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[ConscriptFive]

Wow, the fighter hanger turned out really well.  (Let's hope they hit hard enough in combat.)  The new hull turned out okay-ish.

So new on the todo list: some kind of revision to fix the durability of the Sabalier hull.

Still though, we need to operationalize a Gateship this turn.  With the rule-changes for how jumps work now, it would also be worthwhile to revise the Gatekey.

Revision: Gatekey (v3)

Ah, the Gatekey, a CPU intensive cryptographic wonder.  However, a 3rd party analysis of our current v2 model came to some startling conclusions.  For the amount of floating point operations per second (FLOPS) it performs, it's surprisingly ineffective.  Of further note, the v2 manufacturer is currently obsessed with "mining" the legendary "final Bitcoin."  It's increasingly likely the manufacturer rigged our Gatekeys to perform this futile endeavor as a background task.  We should finance this Third Party to revise our Gatekeys to use its FLOPS appropriately.  If necessary, refer evidence to Direction Dénérale de la Sécurité (DGS) for investigation.

Desired Values: Cost 8 (-1), PPC -4 (unchanged), Maintenance 2 (unchanged),  Jump 6 (+2)

Revision: Sabalier Hull - Localized Damage Panels

While the armor of the Sabalier is an improvement over the Rubik, the compartment layout is something of a regression in terms of surviveability.

Rather than rework the entire structure of the vessel, we shall enhance the localized damage control.  Easily accessible circuit breaker panels marked with high visibility reflective yellow stripes will added to each compartment.  Similarly, manual life support manifolds will be placed and marked with high visibility reflective blue stripes.  Both systems will allow localized isolation and potential rerouting of ruptured systems.  Naturally, existing fire extinguishers will be updated to this schema and marked with high visibility reflective red stripes.

Operationalized Hull: "Seine" class Gateship Frigate
The Seine is the new prototype of Gateship, trading gunnery systems for fighter hangers.  Primary armament are two sets of fighter hangers, with a token secondary armament of defensive autocannons.  With four HeA thruster blocks, it will have similar thrust-to-weight to our legacy Rubik corvettes despite its additional weight in armor.

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[HeA]     [SBP]
[HeA][GA3][FLE]
[HeA][C5D][FLE]
[HeA]     [nAC]


[Kashyyk]

# Revisions
(1) Gatekey v3 : Kashyyk
(1) Sabalier Localised Damage Panels : Kashyyk

# Operationalize
(1) "Seine" Class : Kashyyk

[Blood_Librarian]

Elysium Command Arms Race of Conquest: Design Phase
Turn 1

Revision: Gatekey (v3)

Ah, the Gatekey, a CPU intensive cryptographic wonder.  However, a 3rd party analysis of our current v2 model came to some startling conclusions.  For the amount of floating point operations per second (FLOPS) it performs, it's surprisingly ineffective.  Of further note, the v2 manufacturer is currently obsessed with "mining" the legendary "final Bitcoin."  It's increasingly likely the manufacturer rigged our Gatekeys to perform this futile endeavor as a background task.  We should finance this Third Party to revise our Gatekeys to use its FLOPS appropriately.  If necessary, refer evidence to Direction Dénérale de la Sécurité (DGS) for investigation.

Desired Values: Cost 8 (-1), PPC -4 (unchanged), Maintenance 2 (unchanged),  Jump 6 (+2)

Difficulty: Normal (0 mod)
2d4--> 2+3 [Average]
Before the gateway is lit, a process must be done in between the “thinking” system, and the gateway. We have found and named this “artifact” the Handshake Protocol. The Handshake Protocol is not done through channels of glass fibre or copper, because it does not enable information exchange through traveling electrons or photons. Nor does this protocol take place on the sylphine thinking matrices packed with billions of transistors, nor does it take place in augmented human minds. This protocol is a reverberation of higher energies fed through an aperture sliced into the Gate Network, a singing that even the crew perceives as a feeling of dread or anxiety during the prelude to the slice through the gate. We believe this protocol may even be etched onto reality, though if it was done by us, or it was simply there waiting for us, the answer is lost to us thanks to the war of our ancestors. We have little knowledge on the process of manipulating higher Gate protocols nor the functions of the gateway itself, so the only viable methodology of improving the Gatekey with a Revision is through creating more attuned computational metrics and processes, or, in this case, removing computational “drag”.

The computer chips are further dedicated to the odd sing-song processes of Gate Opening, to the point where lineages of chip production have been entirely dedicated to this process. Indeed, some of the produced chip-sets require a proximity to this higher resonation at the vorpal blade part of the Gate Key to function, as we may have stumbled into creating components with a higher-dimensional property through luck and blindly fumbling the various compositions that these chips can have.

They will no longer work for mundane tasks, these caste chips sing only to the gateways of mankind. For now, we can create no better Gate Key Systems without either  stomaching a higher production and maintenance cost, or allowing higher energy processes to occur with on-ship resources.



Gate Key v3 -- [GA3]
It resonates with a higher energy. It cuts an aperture with a Vorpal Blade, it screams to the Gate with the Handshake Protocol, and the Gate Network responds by opening the iris’s of two gates and connecting them for a brief time. The Gate Key is an expensive tool required to traverse the Gate Network. This one has the functions required to open the gate and allow other ships to traverse, provided they are equivalent or lesser in mass to the Gate Key-bearer. Part of the installation process entails esoteric banks of processing stratum that have been through cycles of engineering to perfect the process.
Values: Cost 8, PPC -4, Maintenance 2, Jump 6

Revision: Sabalier Hull - Localized Damage Panels

While the armor of the Sabalier is an improvement over the Rubik, the compartment layout is something of a regression in terms of survivability.

Rather than rework the entire structure of the vessel, we shall enhance the localized damage control.  Easily accessible circuit breaker panels marked with high visibility reflective yellow stripes will be added to each compartment.  Similarly, manual life support manifolds will be placed and marked with high visibility reflective blue stripes.  Both systems will allow localized isolation and potential rerouting of ruptured systems.  Naturally, existing fire extinguishers will be updated to this schema and marked with high visibility reflective red stripes.

Difficulty: Normal (0 mod)
2d4--> 2+4 [Above Average]
It is hard to engineer new solutions into a craft that have a real effect without making sacrifices. Sacrifices in performance,sacrifices in cost, sacrifice in crew count. It all has to add up. To that end, the sacrifices made by the engineering team have been deemed low enough to not be a real problem, with a low-level optimization of hull plate coverage as well as the addition of redundant internal systems. It doesn't quite compensate for the low compartmentalization, but the risk is significantly mitigated. The cost is in the additional tonnage as well as the materials in the modification. In addition, Simulacrum testing indicated that the craft’s internals seem particularly apt to handle minor gimabling for two slot long main weapons that would be otherwise non-standard in a design, if we had any two slot weapons outside of prototypes.

”Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring-S Variant Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, but additional armor and internal systems have mostly mitigated the low compartmentalization, though damage is slightly apt to spill into surrounding systems. Two slot long weapon systems are more effective when installed into the Sabalier-S Variant.
Values:Cost 20, Internal 2, Armor 7
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Operationalized Hull: "Seine" class Gateship Frigate
The Seine is the new prototype of Gateship, trading gunnery systems for fighter hangers.  Primary armament are two sets of fighter hangers, with a token secondary armament of defensive autocannons.  With four HeA thruster blocks, it will have similar thrust-to-weight to our legacy Rubik corvettes despite its additional weight in armor.

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[HeA]     [SBP]
[HeA][GA3][FLE]
[HeA][C5D][FLE]
[HeA]     [nAC]


Difficulty: Normal (0 mod)
2d4--> 3+4 [Superior Craftsmanship]
2d4--> 1+4 [Average]
2d4--> 4+4 [Unexpected Boon]

Simulacrum testing went through smoothly, and the first prototype of the Seine class Gateship Frigate has been produced.It has expansive engineering spaces for it’s engine and gate key, reducing it’s maintenance profile by a small margin. Interior storage systems have been set up for the onboard through specialized storage systems, allowing for a 33% increase in fighter number, totalling up to 48 fighters able to launch in two waves that require five minutes to set up after the first wave. Engineers used the Solar Battery Plant version 2 for production as the version one variant would not be able to handle the power requirements of the Gate Key.

Sabalier Hardened Spacefaring S variant ”Seine" Gateship Frigate
The Sablier is a fast carrier Frigate with 48 fighter craft that are deployed in two waves, six minutes apart. It is equipped with a NG autocannon array, a C-5 Deck and a third generation Gate Key. It has a hourglass shape, heavy medium thickness armor plate designed with a general protection factor. It has awkwardly placed internal systems that lower compartmentalization. Additional armor and internal systems have mostly mitigated this. It utilizes an ingenious internal storage solution to deploy 33% more fighters than otherwise possible. Has slight structural flaws due to being built with hangar bays without being built from the ground up for hangars. It has a below average maintenance footprint.
Format
[HeA]     [SB2]
[HeA][GA3][FLE]
[HeA][C5D][FLE]
[HeA]     [nAC]
Cost = 20 (Hull) + 20 HeA*4 + 8 Ga3 + 3 C5D + 5 SB2 + 12 FLE + 3 nAC= 72
Maintenance = 8 Hea*4 + 2 C5D + 2 GA3 + 4 FLE + 1 nAC = 17 -1 (Roll result)
Weight = 10 slots +7 Armor=17
Thrust = 4 / 17 = Thrust to Weight Ratio: 4/17
Combat Thrust = 8 / 17 = Thrust to Weight Ratio: 8/17

Values:Cost: 72 , Maintenance 16, Thrust 4(8) [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:4/17 | 8/17]] Jump 6
Tags:Fire Control 2, Gate Bearer

Please come up with an Operation Plan.

Spoiler: Current Assets (click to show/hide)

You produce 120 Resources and have 0 Resources Available, with 68 * 0.75 = 51 Maintenance Costs & 69 Prototype Costs. resources available!
CC “Aura” Aura Class
Orders: Decontaminated, Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9
FC “Slayer” Slayer Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9
CT “Griffon” Griffon Class
Orders: MAJOR SYSTEMIC DAMAGE, Operational by 2->3 Fight
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT “Borzoi” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT “Briard” Griffon Class
Orders: Decontaminated, Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
FT "Terra" Terra Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maint 5
FT "Terra-02" Terra Class
Orders: (11/27) 16 resources to complete.
Traits: Maint 5 (Unfinished doesn't take maint)
GF “Seine” Seine Class
Orders: Requires 3 Resources to finish Assembly: Can be launched if it’s fighter complement is reduced by half for this turn.
Traits: Maintenace 16, Jump 6

GRAVEYARD
FT “Venus” Venus Class
Destroyed during an engagement on -1 -> 0 in the Roses Star System by the CCS-S “Earth Bringer.” Salvaged by Allied Forces
GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass
Decommissioned[i/]
CT “Komodor” Griffon Class
Mission killed during an engagement on 0 -> 1 in the Roses Star System by a black-lined laser from the Fire Bearer. Salvaged by Enemy
CT “Picard” Griffon Class
Mission killed during an engagement on 0 -> 1 in the Roses Star System by massed fire while out of position. Salvaged by Enemy


KILL LIST
LS “Fire Bearer” Light Bringer Class
Destroyed by CT “Picard” Griffon & CT “Komodor” Griffon during a fleet battle in the Roses Star system on 0 -> 1, Salvaged.
CCS-2S "Earth Bringer" Earth Bringer Class
Destroyed by massed fire during a fleet battle in the Roses Star system on 0 -> 1, Salvaged.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The map will be current in the core thread as well as the latest post of the arms race
https://i.imgur.com/ZhgjErm.png
[BS12]: Home of Elysium De La 12th Société, the Elysium sits in the orbit of a red dwarf star with little in the way of other orbital bodies: A single gas giant with a small lunar system around it. The Elysium requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.


[RS]: Roses Star is a large system with 12 orbital bodies, including Ranachuri, a garden world scoured by de-orbiting debris from the massive industrial complex that had fallen apart in it's orbit. Evidence of a massive project of some kind is left behind in it's orbit. In the corona of Roses Star is a proto-dyson swarm with a leading facility of unknown purpose. Currently the center of the conflict between Elysiums. Close operations on Ranachuri can benefit from ships designed to operate in atmospheric conditions, with 5 levels of the Aerodynamic tag being optimal.



[SB]:Home of the Skanzat United Constitutional Kingdoms Elysium. The Elysium is in the orbit of a large gas giant, which orbits distantly from a yellow star. Several small bodies orbit around the inner lanes of the star. The Elysium Requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

DropBox link to CURRENT BAY12 Items: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ki83g84cx7cj0vv/AAD4t2wWfHSR6mUfA3FE6QbOa?dl=0

Hulls
Corvettes
Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as some other stuff. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. Made for the purpose of ferrying troops from one end of the Elysium to the other and one of the finest pieces of Elysium equipment that ultimately united your country. In the dawn of your united Elysium, it’s main purpose is in logistics and exploration, and unsuited for combat. It’s paper thin armor cannot stand up to ship-grade weaponry for very long. Capable of landing on worlds with thin gravity and atmosphere or Elysiums.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 2, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 9
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Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Aero Variant Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as military equipment. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. It has been extensively modified for aerospace operations, including the installation of equipment which allows one of its engines to operate with twice the speed in atmospheric conditions.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 4, Internal 1 Cost 12
Tags:
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"Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull: A durable corvette hull with spaced armor specialized towards stellar operations, The Rubik has average primitive armor specialized towards small primitive kinetic projectiles. Capable of landing on barren moons. Noted to have a robust structure despite utilizing modular frames in it’s construction.
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Values: Aerodynamic 1, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 13
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Frigates
Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, lowering the overall compartmentalization of the craft: damage is marginally more likely to spill into surrounding systems.
Values:Cost 18, Internal 2, Armor 6
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”Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring-S Variant Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, but additional armor and internal systems have mostly mitigated the low compartmentalization, though damage is slightly apt to spill into surrounding systems. Two slot long weapon systems are more effective when installed into the Sabalier-S Variant.
Values:Cost 20, Internal 2, Armor 7
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Components:
"Ground" Operations
Infantry Division: People hired by your polity that went through a strict training regimen and given the equipment needed to take objectives in a wide variety of environments. Standard in all ships, but may require vehicular or orbital support to get the job done. Current technology  utilizes gun-powder and armor piercing rounds in their automatic guns, and wear hardened steel plates in vests for armor. Spacesuits are equipped when required.
Assumed to be in all ships, but specialized components or hulls can be fabricated for greater effect. As time progresses, the engineering division will give them new weapons and armor.
Ship Guns
Elysium Automatic Cannon Special -- [EAC]
The EACS is a series of autocannons, fire controls and sensory systems that represent the first step in warfare. Irregular manufacturing standards, varying calibers, poorly designed autoloaders as well as crude propellants and large bore projectiles intended to never risk damage to the Elysium mean that this weapon is large and underpowered. It is self contained, and only requires supply to keep functioning.
Values:Cost 2, Maintenance 1
Tags: Front

Next-Gen Autocannon (NGAC) -- (nAC)
The NGAC is a series of turreted autocannons with integrated fire control and sensory systems. It is designed as a dual 40mm ball turreted autocannon, of which half a dozen per slot is put onto the hull. The turret is rated for a 180 coverage on both axes. It utilizes crude HE rounds. It is self-contained, and only requires Maintenance to function.
Values:Cost 3, Maintenance 1

160mm Main Gun System (MGS)
A primitive kinetic accelerator cannon with large bore shells, most archetypically high explosive rounds. Despite the large bore, the rounds are accelerated to be on par with small-bore -large length weapons due to the high-power next generation powder propellant, and it fires shots down rapidly, allowing ship-gunners to feasibly expend their entire magazine in a single engagement. It has a high range despite its relatively short length for its caliber. The weapon is augmented with primitive visual sensors in it’s built-in fire control systems and high explosive rounds which is some-what more effective against primitive kinetic armor.
Values: Cost 4, Maintenance 3
Tags: Front/Back,
Hangar Systems
'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft -- [FLE]
The 'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft details the installation of 18 small fighter craft stored in hangar bays with launch capabilities. Each Parasite craft is equipped with 2 high explosive shaped charge payload heat seeking missiles and dual front mounted dual 40mm cannons with 20 degrees of gimballing. The missiles have roughly engineered payloads and weak electronics .It has the acceleration profile of a speed 9 craft, and is limited by the unaugmented pilots down to a profile of 8. It’s components are durable and hardy, able to go through multiple sortees without Elysium overhauls or having an on-site fabricator while maintaining performance capabilities. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Values:Cost 6, Maintenance 2
Tags:

Troop compartment  -- [Trp]
A hull section is torn down and dedicated towards storing and disembarking large numbers of ground troops. Allows more soldiers to be present on a craft, as well as allowing more equipment for their purpose to be stored, up to light scout craft and heavy weapon emplacements. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Value: Cost:1

Engines

Hydrogen engine -- [HeE]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1.
Values: Cost:4, Maintenace 1
Tags:Rear

Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine -- [HeA]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1. Inside combat, an afterburner can be engaged to allow the thrust system to rate thrust 2 for an extended engagement before requiring 2-3 man days of maintenance to recover.
Values: Cost:5, Maintenace 2 Speed 1/2
Tags:Rear
Power Generation

Solar-Battery Power plant -- [SBP]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor and unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 3¹, Cost: 3
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Solar-Battery Power plant v2 -- [SB2]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor while unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 4¹, Cost: 5
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Command & Control

C5 Deck -- [C5D]
A component set deep into a ship, a C5 Deck is a hardened bunker in which the bridge crew inhabit. It is separated from the outer decks, with it’s own life support system. It is equipped with a Command and Control system based on haptic and holographic systems. It has a central computational engine specialized towards fire-control, it is a modern system that is far and away superior to primitive systems we have built at the time of the C5’s realization.. It has a luxurious set of amenities which the navy will acclimate and rely on for their increased performance in the field. It takes a significant amount of space, and may impact surrounding components.performance.
Values: Cost 3, Maintenance 2,
Tags: Internal, Fire Control 2, Limited 1

Faster than Light Travel Systems

Gate Key -- [GA1]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a colossal amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a horrendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through.
Values: Cost 5, PPC -6, Maintenace 3, Jump 4

Gate Key v2 -- [GA2]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a very large amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a stupendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through. Utilizing vast computational engines, the power and maintenance costs of the Gate Key are reduced at the expense of an increased production cost.
Values: Cost 9, PPC -4, Maintenance 2, Jump 5

Gate Key v3 -- [GA3]
It resonates with a higher energy. It cuts an aperture with a Vorpal Blade, it screams to the Gate with the Handshake Protocol, and the Gate Network responds by opening the iris’s of two gates and connecting them for a brief time. The Gate Key is an expensive tool required to traverse the Gate Network. This one has the functions required to open the gate and allow other ships to traverse, provided they are equivalent or lesser in mass to the Gate Key-bearer. Part of the installation process entails esoteric banks of processing stratum that have been through cycles of engineering to perfect the process.
Values: Cost 8, PPC -4, Maintenance 2, Jump 6

Infrastructure

The Forge of Elysium
A colossal set of infrastructure, heavy equipment and digital archives that permit the fabrication of wonders. Unable to access the designs made before the Dissolution war due to digital decay and hellish encryption of the blueprints required, New designs must be made for the Forge. Consisting of a full third of the internal volume of the Elysium, our manufacturing needs will be met by the Forge for a considerable amount of time  without any need for expansion, and our people are wholly reliant on this miracle machine for manufactured goods. The only bottleneck in the acquisition of more Resources is the raw material required to turn into feedstock
Values:Produces 90 Resources.

Becquerel Fission Reactors
A series of tests and prototyping phases made with the intent of easing our developing energy shortages. No viable reactors were made, but the path to success was forged: we now have some what an idea on how to not create a fission reactor.

Merchant Marine Fleet
A series of logistical improvements that reduce maintenance costs by 25% rounded down. Eases the development of resource generating structures in the home system systems and places logistical supply points across our home system. Increases the effectiveness of our irregular forces in and out of combat.
Cost: None


Values

Pulsed Power Container (PPC): These are containers that output enough energy to sustain components that require PPC power. Will often come with a amount of time that it could be sustained..
Aerodynamic: Hulls with this tag are designed with operations in an atmospheric body in mind, with a sealed hull and attention to avoiding excess bulk. Every planet or body has this value, representing how difficult it is to enter and leave its atmosphere or gravity. Barren planets with low gravity and no atmosphere do not require any Aerodynamic tags to operate in, but especially slow moving hulls may be restricted.
Internal: This value is attached to hulls, representing how many slots it has with the Internal Tag.
Cost: The material, industrial and socioeconomic cost of an object rendered down into its most quintessential value in fabricating this component or hull. This cost is in terms of Resources..
Maintenance:cost in resources every turn after its manufacturing.
Thrust: Engines produce this value, Though the ratio between maneuvering ability and pure thrust is sometimes different. Divide Thrust points on a hull by how many slots are on a ship to determine how fast the craft is relative to other ships.

Tags:

Integrated: Components with this tag are not able to be placed on normal designs and are hard-wired into specific designs.
Internal: Slots with this tag have no outer surface access: they are surrounded by the other components of the ship and are significantly less likely to be damaged in combat. Components with this tag need to be placed in an Internal slot.
Rear: Components with this slot must be placed on the left-most slots of a craft.
Front: Components with this slot must be placed on the right-most slots of a craft.
Volatile: Components with this tag are at risk of destroying the ship if damaged. Most typical of antimatter reactors or metallic hydrogen storage systems. Some components will also be Volatile in certain situations, like a hydrogen tank in an oxygenated atmosphere.
Yellow Line: This component can be yellow lined by captains to have an increased effect at the expense of the possibility of issues occurring after prolonged use.
Red Line: As above, but this component can be pushed even further beyond, into the thin edge between oblivion and enhanced operations, but not for very long, and for a drastic cost. For your finest hour.
Black Line: As above, but this component can be pushed past any sane or safe limit, to provide an enormous effect before burning out, often with spectacular consequences. The dramatic way of going out, to wet your blades edge one more time before the end.
Limited(x): Components with this tag can only be put in (x) per ship. In some cases, other components may restrict the installation of Limited(x) components. (eg a limited sensor system might not be installable with a common sensor system)
Gate Bearer: A hull or component with this tag can allow ships of equal tonnage to pass through a gate, including itself.
Fire Control: The Fire Control value is how powerful your targeting, targeting acquisition systems are: directly translating into mastery over your ship weapons. Rather than being consumed as if a value,  Weapons that do not have built-in fire control systems that completely fufilll their need for Fire Control will have a tag with a negative value. One Fire Control can take control of as many separate gunnery systems equal or lesser to its value. Unless specified, it is assumed that all weapons have a built-in  Fire Control 1 system in it. Components that require Fire Control must specify whether or not they have built-in back-up fire control systems in the event of the destruction of the central Fire Control. Completely self contained weapon packages will default to the master system if it is advantageous to do so.

Spoiler: Operationalized Ships (click to show/hide)

Sabalier  Hardened Spacefaring S variant ”Seine" Gateship Frigate
The Sablier is a fast carrier Frigate with 48 fighter craft that are deployed in two waves, six minutes apart. It is equipped with a NG autocannon array, a C-5 Deck and a third generation Gate Key. It has a hourglass shape, heavy medium thickness armor plate designed with a general protection factor. It has awkwardly placed internal systems that lower compartmentalization. Additional armor and internal systems have mostly mitigated this. It utilizes an ingenious internal storage solution to deploy 33% more fighters than otherwise possible. Has slight structural flaws due to being built with hangar bays without being built form the ground up for hangars.
Format
[HeA]     [SB2]
[HeA][GA3][FLE]
[HeA][C5D][FLE]
[HeA]     [nAC]
Values:Cost: 72 , Maintenance 16, Thrust 4( [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:4/17 | 8/17]] Jump 6
Tags:Fire Control 2, Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Gunship “Porcupine” Variant
The Porcupine is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. It’s two thrusting blocks are capable of using afterburners to do advanced maneuvers in combat time scales. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of two primary cannons on its front and rear that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant. The life-support is strained during combat conditions.
Format
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
[MGS][C5D][MGS]
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 17,, Thrust 2(4) [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:2/9 | 4/9]]
Tags:Fire Control 2


Combat Corvette Rubik: Assault Gunship “Griffon” Variant
The Griffon is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. Heavy thrusting gridis simplistic and reliable for combat manuvering. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of four primary cannons on its front  that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant.
Format
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
[HeE][C5D][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 15, Thrust 3 [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:1/3]]
Tags:Fire Control 2

Combat Corvette Rubik:  “Aura” Variant
The Aura is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
[HeE][GA2][nAC]
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
Values:Cost: 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Flak Corvette “Slayer” Variant
The Slayer is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons interspersed to shoot down incoming ordinance and very close ships. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds. Higher than expected sensor emission & lower than expected sensor capabilities.
Format
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
[HeE][GA1][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
Values:Cost 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2: Fleet Transport “Venus” Variant
The Venus is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. It’s interspersed between core systems are with troop quarters and autoloaders for it’s relatively many guns. It is heavily gunned with primitive kinetic turreted weapons. Fabrication Techniques have increased it’s aerodynamic capabilities. It has an above average engine output.
Format
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
Values:Cost: 25, Maintenance 4, PPC 6*, Thrust 2, Aerodynamic 3
Tag:

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2:Shuttle Craft “Mercury” Variant
The Mercury is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, which make up the center of the craft. It is undergunned, with only a few gunnery emplacements that dot its hull. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][GA1][SBP]
[HeE][SBP][EAC]
Values:Cost: 30, Maintenance 6, PPC 6*, Thrust 2
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Capable Shuttle Aero: Fleet Transport “Terra” Variant
A troop transport shuttle. It has catalyzed afterburning engines that increase its speed in a combat situation, but require maintenance after. One of its engines has a doubled speed when in atmospheric conditions. It has an extensive hangar bay system that is able to handle large amounts of ground troops, including heavy weapon emplacements, and medium sized vehicles. With a component-thrust ratio that varies depending on the situation, it is most suited for fights around planets with atmospheres. Its light armament of Elysium Autocannons are secondary to its purpose of entering worlds and dropping off its many warriors.
Format
[HeA][Trp][Trp]
[HeA][Wng][nAC]
Values:Cost 27, Aerodynamic 4, Maintenance 5, Thrust 2(4)/3(6)
Tag:

[ConscriptFive]

Five for five on those dice.

Looks like everything is coming up Société!



On the downside, we did hit our budget cap.  It's dangerous to send out our new Gateship unarmed, but we now have three lanes.  Assuming a good escort, it should be relatively safe to do so on one of the side lanes.  I'd recommend sending the bulk of our navy down the middle to directly contest SUCK at Roses Star, while a small squadron of ours secures a flanking route at Vorpal Gun.

[ConscriptFive]

Okay, detailing out a strategy, but found some bookeeping errors.

To recap, last strategy phase we retired the Porcupine, finished the partially built "Picard" Griffon, built 1 FT Terra, and spent the remainder 11 points on starting a second FT Terra.

Then in battle, we lost two Griffons (Picard and Komodor), and crippled a third.

Somehow our assets still list the Porcupine and both Terras are absent?

At some point the whole Terra design got mangled in the 'Operationalized Ships' spoiler too.  It should be:

Combat Capable Shuttle Aero: Fleet Transport “Terra” Variant
A troop transport shuttle. It has catalyzed afterburning engines that increase its speed in a combat situation, but require maintenance after. One of its engines has a doubled speed when in atmospheric conditions. It has an extensive hangar bay system that is able to handle large amounts of ground troops, including heavy weapon emplacements, and medium sized vehicles. With a component-thrust ratio that varies depending on the situation, it is most suited for fights around planets with atmospheres. Its light armament of Elysium Autocannons are secondary to its purpose of entering worlds and dropping off its many warriors.
Format
[HeA][Trp][Trp]
[HeA][Wng][nAC]
Values:Cost 27, Aerodynamic 4, Maintenance 5, Thrust 2(4)/3(6)
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So...

CC “Aura” Aura Class
Orders: Decontaminated, Standing by
Traits: Maint 9
FC “Slayer” Slayer Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maint 9
CT “Griffon” Griffon Class
Orders: MAJOR SYSTEMIC DAMAGE, Operational by 2->3 Fight
Traits: Maint 15
CT “Borzoi” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maint 15
CT “Briard” Griffon Class
Orders: Decontaminated, Standing by
Traits: Maint 15
FT "Terra" Terra Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maint 5
FT "Terra-02" Terra Class
Orders: (11/27) 16 resources to complete.
Traints: Maint 5 (Unfinished doesn't take maint)


9 + 9 + 15 + 15 + 15 +5 = 68 Maint, modified by *.75 = 51 Maint pre-prototyping.

120 total production - 51 Maint = 69 (nice!)

GF “Seine” Seine Class
Orders: (69/72) 3 Resources to finish Assembly. (ALMOST!)
Traits: Maint 16, Jump 6 (Unfinished doesn't take maint)

So that's what I think our fleet is supposed to be at.  Can I get a confirmation on that?

[Blood_Librarian]

Right, this seems correct at face value, updating internal bookeeping stuffs, thanks for the help.

[ConscriptFive]

Okay, so plan time.

So, bad news first.

We still can't go toe-to-toe with the SUCK laserships.  We know they have three of them, one of them being the super-speedy Starbolt.  Unless they really want to throw a curveball, they're certain to put 2-3 laserships at Rose's Star, plus maybe a new prototype.
(The Aura and Slayer gateships only have autocannons, only two Griffons are available, and the Sabalier is incomplete.)

The good news is that the side lanes opened up.

In terms of pure manuever, the first stop on the bottom lane, Vorpal Gun, is very interesting.  If you count the jumps, flanking through Vorpal Gun to Rose's Star is 25% faster than pushing through the direct center route.  You'd also think a future pincer attack through both lanes would be strategically devastating against SUCK in Rose's Star.  If we could establish freedom of maneuver through there this turn, we're set to pull that off next battle.  PvE-wise, it's supposedly abandoned, and it looks like we could learn how to make some kind of Death Star weapon.

The top lane looks tricky for us.  The first stop, Abyss Watcher, also has a hostile guardian.  But the AI guards the ruins of a strategic surveillance system, so that could be fruitful.

It sucks to let SUCK take Rose's Star this turn, but next turn we'll have our parasite fighters up, and they'll have no idea that's coming.

Avoiding certain enemy contact Rose's Star, our fleet shall split into two squadrons to pursue other routes.  Primary emphasis is to secure the Vorpal Gun.  A secondary squadron will survey the Abyss Watcher.

"Squadron Bas"
Utilizing marines on the FT "Terra," Squadron Bas will secure the Vorpal Gun.  Merchant Marine staging should be prepared in this system for advancing on Rose's Star.  Should serious opposition present itself, force preservation should be prioritized.

Vessels:
GF "Seine"
CT "Borzoi"
FT "Terra"

"Squadron Haut"

Squadron Haut will perform a survey of the Abyss Watcher.  Safe space lanes should be mapped, and contact with the AI should be made.  Should serious opposition present itself, the Squadron should be prepared to withdraw from the system and support more critical efforts.

Vessels:
CT "Briard"
CC "Aura"
FC "Slayer"

[Blood_Librarian]

Elysium Command Arms Race of Conquest: Design Phase
Turn 2

The increasing losses of our merchant marine forces have become concerning. Internal intelligence has begun to rectify this. In the meantime, Navy Command is waiting for the next tool they need to shatter the SUCK doctrine.

Spoiler: Current Assets (click to show/hide)

You produce 120 Resources and extract 35 resources from outer territory and have 104 Resources Available, with 68 * 0.75 = 51 Maintenance Costs & 60 Prototype Costs. 104 resources available!
CC “Aura” Aura Class
Orders:Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9, Thrust 3/9, Jump 5
FC “Slayer” Slayer Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9, Thrust 3/9
CT “Griffon” Griffon Class
Orders: MAJOR SYSTEMIC DAMAGE, Operational by 2->3 Fight
Traits: Maintenace 15, Thrust 3/9
CT “Borzoi” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15, Thrust 3/9
CT “Briard” Griffon Class
Orders:Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15, Thrust 3/9
FT "Terra" Terra Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maint 5, Thrust 2(4)/3(6)
FT "Terra-02" Terra Class
Orders: (11/27) 16 resources to complete.
Traits: Maint 5, Thrust 2/6 | 4/6
GF “Seine” Seine Class
Orders: (69/72) 3 Resources to finish Assembly. (ALMOST!)
Traits: Maint 16, Thrust 4/17 | 8/17 Jump 6 (Unfinished doesn't take maint)

GRAVEYARD
FT “Venus” Venus Class
Destroyed during an engagement on -1 -> 0 in the Roses Star System by the CCS-S “Earth Bringer.” Salvaged by Allied Forces
GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass
Decommissioned[i/]
CT “Komodor” Griffon Class
Mission killed during an engagement on 0 -> 1 in the Roses Star System by a black-lined laser from the Fire Bearer. Salvaged by Enemy
CT “Picard” Griffon Class
Mission killed during an engagement on 0 -> 1 in the Roses Star System by massed fire while out of position. Salvaged by Enemy


KILL LIST
LS “Fire Bearer” Light Bringer Class
Destroyed by CT “Picard” Griffon & CT “Komodor” Griffon during a fleet battle in the Roses Star system on 0 -> 1, Salvaged.
CCS-2S "Earth Bringer" Earth Bringer Class
Destroyed by massed fire during a fleet battle in the Roses Star system on 0 -> 1, Salvaged.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The map will be current in the core thread as well as the latest post of the arms race

[BS12]: Home of Elysium De La 12th Société, the Elysium sits in the orbit of a red dwarf star with little in the way of other orbital bodies: A single gas giant with a small lunar system around it. The Elysium requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.
Abyss Watcher: A Massive array of sensory systems that allowed the old empire to utilize faster-than-light sensory systems to keep track of an entire sector, the one we fight in. Currently inhabited by an active artificial intelligence that neither side have managed to make contact with. It is damaged, and is on the verge of falling apart if not for the efforts of the hostile artificial intelligence to keep it together in the long dark after the collapse. 10 resource base extraction output.
The Bottle: A large structure the size of a gas giant, continually emitting exotic, powerful energies that make it almost impossible to approach: the structure periodically rips itself apart and releases a burst of what is theorized to be universe-ending true vacuum, before folding back together again in a most unnatural manner.
Vorpal Gun: in the orbit of a barren moon suits a massive skeletonized dry dock around one of the superweapons utilized by mankind before the collapse.  A hundred years ago, a society of space-bound human beings lived here until they ran out of things to cannibalize in the ship, and died out, leaving the Vorpal guns' looted remains as a tomb. 25 resource base extraction output.

[RS]: Roses Star is a large system with 12 orbital bodies, including Ranachuri, a garden world scoured by de-orbiting debris from the massive industrial complex that had fallen apart in it's orbit. Evidence of a massive project of some kind is left behind in it's orbit. In the corona of Roses Star is a proto-dyson swarm with a leading facility of unknown purpose. Currently the center of the conflict between Elysiums. Close operations on Ranachuri can benefit from ships designed to operate in atmospheric conditions, with 5 levels of the Aerodynamic tag being optimal. 50 resource base extraction output.



[SB]:Home of the Skanzat United Constitutional Kingdoms Elysium. The Elysium is in the orbit of a large gas giant, which orbits distantly from a yellow star. Several small bodies orbit around the inner lanes of the star. The Elysium Requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.
An Agonized Thinker: An old warship, unfathomably large, the apex of mankind's dominance had been brought low in this system: estimations put it at a little over two hundred kilometers in length and an unfathomable amount of mass, it had plunged into the atmosphere of a once-habitable world and destroyed it. Something churns in its depths, building things from the burnt hulk.
Universe Ignition Array: A large spider web of particle accelerators and energy collectors orbiting a binary pair neutron star and blue super giant star, once roughly every cycle it activates, and releases an exotic emission of energy that continually stumped the top minds of mankind before the collapse. This alien artifact is almost impossible to approach due to the extreme energies that it soaks in, as well as its unpredictable and constantly changing orbit.
War Simulacrum:: A carefully terraformed system such that it would be the perfect training ground for makinds warriors and navy, along with the thickest debris belts of the sector: This system is a treasure trove and deathtrap, as it was meant to put the paces to the most powerful warships mankind ever had at their disposal, and the wrecks are as numerous as the stars.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

DropBox link to CURRENT BAY12 Items: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ki83g84cx7cj0vv/AAD4t2wWfHSR6mUfA3FE6QbOa?dl=0

Hulls
Corvettes
Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as some other stuff. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. Made for the purpose of ferrying troops from one end of the Elysium to the other and one of the finest pieces of Elysium equipment that ultimately united your country. In the dawn of your united Elysium, it’s main purpose is in logistics and exploration, and unsuited for combat. It’s paper thin armor cannot stand up to ship-grade weaponry for very long. Capable of landing on worlds with thin gravity and atmosphere or Elysiums.
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Values: Aerodynamic 2, Internal 1
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Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Aero Variant Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as military equipment. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. It has been extensively modified for aerospace operations, including the installation of equipment which allows one of its engines to operate with twice the speed in atmospheric conditions.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 4, Internal 1 Cost 12
Tags:
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"Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull: A durable corvette hull with spaced armor specialized towards stellar operations, The Rubik has average primitive armor specialized towards small primitive kinetic projectiles. Capable of landing on barren moons. Noted to have a robust structure despite utilizing modular frames in it’s construction.
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Values: Aerodynamic 1, Internal 1
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Frigates
Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, lowering the overall compartmentalization of the craft: damage is marginally more likely to spill into surrounding systems.
Values:Cost 18, Internal 2, Armor 6
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”Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring-S Variant Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, but additional armor and internal systems have mostly mitigated the low compartmentalization, though damage is slightly apt to spill into surrounding systems. Two slot long weapon systems are more effective when installed into the Sabalier-S Variant.
Values:Cost 20, Internal 2, Armor 7
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"Ground" Operations
Infantry Division: People hired by your polity that went through a strict training regimen and given the equipment needed to take objectives in a wide variety of environments. Standard in all ships, but may require vehicular or orbital support to get the job done. Current technology  utilizes gun-powder and armor piercing rounds in their automatic guns, and wear hardened steel plates in vests for armor. Spacesuits are equipped when required.
Assumed to be in all ships, but specialized components or hulls can be fabricated for greater effect. As time progresses, the engineering division will give them new weapons and armor.
Ship Guns
Elysium Automatic Cannon Special -- [EAC]
The EACS is a series of autocannons, fire controls and sensory systems that represent the first step in warfare. Irregular manufacturing standards, varying calibers, poorly designed autoloaders as well as crude propellants and large bore projectiles intended to never risk damage to the Elysium mean that this weapon is large and underpowered. It is self contained, and only requires supply to keep functioning.
Values:Cost 2, Maintenance 1
Tags: Front

Next-Gen Autocannon (NGAC) -- (nAC)
The NGAC is a series of turreted autocannons with integrated fire control and sensory systems. It is designed as a dual 40mm ball turreted autocannon, of which half a dozen per slot is put onto the hull. The turret is rated for a 180 coverage on both axes. It utilizes crude HE rounds. It is self-contained, and only requires Maintenance to function.
Values:Cost 3, Maintenance 1

160mm Main Gun System (MGS)
A primitive kinetic accelerator cannon with large bore shells, most archetypically high explosive rounds. Despite the large bore, the rounds are accelerated to be on par with small-bore -large length weapons due to the high-power next generation powder propellant, and it fires shots down rapidly, allowing ship-gunners to feasibly expend their entire magazine in a single engagement. It has a high range despite its relatively short length for its caliber. The weapon is augmented with primitive visual sensors in it’s built-in fire control systems and high explosive rounds which is some-what more effective against primitive kinetic armor.
Values: Cost 4, Maintenance 3
Tags: Front/Back,
Hangar Systems
'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft -- [FLE]
The 'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft details the installation of 18 small fighter craft stored in hangar bays with launch capabilities. Each Parasite craft is equipped with 2 high explosive shaped charge payload heat seeking missiles and dual front mounted dual 40mm cannons with 20 degrees of gimballing. The missiles have roughly engineered payloads and weak electronics .It has the acceleration profile of a speed 9 craft, and is limited by the unaugmented pilots down to a profile of 8. It’s components are durable and hardy, able to go through multiple sortees without Elysium overhauls or having an on-site fabricator while maintaining performance capabilities. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Values:Cost 6, Maintenance 2
Tags:

Troop compartment  -- [Trp]
A hull section is torn down and dedicated towards storing and disembarking large numbers of ground troops. Allows more soldiers to be present on a craft, as well as allowing more equipment for their purpose to be stored, up to light scout craft and heavy weapon emplacements. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Value: Cost:1

Engines

Hydrogen engine -- [HeE]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1.
Values: Cost:4, Maintenace 1
Tags:Rear

Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine -- [HeA]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1. Inside combat, an afterburner can be engaged to allow the thrust system to rate thrust 2 for an extended engagement before requiring 2-3 man days of maintenance to recover.
Values: Cost:5, Maintenace 2 Speed 1/2
Tags:Rear
Power Generation

Solar-Battery Power plant -- [SBP]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor and unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 3¹, Cost: 3
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Solar-Battery Power plant v2 -- [SB2]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor while unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 4¹, Cost: 5
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Command & Control

C5 Deck -- [C5D]
A component set deep into a ship, a C5 Deck is a hardened bunker in which the bridge crew inhabit. It is separated from the outer decks, with it’s own life support system. It is equipped with a Command and Control system based on haptic and holographic systems. It has a central computational engine specialized towards fire-control, it is a modern system that is far and away superior to primitive systems we have built at the time of the C5’s realization.. It has a luxurious set of amenities which the navy will acclimate and rely on for their increased performance in the field. It takes a significant amount of space, and may impact surrounding components.performance.
Values: Cost 3, Maintenance 2,
Tags: Internal, Fire Control 2, Limited 1

Faster than Light Travel Systems

Gate Key -- [GA1]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a colossal amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a horrendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through.
Values: Cost 5, PPC -6, Maintenace 3, Jump 4

Gate Key v2 -- [GA2]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a very large amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a stupendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through. Utilizing vast computational engines, the power and maintenance costs of the Gate Key are reduced at the expense of an increased production cost.
Values: Cost 9, PPC -4, Maintenance 2, Jump 5

Gate Key v3 -- [GA3]
It resonates with a higher energy. It cuts an aperture with a Vorpal Blade, it screams to the Gate with the Handshake Protocol, and the Gate Network responds by opening the iris’s of two gates and connecting them for a brief time. The Gate Key is an expensive tool required to traverse the Gate Network. This one has the functions required to open the gate and allow other ships to traverse, provided they are equivalent or lesser in mass to the Gate Key-bearer. Part of the installation process entails esoteric banks of processing stratum that have been through cycles of engineering to perfect the process.
Values: Cost 8, PPC -4, Maintenance 2, Jump 6

Infrastructure

The Forge of Elysium
A colossal set of infrastructure, heavy equipment and digital archives that permit the fabrication of wonders. Unable to access the designs made before the Dissolution war due to digital decay and hellish encryption of the blueprints required, New designs must be made for the Forge. Consisting of a full third of the internal volume of the Elysium, our manufacturing needs will be met by the Forge for a considerable amount of time  without any need for expansion, and our people are wholly reliant on this miracle machine for manufactured goods. The only bottleneck in the acquisition of more Resources is the raw material required to turn into feedstock
Values:Produces 90 Resources.

Becquerel Fission Reactors
A series of tests and prototyping phases made with the intent of easing our developing energy shortages. No viable reactors were made, but the path to success was forged: we now have some what an idea on how to not create a fission reactor.

Merchant Marine Fleet
A series of logistical improvements that reduce maintenance costs by 25% rounded down. Eases the development of resource generating structures in the home system systems and places logistical supply points across our home system. Increases the effectiveness of our irregular forces in and out of combat.
Cost: None


Values

Pulsed Power Container (PPC): These are containers that output enough energy to sustain components that require PPC power. Will often come with a amount of time that it could be sustained..
Aerodynamic: Hulls with this tag are designed with operations in an atmospheric body in mind, with a sealed hull and attention to avoiding excess bulk. Every planet or body has this value, representing how difficult it is to enter and leave its atmosphere or gravity. Barren planets with low gravity and no atmosphere do not require any Aerodynamic tags to operate in, but especially slow moving hulls may be restricted.
Internal: This value is attached to hulls, representing how many slots it has with the Internal Tag.
Cost: The material, industrial and socioeconomic cost of an object rendered down into its most quintessential value in fabricating this component or hull. This cost is in terms of Resources..
Maintenance:cost in resources every turn after its manufacturing.
Thrust: Engines produce this value, Though the ratio between maneuvering ability and pure thrust is sometimes different. Divide Thrust points on a hull by how many slots are on a ship to determine how fast the craft is relative to other ships.

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Integrated: Components with this tag are not able to be placed on normal designs and are hard-wired into specific designs.
Internal: Slots with this tag have no outer surface access: they are surrounded by the other components of the ship and are significantly less likely to be damaged in combat. Components with this tag need to be placed in an Internal slot.
Rear: Components with this slot must be placed on the left-most slots of a craft.
Front: Components with this slot must be placed on the right-most slots of a craft.
Volatile: Components with this tag are at risk of destroying the ship if damaged. Most typical of antimatter reactors or metallic hydrogen storage systems. Some components will also be Volatile in certain situations, like a hydrogen tank in an oxygenated atmosphere.
Yellow Line: This component can be yellow lined by captains to have an increased effect at the expense of the possibility of issues occurring after prolonged use.
Red Line: As above, but this component can be pushed even further beyond, into the thin edge between oblivion and enhanced operations, but not for very long, and for a drastic cost. For your finest hour.
Black Line: As above, but this component can be pushed past any sane or safe limit, to provide an enormous effect before burning out, often with spectacular consequences. The dramatic way of going out, to wet your blades edge one more time before the end.
Limited(x): Components with this tag can only be put in (x) per ship. In some cases, other components may restrict the installation of Limited(x) components. (eg a limited sensor system might not be installable with a common sensor system)
Gate Bearer: A hull or component with this tag can allow ships of equal tonnage to pass through a gate, including itself.
Fire Control: The Fire Control value is how powerful your targeting, targeting acquisition systems are: directly translating into mastery over your ship weapons. Rather than being consumed as if a value,  Weapons that do not have built-in fire control systems that completely fufilll their need for Fire Control will have a tag with a negative value. One Fire Control can take control of as many separate gunnery systems equal or lesser to its value. Unless specified, it is assumed that all weapons have a built-in  Fire Control 1 system in it. Components that require Fire Control must specify whether or not they have built-in back-up fire control systems in the event of the destruction of the central Fire Control. Completely self contained weapon packages will default to the master system if it is advantageous to do so.

Spoiler: Operationalized Ships (click to show/hide)

Sabalier  Hardened Spacefaring S variant ”Seine" Gateship Frigate
The Sablier is a fast carrier Frigate with 48 fighter craft that are deployed in two waves, six minutes apart. It is equipped with a NG autocannon array, a C-5 Deck and a third generation Gate Key. It has a hourglass shape, heavy medium thickness armor plate designed with a general protection factor. It has awkwardly placed internal systems that lower compartmentalization. Additional armor and internal systems have mostly mitigated this. It utilizes an ingenious internal storage solution to deploy 33% more fighters than otherwise possible. Has slight structural flaws due to being built with hangar bays without being built form the ground up for hangars.
Format
[HeA]     [SB2]
[HeA][GA3][FLE]
[HeA][C5D][FLE]
[HeA]     [nAC]
Values:Cost: 72 , Maintenance 16, Thrust 4( [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:4/17 | 8/17]] Jump 6
Tags:Fire Control 2, Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Gunship “Porcupine” Variant
The Porcupine is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. It’s two thrusting blocks are capable of using afterburners to do advanced maneuvers in combat time scales. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of two primary cannons on its front and rear that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant. The life-support is strained during combat conditions.
Format
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
[MGS][C5D][MGS]
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 17,, Thrust 2(4) [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:2/9 | 4/9]]
Tags:Fire Control 2


Combat Corvette Rubik: Assault Gunship “Griffon” Variant
The Griffon is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. Heavy thrusting gridis simplistic and reliable for combat manuvering. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of four primary cannons on its front  that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant.
Format
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
[HeE][C5D][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 15, Thrust 3 [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:1/3]]
Tags:Fire Control 2

Combat Corvette Rubik:  “Aura” Variant
The Aura is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
[HeE][GA2][nAC]
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
Values:Cost: 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Flak Corvette “Slayer” Variant
The Slayer is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons interspersed to shoot down incoming ordinance and very close ships. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds. Higher than expected sensor emission & lower than expected sensor capabilities.
Format
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
[HeE][GA1][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
Values:Cost 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2: Fleet Transport “Venus” Variant
The Venus is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. It’s interspersed between core systems are with troop quarters and autoloaders for it’s relatively many guns. It is heavily gunned with primitive kinetic turreted weapons. Fabrication Techniques have increased it’s aerodynamic capabilities. It has an above average engine output.
Format
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
Values:Cost: 25, Maintenance 4, PPC 6*, Thrust 2, Aerodynamic 3
Tag:

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2:Shuttle Craft “Mercury” Variant
The Mercury is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, which make up the center of the craft. It is undergunned, with only a few gunnery emplacements that dot its hull. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][GA1][SBP]
[HeE][SBP][EAC]
Values:Cost: 30, Maintenance 6, PPC 6*, Thrust 2
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Capable Shuttle Aero: Fleet Transport “Terra” Variant
A troop transport shuttle. It has catalyzed afterburning engines that increase its speed in a combat situation, but require maintenance after; . One of its engines has a doubled speed when in atmospheric conditions. It has an extensive hangar bay system that is able to handle large amounts of ground troops, including heavy weapon emplacements, and medium sized vehicles. With a component-thrust ratio that varies depending on the situation, it is most suited for fights around planets with atmospheres. Its light armament of Elysium Autocannons are secondary to its purpose of entering worlds and dropping off its many warriors.
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[ConscriptFive]

Okay, so the MGS is under-performing and our modified Sabalier hull gives a bonus to twin slot weapons...

Design: 160mm Vorpal Gun Battery (VGB)

Our last gen workhorse, 160mm MGS was a mediocre weapon system whose lackluster combat performance only emphasizes the need for a replacement.

The 160mm Vorpal Gun Battery (VGB) is a fore mounted four gun battery occupying two slots (vs the two gun MGS in one slot).  Shell production has been upgraded to use plentiful Vorpal Gun materials.  In addition to standard HE shells, armor piercing depleted uranium (APDU) shells have been developed.  APDU shells consist of a sabot encased sharpened ultra-dense DU projectile.  Inherent to DU, the penetrator sharpens itself as it passes through armor plating.

Having been developed mostly parallel to the C5 Deck, legacy MGS systems did not fully utilize the full capabilities of integrated fire control.  The VGB features an updated two-way datalink, keeping the Captain fully apprised of weapon & ammunition status, and allowing the bridge to independently execute most gunnery functions.  Meanwhile, each VGB gun retains an optical crosshair sight for manual gun-laying in contingent circumstances (electronic warfare disruption, network failures, or even catastrophic battle damage to the C5 Deck.)

As an added bonus, due to use of plentiful Vorpal Gun materials, and the efficiency of unifying twice as many guns into a single system, logistical costs are relatively low despite the technological advances of the VGB.

Estimated Values: Cost 9, Maint 5
Estimated Tags: Two Parallel External Front Slots

Design: Curie Shipboard Fission Reactor (CFR)

To say the Becquerel Fission Reactors were a disaster would be an understatement.  Some would say this was destined to be the fate of apes striving to be angels.  Others would say such tortured metaphors have no place in technical writing.

Regardless of this dispute, splitting the atom is fundamental science we must rediscover.  We shall attempt to construct shipboard fission reactors.  By doing so, we can avoid the additional mass and volume of massed solar arrays, keeping the tight form factor of our vessels.

Estimated Values: PPC 10, Cost 10, Maint 1

Design: Combat Coolant Reservoir and Radiator Assembly (CCRaRA)

As any layman who grew up on the Torus knows, habitability in the void is reliant upon constant mechanical cooling via heat pumps.  Space stations, satellites, and voidcraft are constantly baked by the unfiltered cosmic rays of the stars.  Air conditioning heat pump systems must gather heat from the insulated interior of craft, pump it to an exterior heat-sink array.  Without the benefit of atmospheric convection, these heat sink arrays slowly radiate heat back into the void.

And this all has has worked well for us for generations.  And all our current voidcraft utilize this kind of system, which has continued to work well.

...until the moment SUCK decided to melt our with a high energy laser weapon.

Our current radiative heatsink arrays weren't designed to absorb so much thermal energy and then safely discharge it.  The CCRaRA is an addon package to our existing heat pump systems.  The external radiator assembly is substantially larger, and of particular innovation has small 'sweat pores.'  In damage control situations, the radiator can now sweat heated ammonia-based refrigerant, directly expelling heated mass from the ship.  The other major addition of the system is a large auxiliary reservoir of ammonia-based refrigerant.  As the CCRaRA sweats heated refrigerant, the auxiliary reservoir is tapped by the heat pump system to refill the expelled refrigerant.  The reservoir is large enough that as a yellow line procedure, the CCRaRA can rapidly flush ALL its circulating refrigerant out the sweat pores, creating a sizeable spaceborne ammonia cloud.  While this is intended as a limited capability for rapid cooling, the resulting ammonia cloud may have some tactical use as an obscurant, and may diffuse/disrupt some hostile energy weapons or other signals as well.

Estimated Values: Cost 4
Estimated Tag: Yellow-Line Feature

(1) 160mm Vorpal Gun Battery (VGB): ConscriptFive
(0) Curie Shipboard Fission Reactor (CFR):
(1) Combat Coolant Reservoir and Radiator Assembly (CCRaRA): ConscriptFive

[Blood_Librarian]

Elysium Command Arms Race of Conquest: Operationalization Phase
Turn 2

Design: 160mm Vorpal Gun Battery (VGB)
Our last gen workhorse, 160mm MGS was a mediocre weapon system whose lackluster combat performance only emphasizes the need for a replacement.

The 160mm Vorpal Gun Battery (VGB) is a fore-mounted four gun battery occupying two slots (vs the two gun MGS in one slot).  Shell production has been upgraded to use plentiful Vorpal Gun materials.  In addition to standard HE shells, armor piercing depleted uranium (APDU) shells have been developed.  APDU shells consist of a sabot encased sharpened ultra-dense DU projectile.  Inherent to DU, the penetrator sharpens itself as it passes through armor plating.

Having been developed mostly parallel to the C5 Deck, legacy MGS systems did not fully utilize the full capabilities of integrated fire control.  The VGB features an updated two-way datalink, keeping the Captain fully apprised of weapon & ammunition status, and allowing the bridge to independently execute most gunnery functions.  Meanwhile, each VGB gun retains an optical crosshair sight for manual gun-laying in contingent circumstances (electronic warfare disruption, network failures, or even catastrophic battle damage to the C5 Deck.)

As an added bonus, due to use of plentiful Vorpal Gun materials, and the efficiency of unifying twice as many guns into a single system, logistical costs are relatively low despite the technological advances of the VGB.

Estimated Values: Cost 9, Maint 5
Estimated Tags: Two Parallel External Front Slots

Difficulty: Easy (+1 mod)
2d4--> 3+3+1 [Superior craftsmanship]

We have a singular mastery over traditional ballistic weapons.  The acceleration powder is the finest it can get; We cannot improve velocities without the use of more exotic  acceleration schemas. The projectile heads are as complicated and vastly engineered as our own warships. Automated systems reduce the crew footprint while also emplacing electronically hardened autoloaders. It is designed with a fine gunnery system that allows for accurate fire, but requires a data link to external ballistic computational engines to fully use this capability. Backup onsite gunners can aim the gun in case of network outage.

The projectile heads in particular are pieces of art.  Two doctrines of thought have been  emplaced: the first doctrine is blunt, a directness that invokes the image of a knife in the dark: The sheer focus on kinetic damage has resulted in Hammerhead rounds, which are Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot Uranium shot. Simulacrum testing indicates that these weapons are very effective against heavily armored craft that use first generation armoring techniques. The second doctrine utilizes the first generation of incredibly durable sub-kilogram computational engines: “Slicer” rounds utilizes payload explosives to maximized effect, with an onboard simple logic and sensory system hooked up to a detonator on the Shaped Charge round.  The round is targeted to aim as close as possible to the engine bells of a targeted craft, and to detonate in proximity to the enemy craft, causing both rocket exhaust to back pressure into the rocket motor (Unlikely to occur with higher fuel efficiency engines) and gouge the engine bell with specially designed penetrator shrapnel.

Slicer rounds are only effective in danger close engagements, so the ratio has been set to a 80-20 in favor of the Hammerhead rounds.

The four gun configuration design makes ample use of the space by reducing the logistical burdens of maintenance protocols, and provides ample engineering space for the weapon set. The barrels are lengthened such that they massively protrude out of the ship, while structural members have been placed on rotating and sliding mechanisms across the ship to handle their bulk in accelerations without deforming. 

160mm Vorpal Gun --[VGB]
 Battery````````````````--[VGB]
A fore-mounted traditional ballistic main cannon weapon design schema that calls to place four guns across two slots. These huge cannons utilize extremely fast burning powder formulas, an average bore length for the calliber and exotic alloys to extract every ounce of acceleration possible per kilogram.  Two rounds types are carried, Second Generation APDSDU “Hammerhead”  rounds and Combination radar and thermal proximity detonator shaped charge “Slicer rounds. Slicer rounds are designed to be fired at enemy engines and disable them, and are more effective against low fuel efficiency engines. It requires a fire control system to fully utilize its functions, but it comes with onsite gunner back up systems. It utilizes Electronically hardened Autoloaders.
Values: Cost 10, Maint 4
Tags: Two Parallel External Front Slots, Fire Control -2

Design: Combat Coolant Reservoir and Radiator Assembly (CCRaRA)
As any layman who grew up on the Torus knows, habitability in the void is reliant upon constant mechanical cooling via heat pumps.  Space stations, satellites, and voidcraft are constantly baked by the unfiltered cosmic rays of the stars.  Air conditioning heat pump systems must gather heat from the insulated interior of craft, pump it to an exterior heat-sink array.  Without the benefit of atmospheric convection, these heat sink arrays slowly radiate heat back into the void.

And this all has worked well for us for generations.  And all our current voidcraft utilize this kind of system, which has continued to work well.

...until the moment SUCK decided to melt our with a high energy laser weapon.

Our current radiative heat sink arrays weren't designed to absorb so much thermal energy and then safely discharge it.  The CCRaRA is an add-on package to our existing heat pump systems.  The external radiator assembly is substantially larger, and of particular innovation has small 'sweat pores.'  In damage control situations, the radiator can now sweat heated ammonia-based refrigerant, directly expelling heated mass from the ship.  The other major addition of the system is a large auxiliary reservoir of ammonia-based refrigerant.  As the CCRaRA sweats heated refrigerant, the auxiliary reservoir is tapped by the heat pump system to refill the expelled refrigerant.  The reservoir is large enough that as a yellow line procedure, the CCRaRA can rapidly flush ALL its circulating refrigerant out the sweat pores, creating a sizeable spaceborne ammonia cloud.  While this is intended as a limited capability for rapid cooling, the resulting ammonia cloud may have some tactical use as an obscurant, and may diffuse/disrupt some hostile energy weapons or other signals as well.

Estimated Values: Cost 4
Estimated Tag: Yellow-Line Feature

Difficulty: Normal (0 mod)
2d4--> 3+4 [Superior Craftsmanship]

Although most of the thermal upkeep structure is built into the support infrastructure of each slot, They are designed mostly in the ship formation steps, and are thus difficult to upgrade on an intrinsic level. The Combat Coolant Reservoir and Radiator Assembly project represents a series of upgrades to the internal systems of warships to defeat secondary effects of enemy laser weapons. The primary effect, the abballation of thermal impact sites, would require a re-engineered plate composition to defeat and is beyond the scope of the design. The secondary effect, the distribution of unmanageable thermal waste heat into the ship interior, is defeated by the designed system. In addition, these systems act as a significant upgrade to the ton to waste heat output of the radiator as high density pressurized ammonia tanks allows for more efficient cooling.

This system prevents crematorium drifts, as termed by our salvage engineers. Expanded radiator systems, secondary radiator systems as well as emergency doctrines set in place to rapidly expel thermally ruinous temperatures from the ship for short periods of time thanks to the generous coolant it is equipped with. The expulsion rate is high enough to act  as an obscurant around the radiators and some portions of the craft, totally reducing visibility for half second pulses as the pump works. It is estimated to reduce total on coming thermal energy in the infrared and visible bands by as much as 35%.

Combat Coolant Reservoir and Radiator Assembly (CCRaRA)
A add-on package to radiative systems that expands its mass as well as several internal upgrades that reduce impact of induced thermal waste by enemy firepower. Damage Control can initiate the expulsion of heated coolant through sweat pores built into the radiators while cycling in secondary coolant tanks, which rapidly reduces temperatures and prevents crematorium drift situations. The expulsion of ammonia coolant induces short duration clouds of obscuring clouds around the radiator and some portions of the craft. They reduce oncoming thermal damage in the infrared and visible bands by roughly 35%. More efficient cooling systems are installed, allowing for a Thermal rating to be appended to the craft.
Values: Cost 5, Thermal 2
Tag: Yellow-Line Feature,

Work on 2 Revisions as well as any ships you want prototyped for production.

Spoiler: Current Assets (click to show/hide)

You produce 120 Resources and have 69 Resources Available, with 68 * 0.75 = 51 Maintenance Costs & 60 Prototype Costs. 69 resources available!
CC “Aura” Aura Class
Orders:Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9, Thrust 3/9, Jump 5
FC “Slayer” Slayer Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9, Thrust 3/9
CT “Griffon” Griffon Class
Orders: MAJOR SYSTEMIC DAMAGE, Operational by 2->3 Fight
Traits: Maintenace 15, Thrust 3/9
CT “Borzoi” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15, Thrust 3/9
CT “Briard” Griffon Class
Orders:Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15, Thrust 3/9
FT "Terra" Terra Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maint 5, Thrust 2(4)/3(6)
FT "Terra-02" Terra Class
Orders: (11/27) 16 resources to complete.
Traits: Maint 5, Thrust 2/6 | 4/6
GF “Seine” Seine Class
Orders: (69/72) 3 Resources to finish Assembly. (ALMOST!)
Traits: Maint 16, Thrust 4/17 | 8/17 Jump 6 (Unfinished doesn't take maint)

GRAVEYARD
FT “Venus” Venus Class
Destroyed during an engagement on -1 -> 0 in the Roses Star System by the CCS-S “Earth Bringer.” Salvaged by Allied Forces
GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass
Decommissioned[i/]
CT “Komodor” Griffon Class
Mission killed during an engagement on 0 -> 1 in the Roses Star System by a black-lined laser from the Fire Bearer. Salvaged by Enemy
CT “Picard” Griffon Class
Mission killed during an engagement on 0 -> 1 in the Roses Star System by massed fire while out of position. Salvaged by Enemy


KILL LIST
LS “Fire Bearer” Light Bringer Class
Destroyed by CT “Picard” Griffon & CT “Komodor” Griffon during a fleet battle in the Roses Star system on 0 -> 1, Salvaged.
CCS-2S "Earth Bringer" Earth Bringer Class
Destroyed by massed fire during a fleet battle in the Roses Star system on 0 -> 1, Salvaged.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The map will be current in the core thread as well as the latest post of the arms race
https://imgur.com/qokLT6r
[BS12]: Home of Elysium De La 12th Société, the Elysium sits in the orbit of a red dwarf star with little in the way of other orbital bodies: A single gas giant with a small lunar system around it. The Elysium requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.


[RS]: Roses Star is a large system with 12 orbital bodies, including Ranachuri, a garden world scoured by de-orbiting debris from the massive industrial complex that had fallen apart in it's orbit. Evidence of a massive project of some kind is left behind in it's orbit. In the corona of Roses Star is a proto-dyson swarm with a leading facility of unknown purpose. Currently the center of the conflict between Elysiums. Close operations on Ranachuri can benefit from ships designed to operate in atmospheric conditions, with 5 levels of the Aerodynamic tag being optimal.



[SB]:Home of the Skanzat United Constitutional Kingdoms Elysium. The Elysium is in the orbit of a large gas giant, which orbits distantly from a yellow star. Several small bodies orbit around the inner lanes of the star. The Elysium Requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

DropBox link to CURRENT BAY12 Items: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ki83g84cx7cj0vv/AAD4t2wWfHSR6mUfA3FE6QbOa?dl=0

Hulls
Corvettes
Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as some other stuff. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. Made for the purpose of ferrying troops from one end of the Elysium to the other and one of the finest pieces of Elysium equipment that ultimately united your country. In the dawn of your united Elysium, it’s main purpose is in logistics and exploration, and unsuited for combat. It’s paper thin armor cannot stand up to ship-grade weaponry for very long. Capable of landing on worlds with thin gravity and atmosphere or Elysiums.
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Values: Aerodynamic 2, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 9
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Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Aero Variant Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as military equipment. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. It has been extensively modified for aerospace operations, including the installation of equipment which allows one of its engines to operate with twice the speed in atmospheric conditions.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 4, Internal 1 Cost 12
Tags:
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"Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull: A durable corvette hull with spaced armor specialized towards stellar operations, The Rubik has average primitive armor specialized towards small primitive kinetic projectiles. Capable of landing on barren moons. Noted to have a robust structure despite utilizing modular frames in it’s construction.
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Values: Aerodynamic 1, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 13
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Frigates
Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, lowering the overall compartmentalization of the craft: damage is marginally more likely to spill into surrounding systems.
Values:Cost 18, Internal 2, Armor 6
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”Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring-S Variant Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, but additional armor and internal systems have mostly mitigated the low compartmentalization, though damage is slightly apt to spill into surrounding systems. Two slot long weapon systems are more effective when installed into the Sabalier-S Variant.
Values:Cost 20, Internal 2, Armor 7
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Components:
"Ground" Operations
Infantry Division: People hired by your polity that went through a strict training regimen and given the equipment needed to take objectives in a wide variety of environments. Standard in all ships, but may require vehicular or orbital support to get the job done. Current technology  utilizes gun-powder and armor piercing rounds in their automatic guns, and wear hardened steel plates in vests for armor. Spacesuits are equipped when required.
Assumed to be in all ships, but specialized components or hulls can be fabricated for greater effect. As time progresses, the engineering division will give them new weapons and armor.
Ship Guns
Elysium Automatic Cannon Special -- [EAC]
The EACS is a series of autocannons, fire controls and sensory systems that represent the first step in warfare. Irregular manufacturing standards, varying calibers, poorly designed autoloaders as well as crude propellants and large bore projectiles intended to never risk damage to the Elysium mean that this weapon is large and underpowered. It is self contained, and only requires supply to keep functioning.
Values:Cost 2, Maintenance 1
Tags: Front

Next-Gen Autocannon (NGAC) -- (nAC)
The NGAC is a series of turreted autocannons with integrated fire control and sensory systems. It is designed as a dual 40mm ball turreted autocannon, of which half a dozen per slot is put onto the hull. The turret is rated for a 180 coverage on both axes. It utilizes crude HE rounds. It is self-contained, and only requires Maintenance to function.
Values:Cost 3, Maintenance 1

160mm Main Gun System (MGS)
A primitive kinetic accelerator cannon with large bore shells, most archetypically high explosive rounds. Despite the large bore, the rounds are accelerated to be on par with small-bore -large length weapons due to the high-power next generation powder propellant, and it fires shots down rapidly, allowing ship-gunners to feasibly expend their entire magazine in a single engagement. It has a high range despite its relatively short length for its caliber. The weapon is augmented with primitive visual sensors in it’s built-in fire control systems and high explosive rounds which is some-what more effective against primitive kinetic armor.
Values: Cost 4, Maintenance 3
Tags: Front/Back,
160mm Vorpal Gun --[VGB]
 Battery````````````````--[VGB]
A fore-mounted traditional ballistic main cannon weapon design schema that calls to place four guns across two slots. These huge cannons utilize extremely fast burning powder formulas, an average bore length for the calliber and exotic alloys to extract every ounce of acceleration possible per kilogram.  Two rounds types are carried, Second Generation APDSDU rounds and Combination radar and thermal proximity detonator shaped charge rounds, “Hammerhead” and “Slicer.” Slicer rounds are designed to be fired at enemy engines and disable them, and are more effective against low fuel efficiency engines. It requires a fire control system to fully utilize its functions, but it comes with onsite gunner back up systems. It utilizes Electronically hardened Autoloaders.
Values: Cost 10, Maint 5
Tags: Two Parallel External Front Slots, Fire Control -2

Hangar Systems
'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft -- [FLE]
The 'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft details the installation of 18 small fighter craft stored in hangar bays with launch capabilities. Each Parasite craft is equipped with 2 high explosive shaped charge payload heat seeking missiles and dual front mounted dual 40mm cannons with 20 degrees of gimballing. The missiles have roughly engineered payloads and weak electronics .It has the acceleration profile of a speed 9 craft, and is limited by the unaugmented pilots down to a profile of 8. It’s components are durable and hardy, able to go through multiple sortees without Elysium overhauls or having an on-site fabricator while maintaining performance capabilities. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Values:Cost 6, Maintenance 2
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Troop compartment  -- [Trp]
A hull section is torn down and dedicated towards storing and disembarking large numbers of ground troops. Allows more soldiers to be present on a craft, as well as allowing more equipment for their purpose to be stored, up to light scout craft and heavy weapon emplacements. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Value: Cost:1

Engines

Hydrogen engine -- [HeE]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1.
Values: Cost:4, Maintenace 1
Tags:Rear

Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine -- [HeA]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1. Inside combat, an afterburner can be engaged to allow the thrust system to rate thrust 2 for an extended engagement before requiring 2-3 man days of maintenance to recover.
Values: Cost:5, Maintenace 2 Speed 1/2
Tags:Rear
Power Generation

Solar-Battery Power plant -- [SBP]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor and unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 3¹, Cost: 3
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Solar-Battery Power plant v2 -- [SB2]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor while unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 4¹, Cost: 5
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Command & Control

C5 Deck -- [C5D]
A component set deep into a ship, a C5 Deck is a hardened bunker in which the bridge crew inhabit. It is separated from the outer decks, with it’s own life support system. It is equipped with a Command and Control system based on haptic and holographic systems. It has a central computational engine specialized towards fire-control, it is a modern system that is far and away superior to primitive systems we have built at the time of the C5’s realization.. It has a luxurious set of amenities which the navy will acclimate and rely on for their increased performance in the field. It takes a significant amount of space, and may impact surrounding components.performance.
Values: Cost 3, Maintenance 2,
Tags: Internal, Fire Control 2, Limited 1

Faster than Light Travel Systems

Gate Key -- [GA1]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a colossal amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a horrendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through.
Values: Cost 5, PPC -6, Maintenace 3, Jump 4

Gate Key v2 -- [GA2]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a very large amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a stupendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through. Utilizing vast computational engines, the power and maintenance costs of the Gate Key are reduced at the expense of an increased production cost.
Values: Cost 9, PPC -4, Maintenance 2, Jump 5

Gate Key v3 -- [GA3]
It resonates with a higher energy. It cuts an aperture with a Vorpal Blade, it screams to the Gate with the Handshake Protocol, and the Gate Network responds by opening the iris’s of two gates and connecting them for a brief time. The Gate Key is an expensive tool required to traverse the Gate Network. This one has the functions required to open the gate and allow other ships to traverse, provided they are equivalent or lesser in mass to the Gate Key-bearer. Part of the installation process entails esoteric banks of processing stratum that have been through cycles of engineering to perfect the process.
Values: Cost 8, PPC -4, Maintenance 2, Jump 6

Thermal Control

Combat Coolant Reservoir and Radiator Assembly (CCRaRA)
A add-on package to radiative systems that expands its mass as well as several internal upgrades that reduce impact of induced thermal waste by enemy firepower. Damage Control can initiate the expulsion of heated coolant through sweat pores built into the radiators while cycling in secondary coolant tanks, which rapidly reduces temperatures and prevents crematorium drift situations. The expulsion of ammonia coolant induces short duration clouds of obscuring clouds around the radiator and some portions of the craft. They reduce oncoming thermal damage in the infrared and visible bands by roughly 35%. More efficient cooling systems are installed, allowing for a Thermal rating to be appended to the craft.
Values: Cost 5, Thermal 2
Tag: Yellow-Line Feature,

Infrastructure

The Forge of Elysium
A colossal set of infrastructure, heavy equipment and digital archives that permit the fabrication of wonders. Unable to access the designs made before the Dissolution war due to digital decay and hellish encryption of the blueprints required, New designs must be made for the Forge. Consisting of a full third of the internal volume of the Elysium, our manufacturing needs will be met by the Forge for a considerable amount of time  without any need for expansion, and our people are wholly reliant on this miracle machine for manufactured goods. The only bottleneck in the acquisition of more Resources is the raw material required to turn into feedstock
Values:Produces 90 Resources.

Becquerel Fission Reactors
A series of tests and prototyping phases made with the intent of easing our developing energy shortages. No viable reactors were made, but the path to success was forged: we now have some what an idea on how to not create a fission reactor.

Merchant Marine Fleet
A series of logistical improvements that reduce maintenance costs by 25% rounded down. Eases the development of resource generating structures in the home system systems and places logistical supply points across our home system. Increases the effectiveness of our irregular forces in and out of combat.
Cost: None


Tags
Integrated: Components with this tag are not able to be placed on normal designs and are hard-wired into specific designs.
Internal: Slots with this tag have no outer surface access: they are surrounded by the other components of the ship and are significantly less likely to be damaged in combat. Components with this tag need to be placed in an Internal slot.
Rear: Components with this slot must be placed on the left-most slots of a craft.
Front: Components with this slot must be placed on the right-most slots of a craft.
Volatile: Components with this tag are at risk of destroying the ship if damaged. Most typical of antimatter reactors or metallic hydrogen storage systems. Some components will also be Volatile in certain situations, like a hydrogen tank in an oxygenated atmosphere.
Yellow Line: This component can be yellow lined by captains to have an increased effect at the expense of the possibility of issues occurring after prolonged use.
Red Line: As above, but this component can be pushed even further beyond, into the thin edge between oblivion and enhanced operations, but not for very long, and for a drastic cost. For your finest hour.
Black Line: As above, but this component can be pushed past any sane or safe limit, to provide an enormous effect before burning out, often with spectacular consequences. The dramatic way of going out, to wet your blades edge one more time before the end.
Limited(x): Components with this tag can only be put in (x) per ship. In some cases, other components may restrict the installation of Limited(x) components. (eg a limited sensor system might not be installable with a common sensor system)
Gate Bearer: A hull or component with this tag can allow ships of equal tonnage to pass through a gate, including itself.
Fire Control: Targeting acquisition, lock on and sensory modules produce Fire Control. Rather than being consumed as a value, Weapons that do not have built-in fire control systems that completely fufilll their need for Fire Control will note the minimum firecontrol number required for maximum effectiveness. One Fire Control can take control of any number ofseparate gunnery systems equal or lesser to its value. Unless specified, it is assumed that all weapons have a built-in  Fire Control 1 system in it. Components that require Fire Control must specify whether or not they have built-in back-up fire control systems in the event of the destruction of the central Fire Control. Completely self contained weapon packages will default to the master system if it is advantageous to do so.

Values

Pulsed Power Container (PPC): These are containers that output enough energy to sustain components that require PPC power. Will often come with an amount of time that it could be sustained.
Thermal: A component with a thermal tag represents an efficient cooling system that may be more efficient than the one attached to the hull, in addition to any other effects it may apply. More efficient heat reduction allows for more mass to be dedicated to individual systems manifesting as a flat bonus to all operations. Some components may require a minimum of a thermal tag. A hull may have a better than stock cooling system installed by default and is represented by the thermal tag.
Heat capacity.The capability of a component to store heat, allowing for a ship's radiators to be stored and protected from oncoming fire. As Radiators cannot be armored, this is one way to improve a ship's survivability.
Aerodynamic: Hulls with this tag are designed with operations in an atmospheric body in mind, with a sealed hull and attention to avoiding excess bulk. Every planet or body has this value, representing how difficult it is to enter and leave its atmosphere or gravity. Barren planets with low gravity and no atmosphere do not require any Aerodynamic tags to operate in, but especially slow moving hulls may be restricted.
Internal: This value is attached to hulls, representing how many slots it has with the Internal Tag.
Cost: The material, industrial and socioeconomic cost of an object rendered down into its most quintessential value in fabricating this component or hull. This cost is in terms of Resources..
Maintenance:cost in resources every turn after its manufacturing.
Thrust: Engines produce this value, Though the ratio between maneuvering ability and pure thrust is sometimes different. Divide Thrust points on a hull by the number of slots and weight value it has to determine how fast the craft is relative to other ships. Often comes in two values, the first used for determining strategic outcomes while the second is used in tactical maneuvering
Weight: Components and Hulls with this value lower overall speed and maneuverability in Thrust Calculations.

Spoiler: Operationalized Ships (click to show/hide)

Sabalier  Hardened Spacefaring S variant ”Seine" Gateship Frigate
The Sablier is a fast carrier Frigate with 48 fighter craft that are deployed in two waves, six minutes apart. It is equipped with a NG autocannon array, a C-5 Deck and a third generation Gate Key. It has a hourglass shape, heavy medium thickness armor plate designed with a general protection factor. It has awkwardly placed internal systems that lower compartmentalization. Additional armor and internal systems have mostly mitigated this. It utilizes an ingenious internal storage solution to deploy 33% more fighters than otherwise possible. Has slight structural flaws due to being built with hangar bays without being built from the ground up for hangars.
Format
[HeA]     [SB2]
[HeA][GA3][FLE]
[HeA][C5D][FLE]
[HeA]     [nAC]
Values:Cost: 72 , Maintenance 16, Thrust 4( [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:4/17 | 8/17]] Jump 6
Tags:Fire Control 2, Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Gunship “Porcupine” Variant
The Porcupine is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. It’s two thrusting blocks are capable of using afterburners to do advanced maneuvers in combat time scales. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of two primary cannons on its front and rear that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant. The life-support is strained during combat conditions.
Format
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
[MGS][C5D][MGS]
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 17,, Thrust 2(4) [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:2/9 | 4/9]]
Tags:Fire Control 2


Combat Corvette Rubik: Assault Gunship “Griffon” Variant
The Griffon is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. Heavy thrusting gridis simplistic and reliable for combat manuvering. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of four primary cannons on its front  that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant.
Format
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
[HeE][C5D][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 15, Thrust 3 [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:1/3]]
Tags:Fire Control 2

Combat Corvette Rubik:  “Aura” Variant
The Aura is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
[HeE][GA2][nAC]
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
Values:Cost: 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Flak Corvette “Slayer” Variant
The Slayer is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons interspersed to shoot down incoming ordinance and very close ships. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds. Higher than expected sensor emission & lower than expected sensor capabilities.
Format
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
[HeE][GA1][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
Values:Cost 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2: Fleet Transport “Venus” Variant
The Venus is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. It’s interspersed between core systems are with troop quarters and autoloaders for it’s relatively many guns. It is heavily gunned with primitive kinetic turreted weapons. Fabrication Techniques have increased it’s aerodynamic capabilities. It has an above average engine output.
Format
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
Values:Cost: 25, Maintenance 4, PPC 6*, Thrust 2, Aerodynamic 3
Tag:

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2:Shuttle Craft “Mercury” Variant
The Mercury is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, which make up the center of the craft. It is undergunned, with only a few gunnery emplacements that dot its hull. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][GA1][SBP]
[HeE][SBP][EAC]
Values:Cost: 30, Maintenance 6, PPC 6*, Thrust 2
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Capable Shuttle Aero: Fleet Transport “Terra” Variant
A troop transport shuttle. It has catalyzed afterburning engines that increase its speed in a combat situation, but require maintenance after; . One of its engines has a doubled speed when in atmospheric conditions. It has an extensive hangar bay system that is able to handle large amounts of ground troops, including heavy weapon emplacements, and medium sized vehicles. With a component-thrust ratio that varies depending on the situation, it is most suited for fights around planets with atmospheres. Its light armament of Elysium Autocannons are secondary to its purpose of entering worlds and dropping off its many warriors.
Format
[HE][][]
[HE][][]

[ConscriptFive]

Very nice.  I was expected to need to spend a revision to fix either design, but it looks like we have full license to innovate here.

Still only revisions, but modifications to our fighter craft should count.  Why not specialize them and make a full on Carrier Air Group/Wing?

Revision: "Lagrange" Reconnaissance Squadron

As first-time voidfarers soon find out, once you get away from the light pollution of the torus, you can see every single star in the void.  In deepspace, even more so.  Sit yourself in a Fléchette Parasite far away from your carrier, and your eyes won't be the only passive sensor excused from friendly interference.

The "Lagrange" Reconnaissance Squadron is an 18 craft Fléchette Parasite squadron modified for long range reconnaissance missions.  To extend mission range, the two missile hardpoints are instead loaded with detachable fuel drop tanks.  Meanwhile, the autocannons in the nose have been replaced by a bulbous radome and sensor assembly.  This new sensor assembly can passively detect emissions across the various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, but especially IR and RF.  The datalink of the craft has also been upgraded, to maintain communications and sensor relay back to the carrier's C5 Deck at longer operational ranges.

Tactically, the "Lagrange" Reconnaissance Squadron is envisioned as low profile picket element to a carrier.  Extending sensors far beyond the noise of the fleet, they can isolate signals that would otherwise be lost.  With multiple craft in a wide formation, suspect signals can be triangulated and located.  For less sophisticated tactics, a singular Lagrange Fléchette Parasite craft provides a fast-moving expendable low-cost solution to chase and inspect suspect contacts.  Similarly, Lagrange craft outriding in a spherical fleet picket formation will prove difficult for an enemy to bypass unnoticed, preventing devastating close ambushes upon the fleet.

While technically unarmed, Lagrange craft feature an easily armed self destruct circuit.  As a Black Line procedure, Lagrange pilots are trained to plot a suicide heading and arm the self-destruct circuit prior to ejecting.

Between the removal of expensive munitions, salvaged Vorpal Gun materials, and less system attrition wear from a support role, "Lagrange" squadrons are forecast to cost less to maintain than other Fléchette Parasite squadrons.

On a final note, the name "Lagrange" drew some scrutiny amongst us in the Division.  Is it a tribute to the legendary astronomer/mathematician, "Lagrange?"  Or a garble of the Anglicized craft role, "long range?"  We eventually cornered the lead engineer on this.  "Why not both?"

Estimated Values: Cost 4 (-2), Maint 1 (-1)
Estimated Tags: Black Line

Revision: "Intrépide" Bomber Squadron

There's a saying by aviators of old that an unguided "dumbfire" munition couldn't hit the broadside of a barn.  We not exactly sure what they meant by this, but inertial bombs and dumb-fire rockets do seem to take extraordinary skill to hit small or fast moving targets.  Good thing SUCK doesn't make smaller or fast moving targets.

The "Intrépide" Bomber Squadron is an 18 craft Fléchette Parasite squadron modified for inertial and dumb-fire rocket bombing sorties.  On the missile hardpoints, the two heat-seeking missiles have been replaced with four dumb-fire rocket bombs.  With the guidance system and maneuver avionics removed, these rocket bombs have larger warheads and are dramatically cheaper than their guided predecessors.  But the true piece de resistance is the addition of a ventral center-line hardpoint to the craft.  This new hardpoint is armed with the oversized payload of a single inertial bomb.  The nose hardpoint retains the base Fléchette Parasite's autocannons.

Of course, this radical change in armament accordingly alters the craft's performance.  Fully laden with all five munitions, an Intrépide bomber has rough 2/3 the TWR of the base Fléchette Parasite fighter (6 vs 9.)  Likewise, maneuver thrusters are unmodified, so the additional mass also compromises agility in that regard.  (A fully armed Intrépide bomber is simply not built for dogfighting compared to its peer.)  However, once fully "Winchester" after delivering its weighty payload, the parasite regains nearly the full agility of the base Fléchette Parasite fighter (6 to 8.)

With replacement of guided munitions and additional salvage material from the Vorpal Gun, cost is projected to be similar to the base fighter squadron despite the increase in mass and lethality.

Tactically, the "Intrépide" Bomber Squadron provide a harder hitting parasite option against large slow targets.  Relatively fast, with a tiny target cross-section, they are difficult to detect and target; yet they can deliver a tremendous amount of high explosives in a single bombing run.  After delivering their payload, they can perform limited dogfighting or strafing, but should preferably return to their hanger for re-arming for the next sortie.

On a final note, the parasite's targeting computer has been updated support these new unguided systems.  While this will likely prove far from perfect, pilots are advised not to turn off the targeting computer in some ill-advised scheme to rely upon their supposed cosmic intuition.

Estimated Values: Cost 6 (unchanged), Maint 2 (unchanged)

So yeah, we still have the Fléchette as a multi-role, but now we also have scout/recon birds to find the enemy, and then a bomber squadron hit them hard.

[ConscriptFive]

Good talk.

As tempted as I am to throw another prototype out there, the Rubik hull is obsolete and Sabalier a major investment.  I'd like to see how the revisions go, and maybe do a new Corvette hull next turn.

(1) Lagrange Recon Squad: ConscriptFive
(1) Intrépide Bomber Squad: ConscriptFive

[Jilladilla]

Sorry for more or less throwing it all on you, Conscript. I've been... A bit burnt out lately.

Said I would do this, and though it is late, here it goes:

Vorpal Gun Battery Rail Addon
The Vorpal Gun is truly a museum to the subject of 'how to gun'. Every method we've theorized, and even many we haven't even considered in our wildest dreams is present on the assembly as a live example. It would be, frankly, the work of generations to work out all the various systems, let alone how our predecessors managed to allow them to work together harmoniously. So we've taken only to working out the things we felt we were close to rediscovering already, like the field of utilizing magnetics to help propel a projectile.

By attaching a pair of rails consisting of powerful electromagnets to our gun barrels, we can improve the muzzle velocity of our weaponry. Though this being said, due to the assembly being Rail Assisted instead of a true 'railgun', the projectile itself is not the thing intended to be accelerated; that would cause it to begin outpacing the propellant gasses and losing power gained from that aspect. Instead, the casing itself is the thing being accelerated down the barrel, shrinking the space in which the propellant gasses has to occupy and as such increasing the pressure placed upon the projectile, as well as the everything else. As the rails are not an essential part of firing, the system should still be able to function normally as before in the event of loss of power or the rails being destroyed.

(Estimated Costs: +? Maintenance: +? PPC: +1? 2?)


(Is the rationale for why this'll work realistic? I don't know! It seems like it'd work. You may yell at me if you wish.)

EDIT:

(2) Lagrange Recon Squad: ConscriptFive, Nemonole
(1) Intrépide Bomber Squad: ConscriptFive
(1) Vorpal Gun Battery Rail Addon: Nemonole

[Kashyyk]

I had a similar idea for improving the Vorpal further, but via a different method. Not sure if either of these would be better served as a Design though...

Vorpal Gun Liquid Fuel Conversion
We have reached the limit of solid-fuel in the Propulsion of our cannon payloads. So instead we turn to Liquid Fuel, and use a technique referred to as ElectroThermal-Chemical, which is really just a fancy way of describing the principle used in combustion engine to drive the pistons. A highly combustible fuel is injected behind the round and ignited with a "plasma cartridge". Basically a souped up spark plug.

First, this should allow for a simplification in the weapon design, as the propellant us monger packaged with the shell, and thus casings can be eliminated. It's primary purpose though, is in the even control of the Propellant reaction itself.

In our standard propellants, the initial detonation imparts most of the energy, with the force from the expanding gas dropping off over distance. The difference with an ETC weapon is that additional energy can be added to the propellant constantly, quickly converting it to plasma that chases the round up the barrel.

This constant acceoration can easily match the initial detonation of a solid propellant,  allowing us to achieve much bigher velocity before the round leaves the barrel.

(3) Lagrange Recon Squad: ConscriptFive, Nemonole, Kashyyk
(2) Intrépide Bomber Squad: ConscriptFive, Kashyyk
(1) Vorpal Gun Battery Rail Addon: Nemonole

[Blood_Librarian]

Elysium Command Arms Race of Conquest: Operationalization Phase
Turn 2

Revision: "Lagrange" Reconnaissance Squadron
As first-time voidfarers soon find out, once you get away from the light pollution of the torus, you can see every single star in the void.  In deepspace, even more so.  Sit yourself in a Fléchette Parasite far away from your carrier, and your eyes won't be the only passive sensor excused from friendly interference.

The "Lagrange" Reconnaissance Squadron is an 18 craft Fléchette Parasite squadron modified for long range reconnaissance missions.  To extend mission range, the two missile hardpoints are instead loaded with detachable fuel drop tanks.  Meanwhile, the autocannons in the nose have been replaced by a bulbous radome and sensor assembly.  This new sensor assembly can passively detect emissions across the various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, but especially IR and RF.  The datalink of the craft has also been upgraded, to maintain communications and sensor relay back to the carrier's C5 Deck at longer operational ranges.

Tactically, the "Lagrange" Reconnaissance Squadron is envisioned as low profile picket element to a carrier.  Extending sensors far beyond the noise of the fleet, they can isolate signals that would otherwise be lost.  With multiple craft in a wide formation, suspect signals can be triangulated and located.  For less sophisticated tactics, a singular Lagrange Fléchette Parasite craft provides a fast-moving expendable low-cost solution to chase and inspect suspect contacts.  Similarly, Lagrange craft outriding in a spherical fleet picket formation will prove difficult for an enemy to bypass unnoticed, preventing devastating close ambushes upon the fleet.

While technically unarmed, Lagrange craft feature an easily armed self destruct circuit.  As a Black Line procedure, Lagrange pilots are trained to plot a suicide heading and arm the self-destruct circuit prior to ejecting.

Between the removal of expensive munitions, salvaged Vorpal Gun materials, and less system attrition wear from a support role, "Lagrange" squadrons are forecast to cost less to maintain than other Fléchette Parasite squadrons.

On a final note, the name "Lagrange" drew some scrutiny amongst us in the Division.  Is it a tribute to the legendary astronomer/mathematician, "Lagrange?"  Or a garble of the Anglicized craft role, "long range?"  We eventually cornered the lead engineer on this.  "Why not both?"

Estimated Values: Cost 4 (-2), Maint 1 (-1)
Estimated Tags: Black Line

Difficulty: Easy(+1 mod)
2d4-->1+2+1 [Below Average]

The Lagrange Lineage is a flechette squadron to be outfitted with craft that utilize high-bearing  ship grade multispectral sensory systems focussing on active and passive infrared and radio frequencies. The modification sinks incredibly deep, with almost every facet of the craft from the drive to the life support to the shape of the hull  rebuilt to carry high yield sensors while isolating them from the energies of fighter sized craft.

The chemical rocket has been replaced with a low-thrust high efficiency engine fueled by liquid hydrogen reservoirs, however the small ship mass still puts a limit to the projection envelope. However, it allows a sensor envelope projection across moon systems and the outer edges of solar systems.

The sensors are only just barely able to fit into the mountings, with the support systems requiring bulky, difficult to handle equipment and antennae that extrude out of the frame. It is slow to store and move out from the hangar bay.

In terms of effectiveness, simulacrum testing has shown merit in the design. In strategic combat, the general location of vessels are known so far as bright thermally active signatures that are mostly impossible to stealth. The identification of these vessels from the background automata that we ignore and vice versa, are more difficult. Every system has dozens to hundreds of thousands of unidentified flying objects that we do not have the manpower to commandeer and investigate, with a disquieting portion of them being the equivalent of space mines or cruise missiles that are waiting for a target to approach. The Lagrange is less effective for this purpose.  The isolating factor simply cannot defeat the mass ratios that a slot dedicated to sensory systems would allow.

This changes drastically in tactical engagements.

With a fully operational sensor net, complete information capacity is gained. The only reason our ships would miss is due to mechanical constraints. Iit is a massive advantage, but one that is vulnerable. A slot dedicated to sensory systems would also have complete information capacity, but would be more expensive, more prone to whole body disabling by weapons fire. The sensory craft are still vulnerable, but to different tactics, especially those that eliminate the mobility of small craft.

"Lagrange" Reconnaissance Squadron -- [FLE]
The "Lagrange" Reconnaissance Squadron details the installation of 18 small parasite stored in hangar bays with launch capabilities. Each Parasite craft is equipped with high-tempo multispectral sensory systems focussing on active and passive infrared and radio frequencies. .It has the acceleration profile of a speed 5 in combat, but has the fuel efficiency to project across moon systems and the outer edges of solar systems with its mother craft. It’s inherits the durable design of the Flechette, its systems are bulky and difficult ot stow and launch from hangar bays.. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Values:Cost 5, Maintenance 1
Tags:

Revision: "Intrépide" Bomber Squadron
There's a saying by aviators of old that an unguided "dumbfire" munition couldn't hit the broadside of a barn.  We not exactly sure what they meant by this, but inertial bombs and dumb-fire rockets do seem to take extraordinary skill to hit small or fast moving targets.  Good thing SUCK doesn't make smaller or fast moving targets.

The "Intrépide" Bomber Squadron is an 18 craft Fléchette Parasite squadron modified for inertial and dumb-fire rocket bombing sorties.  On the missile hardpoints, the two heat-seeking missiles have been replaced with four dumb-fire rocket bombs.  With the guidance system and maneuver avionics removed, these rocket bombs have larger warheads and are dramatically cheaper than their guided predecessors.  But the true piece of resistance is the addition of a ventral center-line hardpoint to the craft.  This new hardpoint is armed with the oversized payload of a single inertial bomb.  The nose hardpoint retains the base Fléchette Parasite's autocannons.

Of course, this radical change in armament accordingly alters the craft's performance.  Fully laden with all five munitions, an Intrépide bomber has rough 2/3 the TWR of the base Fléchette Parasite fighter (6 vs 9.)  Likewise, maneuver thrusters are unmodified, so the additional mass also compromises agility in that regard.  (A fully armed Intrépide bomber is simply not built for dogfighting compared to its peers.)  However, once fully "Winchester" after delivering its weighty payload, the parasite regains nearly the full agility of the base Fléchette Parasite fighter (6 to 8.)

With replacement of guided munitions and additional salvage material from the Vorpal Gun, cost is projected to be similar to the base fighter squadron despite the increase in mass and lethality.

Tactically, the "Intrépide '' Bomber Squadron provides a harder hitting parasite option against large slow targets.  Relatively fast, with a tiny target cross-section, they are difficult to detect and target; yet they can deliver a tremendous amount of high explosives in a single bombing run.  After delivering their payload, they can perform limited dogfighting or strafing, but should preferably return to their hanger for rearming for the next sortie.

On a final note, the parasite's targeting computer has been updated to support these new unguided systems.  While this will likely prove far from perfect, pilots are advised not to turn off the targeting computer in some ill-advised scheme to rely upon their supposed cosmic intuition.

Estimated Values: Cost 6 (unchanged), Maint 2 (unchanged)

Difficulty: Normal (0 mod)
2d4-->4+2 [Above Average]
Dumb rockets are not really effective outside of ranges similiar to autocannons. In the pursuit of ever more powerful payloads with easier-to-produce avionic systems, wire-guided rockets were produced instead of outright dumb fire packages. Wire guided missile achieve all the requests by high command for cheaper, but effective weapon systems, even though they limit engagements to very close in stellar engagements These rockets use modern rocket fuels that allow for explosive, incredible speed at knife fighting short ranges, which are perfect for the massive payload warheads that take up a full third of the munitions mass. These are direct, brutal weapons with the technical elegance of a grounder’s slug thrower, but are effective. The wire guided missiles are controlled by either the pilot in a manual fashion or the onboard computer. New  advances in nanomaterial lathing allows for kilometers long spooling which allow for these weapons to be used up to short ranges.

The intrepide Bomber frame has had several adjustments to it’s frame. All the added explosive payload decreases speed by just about 33%, from 9 to 6. Each wing has the capacity to devastate all but the most hardy of warships.


"Intrépide"  Parasite Bomber Squadron -- [PBS]
The “Intrépide '' Parasite Bomber Squadron details the installation of 18 small fighter craft patterned from the Flechette stored in hangar bays with launch capabilities. Each Parasite craft is equipped with 4 wire guided General High Yield payload  missiles, one upscaled centerline inertial bomb payload, dual front mounted dual 40mm cannons with 20 degrees of gimballing. The explosive ordinance has technically adept payloads and weak electronics. The spooling for the wire guided missiles utilize nanolathed materials that allow for short range engagements It has the acceleration profile of a speed 6 craft when loaded, 9 unloaded, and is limited by the unaugmented pilots down to a profile of 8. It inherits the Flechettes' durability. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Values:Cost 7, Maintenance 3
Tags: Hangar


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