 1.25 months    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (1)    Power 250    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres    Range 8.1 billion km (37 days at full power)
G1-SSG Alpha S1 / R150 Shields (2)     Recharge Time 150 seconds (0 per second)

G2-SLT Single G2-HS3 10cm C1.5 Visible Light Laser Turret (2x1)    Range 60,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 3-1.5     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
G2-SGCT Single G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (1x3)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-ESBFC Beam Fire Control R64-TS12000 (70%) (1)     Max Range: 64,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     84 69 53 38 22 6 0 0 0 0
G2-SWSBFC Beam Fire Control R32-TS12000 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 32,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     69 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G3-O3PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R3 (1)     Total Power Output 3    Exp 5%

G1-.3ML Size 5 Missile Launcher (30.0% Reduction) (8)     Missile Size: 5    Rate of Fire 6710
G1-SSMFC Missile Fire Control FC32-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 32.2m km    Resolution 50
G4DF (23)    Speed: 15,600 km/s    End: 27.1m     Range: 25.4m km    WH: 4    Size: 5    TH: 52/31/15

G3-SMASS Active Search Sensor AS6-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
G3-SSASS Active Search Sensor AS23-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 800     Range 23.5m km    Resolution 50
.4EMS EM Sensor EM0.4-2.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 2     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  11.2m km
.4TS Thermal Sensor TH0.4-2.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 2     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  11.2m km

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 design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
Bigger designs soon-ish...

[Blogaugis (OP)]

The new 10,000 ton survey craft is not yet finalized... The Gravsurvey equipment is missing, so I'll go to the upgraded old designs...

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Hessen G2 class Destroyer      15,000 tons       389 Crew       1,790 BP       TCS 300    TH 500    EM 600
1666 km/s      Armour 8-54       Shields 20-333       HTK 86      Sensors 3/3/0/0      DCR 10      PPV 117.54
Maint Life 3.90 Years     MSP 1,331    AFR 164%    IFR 2.3%    1YR 139    5YR 2,081    Max Repair 182.4 MSP
Troop Capacity 250 tons     Magazine 150    Cryogenic Berths 200   
Captain    Control Rating 2   BRG   AUX   
Intended Deployment Time: 1.5 months    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (2)    Power 500    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 250,000 Litres    Range 6.8 billion km (47 days at full power)
G2-CSSG Beta S20 / R333 Shields (1)     Recharge Time 333 seconds (0.1 per second)

G2-QLT Quad G2-HS3 10cm C1.5 Visible Light Laser Turret (2x4)    Range 60,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 12-6     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
G2-QGCT Quad G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (2x12)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-ESBFC Beam Fire Control R64-TS12000 (70%) (1)     Max Range: 64,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     84 69 53 38 22 6 0 0 0 0
G2-CSBFC Beam Fire Control R128-TS12000 (70%) (1)     Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
G3-O12PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R12 (1)     Total Power Output 12.2    Exp 5%

G1-.3ML Size 5 Missile Launcher (30.0% Reduction) (15)     Missile Size: 5    Rate of Fire 6710
G1-SSMFC Missile Fire Control FC32-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 32.2m km    Resolution 50
G4DF (25)    Speed: 15,600 km/s    End: 27.1m     Range: 25.4m km    WH: 4    Size: 5    TH: 52/31/15

G3-SSASS Active Search Sensor AS23-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 800     Range 23.5m km    Resolution 50
G3-SMASS Active Search Sensor AS6-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
.6EMS EM Sensor EM0.6-3.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 3     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  13.7m km
.6TS Thermal Sensor TH0.6-3.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 3     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  13.7m km

ECCM-1 (3)         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 design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
The destroyer got an upgrade. And with it's different speed, I think it would be more about independent operations rather than an escort ship.

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Konigsberg G2 class Light Cruiser      25,000 tons       678 Crew       2,838.6 BP       TCS 500    TH 500    EM 1,200
1000 km/s      Armour 10-76       Shields 40-333       HTK 151      Sensors 4/4/0/0      DCR 25      PPV 186.72
Maint Life 5.68 Years     MSP 2,344    AFR 193%    IFR 2.7%    1YR 123    5YR 1,842    Max Repair 182.4 MSP
Troop Capacity 1,000 tons     Magazine 270    Cryogenic Berths 200    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1   
Captain    Control Rating 2   BRG   AUX   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (2)    Power 500    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 500,000 Litres    Range 8.1 billion km (94 days at full power)
G2-CSSG Beta S20 / R333 Shields (2)     Recharge Time 333 seconds (0.1 per second)

G2-PCHS6 20 cm C2 Plasma Carronade (4)    Range 100,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Power 10-2     RM 10,000 km    ROF 25       
G2-QLT Quad G2-HS3 10cm C1.5 Visible Light Laser Turret (4x4)    Range 60,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 12-6     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
G2-QGCT Quad G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (2x12)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-CSBFC Beam Fire Control R128-TS12000 (70%) (3)     Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
G3-O32PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R32 (1)     Total Power Output 32    Exp 5%

G1-.3ML Size 5 Missile Launcher (30.0% Reduction) (24)     Missile Size: 5    Rate of Fire 6710
G1-SSMFC Missile Fire Control FC32-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 32.2m km    Resolution 50
G4DF (54)    Speed: 15,600 km/s    End: 27.1m     Range: 25.4m km    WH: 4    Size: 5    TH: 52/31/15

G3-SSASS Active Search Sensor AS23-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 800     Range 23.5m km    Resolution 50
G3-SMASS Active Search Sensor AS6-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
.8EMS EM Sensor EM0.8-4.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 4     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  15.8m km
.8TS Thermal Sensor TH0.8-4.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 4     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  15.8m km

ECCM-1 (4)         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 design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
The light cruiser. The main fleet escort vessel. Plasma carronades should also allow it to participate in planetary bombardment role.
The same tonnage escort carrier:

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Rheinland G2 class Escort Carrier      25,000 tons       470 Crew       2,771.1 BP       TCS 500    TH 500    EM 600
1000 km/s      Armour 5-76       Shields 20-333       HTK 136      Sensors 5/5/0/0      DCR 30      PPV 63.36
Maint Life 8.05 Years     MSP 5,443    AFR 167%    IFR 2.3%    1YR 149    5YR 2,241    Max Repair 182.4 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 10,000 tons     Troop Capacity 1,000 tons     Cryogenic Berths 200    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1   
Captain    Control Rating 2   BRG   AUX   
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months    Flight Crew Berths 200    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (2)    Power 500    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 750,000 Litres    Range 12.2 billion km (141 days at full power)
G2-CSSG Beta S20 / R333 Shields (1)     Recharge Time 333 seconds (0.1 per second)

G2-QGCT Quad G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (2x12)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-ESBFC Beam Fire Control R64-TS12000 (70%) (1)     Max Range: 64,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     84 69 53 38 22 6 0 0 0 0

G3-SSASS Active Search Sensor AS23-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 800     Range 23.5m km    Resolution 50
G3-SMASS Active Search Sensor AS6-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
1EMS EM Sensor EM1.0-5.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 5     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  17.7m km
1TS Thermal Sensor TH1.0-5.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 5     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  17.7m km

ECCM-1 (1)         Strike Group
52x Heinkiel He-40123 Fighter   Speed: 2618 km/s    Size: 3.82

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a b for auto-assignment purposes
The design is made to support only fighters. No bombers. I guess the auxiliary bridge could be removed... But, flight control is not yet researched.

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Deutschland G2 class Heavy Cruiser      50,000 tons       1,407 Crew       5,558.7 BP       TCS 1,000    TH 1,000    EM 1,800
1000 km/s      Armour 12-120       Shields 60-333       HTK 310      Sensors 5/5/0/0      DCR 57      PPV 465.48
Maint Life 5.78 Years     MSP 4,546    AFR 348%    IFR 4.8%    1YR 231    5YR 3,466    Max Repair 324 MSP
Troop Capacity 1,000 tons     Magazine 300    Cryogenic Berths 200    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1   
Commander    Control Rating 3   BRG   AUX   FLG   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (4)    Power 1000    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,000,000 Litres    Range 8.1 billion km (94 days at full power)
G2-CSSG Beta S20 / R333 Shields (3)     Recharge Time 333 seconds (0.2 per second)

G2-PCHS6 20 cm C2 Plasma Carronade (12)    Range 100,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Power 10-2     RM 10,000 km    ROF 25       
G2-QLT Quad G2-HS3 10cm C1.5 Visible Light Laser Turret (14x4)    Range 60,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 12-6     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
G2-QGCT Quad G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (4x12)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-CSBFC Beam Fire Control R128-TS12000 (70%) (3)     Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
G3-O108PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R108 (1)     Total Power Output 108    Exp 5%

G1-.3ML Size 5 Missile Launcher (30.0% Reduction) (30)     Missile Size: 5    Rate of Fire 6710
G1-SSMFC Missile Fire Control FC32-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 32.2m km    Resolution 50
G4DF (60)    Speed: 15,600 km/s    End: 27.1m     Range: 25.4m km    WH: 4    Size: 5    TH: 52/31/15

G3-SMASS Active Search Sensor AS6-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
G3-SSASS Active Search Sensor AS23-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 800     Range 23.5m km    Resolution 50
1EMS EM Sensor EM1.0-5.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 5     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  17.7m km
1TS Thermal Sensor TH1.0-5.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 5     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  17.7m km

ECCM-1 (4)         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 design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
The first serious capital ship, with a whole flag bridge installed. I suppose a small cruiser force could consist of 1 heavy cruiser and 1 light cruiser.

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Bayern G2 class Light Carrier      50,000 tons       1,079 Crew       6,337.7 BP       TCS 1,000    TH 1,000    EM 1,200
1000 km/s      Armour 6-120       Shields 40-333       HTK 249      Sensors 5/5/0/0      DCR 62      PPV 95.04
Maint Life 5.15 Years     MSP 7,421    AFR 323%    IFR 4.5%    1YR 466    5YR 6,997    Max Repair 575 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 19,000 tons     Troop Capacity 1,000 tons     Magazine 150    Cryogenic Berths 200    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1   
Commander    Control Rating 3   BRG   AUX   FLG   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months    Flight Crew Berths 380    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (4)    Power 1000    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 1,058,000 Litres    Range 8.6 billion km (99 days at full power)
G2-CSSG Beta S20 / R333 Shields (2)     Recharge Time 333 seconds (0.1 per second)

G2-QGCT Quad G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (3x12)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-CSBFC Beam Fire Control R128-TS12000 (70%) (1)     Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22

G4DF (30)    Speed: 15,600 km/s    End: 27.1m     Range: 25.4m km    WH: 4    Size: 5    TH: 52/31/15

G1-CSMASS Active Search Sensor AS30-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 500     Range 30.9m km    MCR 2.8m km    Resolution 1
G1-CSSASS Active Search Sensor AS113-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 25000     Range 113.8m km    Resolution 50
1EMS EM Sensor EM1.0-5.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 5     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  17.7m km
1TS Thermal Sensor TH1.0-5.0 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 5     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  17.7m km

ECCM-1 (1)         Strike Group
15x Dornier Do-42023 Bomber   Speed: 2611 km/s    Size: 3.83
84x Heinkiel He-40123 Fighter   Speed: 2618 km/s    Size: 3.82

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 design is classed as a b for auto-assignment purposes
The light carrier. with 30 missiles, it gives it's 15 bombers 1 more attempt to rearm and attack enemy ships or planets. Perhaps some Heinkiels could be swapped out for boarding or even drop shuttles.

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Scharnhorst G2R class Battlecruiser      75,000 tons       2,194 Crew       9,221 BP       TCS 1,500    TH 2,000    EM 1,800
1333 km/s      Armour 11-158       Shields 60-333       HTK 407      Sensors 250/250/0/0      DCR 83      PPV 505.8
Maint Life 3.69 Years     MSP 6,907    AFR 542%    IFR 7.5%    1YR 789    5YR 11,829    Max Repair 575 MSP
Troop Capacity 1,000 tons     Magazine 450    Cryogenic Berths 200    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1   
Commander    Control Rating 3   BRG   AUX   FLG   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (8)    Power 2000    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 2,000,000 Litres    Range 10.8 billion km (94 days at full power)
G2-CSSG Beta S20 / R333 Shields (3)     Recharge Time 333 seconds (0.2 per second)

G2-PCHS6 20 cm C2 Plasma Carronade (24)    Range 100,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Power 10-2     RM 10,000 km    ROF 25       
G2-QLT Quad G2-HS3 10cm C1.5 Visible Light Laser Turret (10x4)    Range 60,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 12-6     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
G2-QGCT Quad G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (5x12)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-CSBFC Beam Fire Control R128-TS12000 (70%) (3)     Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
G3-O108PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R108 (1)     Total Power Output 108    Exp 5%

G1-.3ML Size 5 Missile Launcher (30.0% Reduction) (30)     Missile Size: 5    Rate of Fire 6710
G1-CSSMFC Missile Fire Control FC227-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 227.7m km    Resolution 50
G4DF (90)    Speed: 15,600 km/s    End: 27.1m     Range: 25.4m km    WH: 4    Size: 5    TH: 52/31/15

G1-CSSASS Active Search Sensor AS113-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 25000     Range 113.8m km    Resolution 50
G1-CSMASS Active Search Sensor AS30-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 500     Range 30.9m km    MCR 2.8m km    Resolution 1
TCSS Thermal Sensor TH50-250 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 250     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  125m km
EMCSS EM Sensor EM50-250 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 250     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  125m km

ECCM-1 (4)         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 design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
Battlecruiser having a bit higher speed is relegated more to a raider role, with the intent to hunt down supporting ships and some quick planetary raiding.

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Bismarck G2 class Battleship      100,000 tons       3,040 Crew       12,535.1 BP       TCS 2,000    TH 2,000    EM 3,000
1000 km/s      Armour 15-191       Shields 100-333       HTK 562      Sensors 250/250/0/0      DCR 188      PPV 774.48
Maint Life 7.25 Years     MSP 15,355    AFR 424%    IFR 5.9%    1YR 512    5YR 7,682    Max Repair 575 MSP
Troop Capacity 1,000 tons     Cryogenic Berths 200    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1   
Commander    Control Rating 3   BRG   AUX   FLG   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months    Morale Check Required   

G4-ME Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP250.00 (8)    Power 2000    Fuel Use 44.27%    Signature 250    Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 2,000,000 Litres    Range 8.1 billion km (94 days at full power)
G2-CSSG Beta S20 / R333 Shields (5)     Recharge Time 333 seconds (0.3 per second)

G2-PCHS6 20 cm C2 Plasma Carronade (5)    Range 100,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Power 10-2     RM 10,000 km    ROF 25       
G2-QLT Quad G2-HS3 10cm C1.5 Visible Light Laser Turret (27x4)    Range 60,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 12-6     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
G2-QGCT Quad G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (10x12)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-CSBFC Beam Fire Control R128-TS12000 (70%) (3)     Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
G3-O108PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R108 (1)     Total Power Output 108    Exp 5%
G3-O32PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R32 (2)     Total Power Output 64    Exp 5%

G1-CSMASS Active Search Sensor AS30-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 500     Range 30.9m km    MCR 2.8m km    Resolution 1
G1-CSSASS Active Search Sensor AS113-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 25000     Range 113.8m km    Resolution 50
TCSS Thermal Sensor TH50-250 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 250     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  125m km
EMCSS EM Sensor EM50-250 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 250     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  125m km

ECCM-1 (3)         This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
One thing to note, the new and larger power plants are not yet developed. With no missiles, battleship is a bit of an oddity here.
And lastly, the moment we all been waiting for:

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Atlantis G2 class Titan      1,000,000 tons       19,496 Crew       149,880.6 BP       TCS 20,000    TH 3,750    EM 6,000
187 km/s      Armour 100-890       Shields 200-333       HTK 4793      Sensors 250/250/0/0      DCR 2640      PPV 3,796.2
Maint Life 13.17 Years     MSP 257,445    AFR 3030%    IFR 42.1%    1YR 2,756    5YR 41,347    Max Repair 575 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 5,000 tons     Troop Capacity 5,000 tons     Magazine 450    Cryogenic Berths 1,000    Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 1   
Commander    Control Rating 3   BRG   AUX   FLG   
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months    Flight Crew Berths 100    Morale Check Required   

G4-CE Commercial Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine  EP125.0 (30)    Power 3750    Fuel Use 7.83%    Signature 125    Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 3,000,000 Litres    Range 6.9 billion km (425 days at full power)
Refuelling Capability: 50,000 litres per hour     Complete Refuel 60 hours
G2-CSSG Beta S20 / R333 Shields (10)     Recharge Time 333 seconds (0.6 per second)

G2-PCHS6 20 cm C2 Plasma Carronade (18)    Range 100,000km     TS: 3,000 km/s     Power 10-2     RM 10,000 km    ROF 25       
G2-QLT Quad G2-HS3 10cm C1.5 Visible Light Laser Turret (30x4)    Range 60,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 12-6     RM 20,000 km    ROF 10       
G2-QGCT Quad G2-HS6-GC Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (100x12)    Range 30,000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 30,000 km    ROF 5       
G2-CSBFC Beam Fire Control R128-TS12000 (70%) (3)     Max Range: 128,000 km   TS: 12,000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
G3-O108PP Improved Pebble Bed Reactor R108 (2)     Total Power Output 216    Exp 5%

G1-.3ML Size 5 Missile Launcher (30.0% Reduction) (30)     Missile Size: 5    Rate of Fire 6710
G1-CSSMFC Missile Fire Control FC227-R50 (70%) (1)     Range 227.7m km    Resolution 50
G4DF (90)    Speed: 15,600 km/s    End: 27.1m     Range: 25.4m km    WH: 4    Size: 5    TH: 52/31/15
Ordnance Transfer Rate: 40 MSP per hour     Complete Transfer 11.3 hours

G1-CSMASS Active Search Sensor AS30-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 500     Range 30.9m km    MCR 2.8m km    Resolution 1
G1-CSSASS Active Search Sensor AS113-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 25000     Range 113.8m km    Resolution 50
EMCSS EM Sensor EM50-250 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 250     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  125m km
TCSS Thermal Sensor TH50-250 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 250     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  125m km
ELINT Module (1)     Sensitivity 5     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  17.7m km

ECCM-1 (4)         Strike Group
21x Heinkiel He-40123 Fighter   Speed: 2618 km/s    Size: 3.82
5x Dornier Do-42023 Bomber   Speed: 2611 km/s    Size: 3.83

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 design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes
Still horribly sluggish, it's main goal is to turn the enemy planets to ash, engaging enemy ships is left for other ships. Cargo bay is swapped for a hangar deck. I suppose those refueling systems and ordnance transfer systems could also be removed and replaced with something better. There are also some reactor technology missing. The new composite armor really helps.

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Schnellboote's missiles are incapable of disabling any armoured ship of the size their firecontrol and agility are supposed to work on.
At the same time, the only weapon they have aside of missiles - is nearly antimissile-only gauss turret.
What are they supposed to do at all? They are nearly useless.

Your bigger ships have too much ECM redundancy (it's enough to have 1 ECM per ship and 1 ECCM per target).

[nuclearslurpee]

Well, then a single spotter ship is a valid choice. This means that fighters only need to carry the very minimalistic active search sensor, just to be able to use their fire control.

Actually you do not need an active sensor on the same ship to fire a weapon, only a fire control.

So if you have a spotter and 12 bombers, the bombers do not need any active sensor, only the spotter does. The bombers do need fire controls.

Alright... a recreational module essentially allows crew to rest, same as 50,000 colonist size colony?

Yes.

While maintenance facility allows the ship to stay still for an unlimited amount of time? Their tonnage is relevant only when overhauling?

Tonnage matters, each maintenance facility or module can support a specific amount of tonnage (based on your tech level). If you have 100 maintenance facilities + modules at the base tech level for example, you can support up to 100,000 tons of ships. If you have, say, 200,000 tons of ships, you support them at half efficiency, so each ship will accumulate maintenance clock time but it will be slowed down.

I think that 0.1 MSP dedicated to fuel, 3.9 to engine size and 1 point to warhead results in - 15,600 km/s speed, 4 warhead with 25,39 m km range - a pretty economical missile, intended to hit targets of resolution 50 and above.

It ends up costing you twice over. First and most obvious, a slower missile means lower hit rate which means more ordnance expended to kill a target, or alternatively you might not kill the target with the amount of ordnance available. Second, a slower missile will be more vulnerable to point defense, both AMMs and beam final fire.

Similarly for AMMs if you use them (which you don't have to against NPRs but it's a good idea) will have a very reduced hit rate without EP boosting. Since range doesn't matter you absolutely need to max out the EP boost on those.

Schnellboote's missiles are incapable of disabling any armoured ship of the size their firecontrol and agility are supposed to work on.
At the same time, the only weapon they have aside of missiles - is nearly antimissile-only gauss turret.
What are they supposed to do at all? They are nearly useless.

Unless there's an RP reason I think 10cm railguns would be better on the Schnellbooten, replacing both turrets and missiles. Railguns work very well as point defense on fast ships due to being much lighter than comparable Gauss guns, since a fast ship makes a turret somewhat less useful than on a slower ship. They are also a good secondary offensive weapon since a fast ship can easily overtake a vulnerable enemy ship and pew pew it to death.

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Speaking of missiles again.

I think in most cases, when players are considering to design mix-armed combat ships (that is: missiles, and turretted beams, and unturretted beams or railguns, and turreted anti-missile in one hull), they just want to have smth like real-world wet navy ships of XX century.

The first difference is that for small ships missiles and even guns in Aurora aren't like missiles or torpedoes in real world. That is, in real world light ship cannot carry armour - not enough to stop even light shell - and be able to weather the storm in open waters. So, real light warships are fighting through maneuver, reaction, accuracy and stochastics, not through armour-piercing and armour-shearing. In Aurora you just cannot build military ship, that cannot deflect first light weapon hit (if it is not meson). Even the lightest of fighters can absorb 1 or 2 gauss or 10-sm railgun hits with their armour before your weapon can disable them with next hit. And with those next hits there will be not much stochastics: combat craft or light ship can withstand several hits, no more.

The second difference is, as I mentioned above, that there is no relief in space, the same as no weather. So no masks and no zero visibility conditions, and so nearly no close combat surprises, no conditions where you just cannot use one of your weapon types and no difference with weapon reaction times.

So, while in real wet navy, if you want to maximize your ship's chances to win and survive - you have to arm her with several different weapons to "fill" most likely combat conditions, in Aurora you just have to use the most effective anti-ship weapon you have and, if it's likely that your design will face missile fire - you have to use also the most effective anti-missile weapon you have, or even the one combined in both those roles, as are railguns for fast combat designs). There is no condition in Aurora, where your main anti-ship weapon will be disabled by weather, or unusable in current relief against current target, or not able to shoot in 5 secs (while another, more quick-reaction weapon will fire successfully) and so on. You have to bear in mind expected range, and if your main anti-ship weapon is effective at this range - you have to use it as your only anti-ship weapon, because there will be nearly no chance that some other weapon will happen to be drastically more effective in some unexpected combat condition. Some weapon can be slightly more effective against some opponent, but this slight effect will not be enough to outweigh overall weakening of your designs, that will be inevitable with this distribution of your research and development efforts to produce several nearly-equally effective different types of weapons.

To bring some kind of real world flavour and be effective in it - you have to use bigger weapons. Larger calibers (smth like 15-20 of warhead power to deal with destroyer-size warship) will bring shock-effect, with some non-negligible chance to disable enemy ship without shearing most of it's armour off preliminarily. Nearly the same, larger calibers of laser, particle lance or meson are able to penetrate thin armour or make shockwave too, though it's easier to reach this effect with missiles. Warheads of your size are incapable to reach this at all - the thinnest armour available in Aurora is able to stop their first strike and so the only way to use them effectively is to shear off opponent's armour with saturating fire, and to do it you have to use your most effective weapon only, not a mix of more and less effective weapons. Light combat ships are incapable with this role, if they are not very specialized - so unarmored, short-legged (slow or low endurance), one-weapon per class, slow-reloading, but able to bear some large-caliber weapon, one per hull, but capable to hit hard.

[Blogaugis (OP)]

Schnellboote's missiles are incapable of disabling any armoured ship of the size their firecontrol and agility are supposed to work on.
At the same time, the only weapon they have aside of missiles - is nearly antimissile-only gauss turret.
What are they supposed to do at all? They are nearly useless.

Yeah, some improvements and decisions on what the Corvettes supposed to do would be good.
I suppose that defensive turrets are not really necessary for ships of this size?
I guess both the missiles and gauss cannon (if the defensive armament won't be necessary) can be swapped out for either a laser cannon or a plasma carronade.

Your bigger ships have too much ECM redundancy (it's enough to have 1 ECM per ship and 1 ECCM per target).

Isn't ECCM supposed to be per fire control? Last I checked fleet fire controls, there was an option to select eccm for a fire control.
While ECM - it is not yet developed.

Actually you do not need an active sensor on the same ship to fire a weapon, only a fire control.

So if you have a spotter and 12 bombers, the bombers do not need any active sensor, only the spotter does. The bombers do need fire controls.

So that means, that the active search sensor on fighters (and bombers) is generally only there, when you intend to make them capable of independent operations, as in, far away from a carrier and/or sensor ship.

Yes.

Tonnage matters, each maintenance facility or module can support a specific amount of tonnage (based on your tech level). If you have 100 maintenance facilities + modules at the base tech level for example, you can support up to 100,000 tons of ships. If you have, say, 200,000 tons of ships, you support them at half efficiency, so each ship will accumulate maintenance clock time but it will be slowed down.

Thank You for clarifications.

It ends up costing you twice over. First and most obvious, a slower missile means lower hit rate which means more ordnance expended to kill a target, or alternatively you might not kill the target with the amount of ordnance available. Second, a slower missile will be more vulnerable to point defense, both AMMs and beam final fire.

Similarly for AMMs if you use them (which you don't have to against NPRs but it's a good idea) will have a very reduced hit rate without EP boosting. Since range doesn't matter you absolutely need to max out the EP boost on those.

The need for speed...
I suppose hit rate could be circumvented via maneuverability setting.

As for Anti-Missile-Missiles, since I decided to see how would it go without boosting, I pretty much decided that there won't be AMMs, only size 5 MSP missiles, separated by generations.
So the boosting is vital either way...
I guess the missiles will become more of a weapon of opportunity, more used to bomb planets and too slow ships. While the main weapons will probably become lasers.
Or, actually, with the fighter-centric approach, it may be the gauss that overwhelms the enemy, slowing them down due to engine damage, which allows the rest of the fleet to get in range and deal a finishing blow with lasers and plasma carronades.

Unless there's an RP reason I think 10cm railguns would be better on the Schnellbooten, replacing both turrets and missiles. Railguns work very well as point defense on fast ships due to being much lighter than comparable Gauss guns, since a fast ship makes a turret somewhat less useful than on a slower ship. They are also a good secondary offensive weapon since a fast ship can easily overtake a vulnerable enemy ship and pew pew it to death.

I decided to forget about railguns, mesons and particle beams, instead going with:
Lasers, Plasma Carronades, Missiles and Gauss cannons.

[ZimRathbone]

The second difference is, as I mentioned above, that there is no relief in space, the same as no weather. So no masks and no zero visibility conditions, and so nearly no close combat surprises, no conditions where you just cannot use one of your weapon types and no difference with weapon reaction times.

VB Aurora  did have some terrain in the form of Nebulae which seriously nerfed missiles and shields, slowed down ships depending on their armour levels, and reduced detection ranges. It could be a pain if you were unlucky enough to get a level12 nebula blocking your expansion into the rest of the universe (Happened to me once) but did present some different design and tactical challenges. 

It didn't happen if you used the Real Stars option.  I'm hopeful that it will eventually get added to C#

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Just for example.
Tried to copy your techs as close as it was possible.

First is very rough design, no optimization at all - just as close functional analog of your Schnellebottes as I can write on the knee instead of being fully consumed by my dinner.

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Hunter class Corvette      2 500 tons       88 Crew       392.5 BP       TCS 50    TH 400    EM 30
8001 km/s      Armour 3-16       Shields 1-150       HTK 14      Sensors 1/1/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 6
Maint Life 1.65 Years     MSP 189    AFR 100%    IFR 1.4%    1YR 82    5YR 1 235    Max Repair 200.00 MSP
Commander    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 12 days    Morale Check Required   

RD.1000F2M4 Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine (1)    Power 400.0    Fuel Use 320.00%    Signature 400.00    Explosion 20%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres    Range 5.6 billion km (8 days at full power)
SG.100/150M1 Shield Generator (1)     Recharge Time 150 seconds (0 per second)

LG.150M3 10cm Visible Light Laser Gun (2)    Range 40 000km     TS: 8 001 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 20 000 km    ROF 5        3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beam Fire Control R40-TS8000 (70%) (1)     Max Range: 40 000 km   TS: 8 000 km/s     75 50 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PWR.42M4 Improved Pebble Bed Reactor (2)     Total Power Output 6    Exp 5%

Active Search Sensor AS23-R50 (70%) (1)     GPS 800     Range 23.5m km    Resolution 50
Active Search Sensor AS6-R1 (70%) (1)     GPS 16     Range 6.4m km    MCR 574.5k km    Resolution 1
EMS.10M1 Passive Sensor Array (1)     Sensitivity 1.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km
THS.10M1 Passive Sensor Array (1)     Sensitivity 1.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes

She is slightly more expensive in terms of both wealth and maintenance, less potent in anti-missile role (still able to shoot down 1 your missile per increment), yet much faster and incomparably heavier armed: your is incapable of killing nearly anything else then unarmored merchant or surveyor, while mine is capable of killing several of yours without serious risk: 3000kkm/s faster, she'll just close her range at preferable 10kkm in 5-10 seconds after your first gauss hit and will punch through your armour with dual 3-layer-piercing shots - with their 3-layer armour it will be not much salvos before death.

Just a bit more specialized one:

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Star Hawk class Corvette      2 500 tons       87 Crew       382.7 BP       TCS 50    TH 400    EM 0
8001 km/s      Armour 4-16       Shields 0-0       HTK 11      Sensors 1/1/0/0      DCR 0      PPV 9
Maint Life 0.50 Years     MSP 209    AFR 500%    IFR 6.9%    1YR 421    5YR 6 313    Max Repair 200.00 MSP
Commander    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 7.2 days    Morale Check Required   

RD.1000F2M4 Improved Nuclear Pulse Engine (1)    Power 400.0    Fuel Use 320.00%    Signature 400.00    Explosion 20%
Fuel Capacity 255 000 Litres    Range 5.7 billion km (8 days at full power)

LG.150M3 10cm Visible Light Laser Gun (2)    Range 48 000km     TS: 8 001 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 20 000 km    ROF 5        3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
R15/C3 High Power Microwave (1)    Range 15 000km     TS: 8 001 km/s     Power 3-3    ROF 5        1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beam Fire Control R13-TS8000 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 12 800 km   TS: 8 000 km/s     22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beam Fire Control R48-TS8000 (SW) (70%) (1)     Max Range: 48 000 km   TS: 8 000 km/s     79 58 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
PWR.42M4 Improved Pebble Bed Reactor (3)     Total Power Output 9.1    Exp 5%

Active Search Sensor AS1-R1 (1)     GPS 2     Range 1.7m km    MCR 157.3k km    Resolution 1
Active Search Sensor AS5-R10 (1)     GPS 24     Range 5.3m km    Resolution 10
EMS.10M1 Passive Sensor Array (1)     Sensitivity 1.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km
THS.10M1 Passive Sensor Array (1)     Sensitivity 1.0     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  7.9m km

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a c for auto-assignment purposes

Shield generator isn't much of help - 1 power per 150 sec, will be knocked down by the first shot and if it will be HPMW fire - you are effectively dead at the next 5-10 seconds, not 150 seconds. So throw off shield generator and and more armour layer.

My standart armament for fast attack craft / light ship is HPMW and smth armour-piercing to stop and/or kill blinded targets as quick as it's possible. Longer-range fire control to kite smth short-handed if needed. Secondary fire control for redundancy and to have an ability to blind other target while stopping already blinded one.

Throwed off long-range active arrays, because it's not her role to spot missiles at half a million km ranges and betray herself with powerful active pings to any decent opponent's combat ship.

Deployment time and maintenance are optimized for her route time, because it's fast attack corvette - no point in sitting anywhere outside of colony orbit or hangar.

It's 50% more anti-missile capable comparable to Hunter class - and so close to your Schnellboote in yhis role, but it's not the main point. First of all - Star Hawk is capable to pray at your Schnellboote squadrons, if not flotillas. She is capable to easily blind and kill your Iltis too, because Iltis' missiles are too slow to have hit chances more then 25% and are too weak in the same time to disable Star Hawk with lucky shot, and Iltis's beam battery is weaker then Star Hawk's even without HPMW's blinding shots (and with it - Iltis will be blind and incapable of fighting in 10 or 15 seconds after her first laser salvo). It's possible for Star Hawk even to pray down your Hessen G2 destroyer - 6 times larger and more expensive, because there is a good chance that Star Hawk will take down Hessen's shields and blind her before Hessen's missile and beam batteries will shear off Star Hawk's armour!