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[Jacob/Lee]

Add a little fluorine or chlorine and you kill everything on the planet.

[Flying Dice]

Pumping a moderate amount of FLUOR in the atmosphere can help. You don't want radiation if you want to use the planets, but dust isn't nearly as problematic, so energy weapons can work if the atmosphere is thin enough.

Or just suck up all their air: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VptOUWC-Itc

How did I know this was coming? 

Anywho, I started a new game, in which I will be designing and fielding (hopefully) capable ships before I start exploring other systems. Right now I've got tenative designs for 4 classes, and I was wondering if people could help point out glaring flaws: I've gone ahead and gone with self-suffficient designs for these first ships so I can concentrate on fielding greater force as opposed to churning out masses of colliders, spotters, etc. Also, yes I am cheating and playing with maint off until I get to the point where I can handle the combat system well enough that my ships survive long enough to need repairs and overhauls. And my Earth started with a somewhat more realistic population, so I should have ordinary production running well within a year or two on these models.
My mainline warship.

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Washington class Missile Destroyer    10,000 tons     677 Crew     3198.9 BP      TCS 200  TH 280  EM 0
4000 km/s     Armour 4-41     Shields 0-0     Sensors 165/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 11     PPV 26.4
Maint Life 0.11 Years     MSP 200    AFR 800%    IFR 11.1%    1YR 1871    5YR 28060    Max Repair 1050 MSP
Magazine 388   

Magneto-plasma Drive E1 (10)    Power 80    Fuel Use 10%    Signature 28    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 90.0 billion km   (260 days at full power)

CIWS-500 (3x12)    Range 1000 km     TS: 50000 km/s     ROF 5       Base 50% To Hit
Size 4 Missile Launcher (33% Reduction) (20)    Missile Size 4    Rate of Fire 270
ASM-1 Fire Control FC206-R20 (2)     Range 206.6m km    Resolution 20
Javelin-4 (97)  Speed: 10,000 km/s   End: 300m    Range: 180m km   WH: 6    Size: 4    TH: 200 / 120 / 60

LAS-1 MR413-R20 (1)     GPS 16800     Range 413.2m km    Resolution 20
Thermal Sensor TH15-165 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 165     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  165m km

Missile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

My AMM "escort" which is larger than the ships it protects.

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Thailand class Destroyer Escort    12,650 tons     1171 Crew     5008.3 BP      TCS 253  TH 364  EM 0
4110 km/s     Armour 3-48     Shields 0-0     Sensors 165/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 11     PPV 20
Maint Life 0.03 Years     MSP 247    AFR 1280%    IFR 17.8%    1YR 7203    5YR 108049    Max Repair 1050 MSP
Magazine 485   

Magneto-plasma Drive E1 (13)    Power 80    Fuel Use 10%    Signature 28    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 71.1 billion km   (200 days at full power)

CIWS-500 (1x12)    Range 1000 km     TS: 50000 km/s     ROF 5       Base 50% To Hit
Size 1 Missile Launcher (20)    Missile Size 1    Rate of Fire 5
AMM-1 Fire Control FC277-R1 (2)     Range 277.2m km    Resolution 1
Aegis-1 (485)  Speed: 32,000 km/s   End: 93.7m    Range: 180m km   WH: 1    Size: 1    TH: 426 / 256 / 128

AMAS-1 MR92-R1 (1)     GPS 840     Range 92.4m km    Resolution 1
Thermal Sensor TH15-165 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 165     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  165m km

Missile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

My long range support/sniper vessel. I'm planning on turning this into a cloaking bastard once my tech gets there.

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Carolina class Missile Frigate    11,050 tons     737 Crew     3329.98 BP      TCS 221  TH 308  EM 0
3981 km/s     Armour 3-44     Shields 0-0     Sensors 165/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 11     PPV 35.64
Maint Life 0.08 Years     MSP 188    AFR 976%    IFR 13.6%    1YR 2355    5YR 35332    Max Repair 1050 MSP
Magazine 573   

Magneto-plasma Drive E1 (11)    Power 80    Fuel Use 10%    Signature 28    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 81.4 billion km   (236 days at full power)

CIWS-500 (3x12)    Range 1000 km     TS: 50000 km/s     ROF 5       Base 50% To Hit
Size 9 Missile Launcher (33% Reduction) (12)    Missile Size 9    Rate of Fire 600
LRM-2 Fire Control FC413-R20 (1)     Range 413.2m km    Resolution 20
Thor-9 (64)  Speed: 28,900 km/s   End: 219.2m    Range: 380.2m km   WH: 15    Size: 9    TH: 404 / 242 / 121

LAS-1 MR413-R20 (1)     GPS 16800     Range 413.2m km    Resolution 20
Thermal Sensor TH15-165 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 165     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  165m km

Missile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

Finally, my weaponless scout, which is more preparation for the future, when I'll be developing vessels that need spotters. It sould also be useful as a sensor platform when grouped with my current destroyers simply because it means none of them have to have activated sensors.

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Black Sea class Scout    6,000 tons     573 Crew     2082 BP      TCS 120  TH 224  EM 0
5333 km/s    JR 4-100     Armour 2-29     Shields 0-0     Sensors 165/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Maint Life 0.21 Years     MSP 217    AFR 288%    IFR 4%    1YR 1021    5YR 15322    Max Repair 1050 MSP

J6000(4-100) Military Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 6000 tons    Distance 100k km     Squadron Size 4
Magneto-plasma Drive E1 (    Power 80    Fuel Use 10%    Signature 28    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 150.0 billion km   (325 days at full power)

LAS-1 MR413-R20 (1)     GPS 16800     Range 413.2m km    Resolution 20
Thermal Sensor TH15-165 (70%) (1)     Sensitivity 165     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  165m km

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

EDIT: Also, accidentally clicked the "add Sol" button and now I've got a star stuck in my system list. And the 'delete star' button is greyed out. Any way to fix this, or should I just force a jump point connection and work it into universe canon?

EDIT2: Okay, whew. There was a "delete system" button hidden below the edge of my screen, and I thought to scroll down there. I was also very careful to delete the correct system.  Another problem that wouldn't be one if the UI wasn't so shitty specialized...

[Jacob/Lee]

I'm no military genius so I can't tell you what is wrong with your weapons, but the time it can run on a single tank is kind of low for me. I suggest adding a fuel storage or two to each vessel.

[Flying Dice]

I was planning on doing that, but for now they don't need a very large range, as I've only completed the survey of Sol and begun the surveys for the three neighboring systems, so I don't have too much territory to defend. Apart from that, the 1st-3rd Squadrons are currently engaged in training exercises in Sol, and if they need to be deployed, the 1st Tanker Section, composed of 4 Chevalier class tankers with a combined fuel capacity of 8m litres will be completed soon, and can be used for resupply while they wait for the development of a Sorium harvesting base. But yeah, in the future I'm probably going to at least triple their fuel storage, probably about the same time I develop better engines so I don't lose speed.




EDIT: Uh, yeah, I don't think I'm going to be worrying about resources any time soon. I just surveyed a system around a G0-V class star with three terrestrial planets (none good for terraforming/living), buuuuuuut. Well. Look at this, one jump away from Sol:

Dur: 115,216,200 acc 0.8
Neutr: 49,210,220 acc 0.9
Corb: 330,625 acc 0.5
Trit: 21,160,000 acc 0.9
Bor: 95,550,624 acc 0.8
Vend: 97,812,096 acc 0.7
Sor: 1,904,400 acc 0.2
Uri: 102,414,400 acc 1.0
Cor: 38,564,100 acc 0.6
Gal: 211,600 acc 0.3

Yeah, the Gal ad Sor are pretty much useless, and there isn't any Mercassium, but DAYUM. I guess what I heard about some smaller systems having shitloads of minerals was true. 

[Flying Dice]

From what the dev says, he only designed for the game for himself, and anyone else playing it will just have to deal. His main "solution" was "Go buy another monitor". The program I've been using to help with that is called the GiMeSpace Desktop Extender. It's freeware, but it spams popups maybe every 30-60m asking you to buy it, and is a pain to remove. If you do get it I'd say get rid of everything but the zipped file when you aren't going to play for a while. Relocating the taskbar to the right or left helps a bit as well.

So basically, learning cliff, no big deal. Shitty UI and indifferent dev? Big deal. I mean, I get that it is a hobby for him, but it bugs me mainly because this game would be so much better if the little issues like that were cleaned up.

[Osmosis Jones]

You know there's a reduced res mode now, right? I haven't played for a while, so I can't remember what menu it's in though.

[Tarran]

Reduced HEIGHT mode, not res. Big difference. It's in Game Parameters.

[Flying Dice]

Yeah, it reduces the height by not nearly enough. Enough for you to scrape by if your max res is Xx800 I believe, but if you're on a laptop like me several bottom rows of important buttons still get cut off.

[Flying Dice]

*sighs* Okay, one more question: Can mass drivers fire mineral packets through jump gates, or do I need a dedicated freighter group bringing back all of this tritanium for my missile production?

[Tarran]

They cannot fire them through jump gates, you'll need freighters.

[Flying Dice]

That's what I figured, I just wanted to be sure. Oh well, the next group of Essex classes will be out of the yards in 15 months or so. It's probably about time to design a high-capacity freighter too, anyways.

[dennislp3]

How does one go about setting up a command structure...namely for ground troops (is that even possible?)

I started a conventional tech game to tinker around and I have almost 60 low tech armored and infantry units. and I like to organize. i only have about 12 commanders or some for ground forces and wanted to utilize them to create an actual military out of all these rabble!

also curious about training units. The tutorial doesn't really cover either of these. it hints towards troop training but only says it will come back to that later (and doesn't)

[Sirus]

Ground troops are rather un-implemented (can't vouch for the newest version). You can assign officers to HQ positions, but there's no way to train troops to be more effective. The "train troops" option actually just gives you new units. However, you can upgrade those low-tech units into TNE equivalents.

[Hanzoku]

Low tech ground units are division-level units, and Aurora's command structure only goes as far as divisions. With TN troops, you can train brigade and division headquarters and organize your units with four battalions to a brigade and four brigades to a division.

[dennislp3]

alright thanks for that...what would be the best way to go about some stuff...from what I have read I should get some mass drivers and auto miners on asteroids/planets and have them shoot to earth? (also having a mass driver)

any other good starting tasks I should set into motion? I am gonna try to set that up and then try and terraform mars...and then from there build up a fleet of some high tech massive ships!