I'm having some fun trying to play this campaign with no missiles. You got me feeling the itch again with this thread, so thanks for that :P Haven't had to use a 30 day increment yet, I've set Auroa running in the background on 1 day or 5 day increments a lot while I do other stuff which seems to be working out. I've read on the official forums that the C# version has no problem at all running 1 day increments (<1 second processing times) out to 100 years of game time which is just amazing and makes me even more impatient.
The current flagship of the Terran Federation, 2031. An up-scaled version of the 12,000 ton Ayanami cruiser already in service, the Gendo boasts thicker armour, an additional 15cm laser battery and a 20cm spinal-mounted laser previously only found on the Yumi orbital weapons platform. Her signature sensor package, initially developed to be placed on the fleet sensor platform that the Gendo replaced, is rated to detect anything larger than a tugboat from half a solar system away. This massive sensor suite is hoped to ensure that the Federation has the intelligence advantage in many naval engagements to come.
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Gendo II class Command Cruiser 18 000 tons 539 Crew 3395.8 BP TCS 360 TH 1440 EM 0
4000 km/s Armour 5-61 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/16/0/0 Damage Control Rating 11 PPV 63.12
Maint Life 2.64 Years MSP 1297 AFR 235% IFR 3.3% 1YR 263 5YR 3949 Max Repair 480 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 15 months Spare Berths 5
Flag Bridge
Military Ion Drive (6) Power 240 Fuel Use 64% Signature 240 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 600 000 Litres Range 9.4 billion km (27 days at full power)
Sub-UV Spinal Laser, 20cm (1) Range 192 000km TS: 4000 km/s Power 9-3 RM 3 ROF 15 9 9 9 6 5 4 3 3 3 2
Sub-UV Intermediate Laser, 15cm (6) Range 180 000km TS: 4000 km/s Power 6-3 RM 3 ROF 10 6 6 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 1
Twin-Laser Point Defense Turret (4x2) Range 90 000km TS: 16000 km/s Power 6-6 RM 3 ROF 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
PD Fire Control Mk II (4) Max Range: 72 000 km TS: 16000 km/s 86 72 58 44 31 17 3 0 0 0
Primary Fire Control (3) Max Range: 192 000 km TS: 4000 km/s 95 90 84 79 74 69 64 58 53 48
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor, Medium (1) Total Power Output 22.5 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor, Small (2) Total Power Output 27 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Missile Warning Sensor (1) GPS 144 Range 11.5m km MCR 1.3m km Resolution 1
Large Area Search Sensor (1) GPS 48000 Range 384.0m km Resolution 100
Passive EM Sensor (1) Sensitivity 16 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 16m km
Big cruiser with big guns and a big scanner. She's not quite a heavy cruiser yet, in my eyes, though definitely pushing the boundary. Fun fact, picket a Gendo around the Sun and she''ll see everything this side of the asteroid belt. She'll struggle a bit with missiles and fighters but its still better than the dedicated missile sensors. The sensor tech alone isn't anything special, it's just huge-- I decided that I needed a ship with a strong sensor, looked at the options (EM strength 11, Grav 21) and decided that actually I'd rather just dedicate the resources for a 1500 ton / 30 HS monstrosity with 4x the range of anything already in use. I expect I can get some use out of it on dedicated sensor PDCs down the line so I don't think that it was a terrible idea.
I think I'm going to spend a few years producing two of these ships, then retool everything to refitting old ships to the new engine and laser tech. The destroyer escorts, survey ships and freighters (decided I will let the civilians handle all colonist shipping this round) will all appreciate the extra 800 km/s:
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Tachibana II class Destroyer Escort 9 000 tons 241 Crew 1421.8 BP TCS 180 TH 360 EM 0
2000 km/s Armour 3-38 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/16/0/0 Damage Control Rating 8 PPV 32.56
Maint Life 5.89 Years MSP 790 AFR 81% IFR 1.1% 1YR 39 5YR 583 Max Repair 180 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 48 months Spare Berths 1
Commercial Ion Drive (2) Power 180 Fuel Use 9.9% Signature 180 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 370 000 Litres Range 74.7 billion km (432 days at full power)
Twin-Laser Point Defense Turret (2x2) Range 90 000km TS: 16000 km/s Power 6-6 RM 3 ROF 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
Sub-UV Intermediate Laser, 15cm (4) Range 180 000km TS: 4000 km/s Power 6-3 RM 3 ROF 10 6 6 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 1
PD Fire Control Mk II (2) Max Range: 72 000 km TS: 16000 km/s 86 72 58 44 31 17 3 0 0 0
Primary Fire Control (1) Max Range: 192 000 km TS: 4000 km/s 95 90 84 79 74 69 64 58 53 48
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor, Small (2) Total Power Output 27 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Missile Warning Sensor (1) GPS 144 Range 11.5m km MCR 1.3m km Resolution 1
Area Search Sensor (1) GPS 14400 Range 115.2m km Resolution 100
Passive EM Sensor (1) Sensitivity 16 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 16m km
Next focus is probably getting some fuel harvesters and tugs online before Earth runs out of Sorium.