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[Nirur Torir]

I don't think we can afford it. Over three turns, we have had a single good outcome for practical tech, and we need to catch-up.

[Madman198237]

Did you lose a makeshift warship somewhere? If not, why are you still building just one?

[Madman198237]

But the whole point of the spacedock facility is to allow for the faster construction of ships.

While I'm thinking of it, if it gets more votes now or gets voted for later, I'm going to add something about how it is to be built and supplied---built on the ground, supplied by shuttle from the ground. Eventually we might move on to tethered space stations with space elevators, but those'd probably be prohibitively hard right now.

[NUKE9.13]

In an alternate reality we tried building space docks. They're a good idea, but we evidently don't need them to construct ITC-sized vessels. Maybe next turn, if everything goes according to plan this turn.

[Madman198237]

An alternate reality? Different game somewhere?


But yeah, we will need them. Assembly, especially of large objects, is much easier in space. Less worry about that inconvenient "gravity" thing.

[NUKE9.13]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=164125.msg7455726#msg7455726
Chiefwaffles miscounted the votes, and rolled for the wrong design.

[Madman198237]

Interesting. So, that actually gives an idea of the difficulty, and it doesn't look that bad, really. If we roll OK, we'll have a functional shipyard, and we can expand from there. We don't even really care about cost---it's supposed to be one-of-a-kind at first.

[Detoxicated]

I'd say we revise our handgun again to have a higher fire rate and less malfunctions.

[Draignean]

I'd say we revise our handgun again to have a higher fire rate and less malfunctions.

Not really the best idea.

A revision to our current bolters using the new integrated electronics would enable us to use Smart Rounds. Thus we could disable the explosive charges at close range (allowing them to be used in close combat), and would enable them to use tracking at long ranges to (at worst) ensure stable flight at range, and (at best) home in on targets and provide indirect fire capabilities.

EDIT:

Corsair-Class Corvettes (1): Shadowclaw777,
Iliad-Class Destroyer (6): NUKE9.13, 10ebbor10,strongpoint, detoxicated, Nirur Torir, Draignean
Yggdrasil Spacedock (1): Madman198237

[Madman198237]

I really like the idea of revising the bolters to have that noob-tube effect. Noob-tube, of course, refers to being too close to your enemies when you pull the trigger on a grenade launcher, and killing them before the grenade arms itself.

[10ebbor10]

For the revision, I propose

A-Team Bullets. (Adjustable-Timer Explosive Ammunition Matrix)

These use our ability to literally 3D-print a small timer circuit straight into each bullet. This timing circuit controls both detonation and propulsion of the bolter round. The timer restricts the strength of the explosion if the gun is fired at close range, thus ensuring people stop blowing their own hands of. The propulsion control allows the round to be used at long range, by extending the burn so that the projectile maintains controlled flight through it's entire trajectory.

[Madman198237]

Uhhhhhhh.....our printers, from what I've heard and seen, don't have enough precision for that.
And oh by the way, plastic can't be used as a circuit. Unless you're using a REALLY freaky plastic. I'd be worried about fumes. And contamination.

[NUKE9.13]

We spent our revision last turn developing integrated electronics, we can absolutely make (or attempt to make) smart rounds. And should, assuming the Iliad works out alright.

[Shadowclaw777]

Maybe we should research for our revision action into better thrusters instead of chemical engines , and instead have research for fission engines since they have a lot more propulsion and power behind it, chemical thrusters can only go so far. Something like fission engines could have give our ships new mobility and help propel future larger ships.

When I said 'Destroyer', I wasn't envisioning a massive warship, but something slightly larger than the IMW, which we obviously have the capacity to build. I actually think your proposed 'Corvette' might be larger than my suggestion, since you want to be able to transport troops (=3 CU minimum) whilst also being armed with missiles. I deliberately left troop transportation out to keep the size down, because yes, we do not have a massive orbital industry capable of constructing such large vessels... yet.
I could rename it a corvette, if you want.

I mean if their is really an effort in terminology here, than the smallest class of warship that this is proposed design would be a "corvette-class", since destroyers are essentially medium-sized warships. Sure, it should be called a corvette, but it wouldn't the worst thing to be called something else.

[Madman198237]

Ship classification really depends: Are you working based on WWII navy classifications? If so, a destroyer is a small escort meant for hunting down light vessels and performing torpedo attacks on larger hostile vessels. Right now, we have no equivalent for torpedoes, so it doesn't really matter.