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[Tarran]

Well, it may be due to me using 7 Billion people in most of my starts (I prefer a more realistic start). Since that means more research labs, thus more costs.

[Sheb]

But also more taxes.

[Tarran]

The cost for running things and the number of people needed to run it compared to their taxes isn't perfectly balanced as far as I can tell, though.

[Jacob/Lee]

The Swarm and Precursors are pricks. When they fight they spit out errors, I used the dev mode (thanks again) and found out a few possible causes of the problem and reported it in the bug thread.

[Flying Dice]

Hah! Success! The 1st Defense Squadron has engaged the enemy force which destroyed one of my Churchill class survey ships. My force consists of two Oregon class frigates

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Oregon class Missile Frigate    18,200 tons     1925 Crew     2799.6 BP      TCS 364  TH 200  EM 0
1098 km/s     Armour 6-61     Shields 0-0     Sensors 30/30/0/0     Damage Control Rating 22     PPV 90.28
Maint Life 4.29 Years     MSP 2115    AFR 120%    IFR 1.7%    1YR 185    5YR 2774    Max Repair 504 MSP
Magazine 914   

Nuclear Thermal Engine E8 (16)    Power 25    Fuel Use 80%    Signature 12.5    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 350,000 Litres    Range 43.2 billion km   (455 days at full power)

Twin R4.5/C3 Meson Cannon Turret (4x2)    Range 45,000km     TS: 4000 km/s     Power 6-6     RM 4.5    ROF 5        1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S06 36-16000 (1)    Max Range: 72,000 km   TS: 16000 km/s     86 72 58 44 31 17 3 0 0 0
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (2)     Total Power Output 36    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Size 16 Missile Launcher (4)    Missile Size 16    Rate of Fire 120
Missile Fire Control FC191-R40 (1)     Range 191.3m km    Resolution 40
Zeus ASM (57)  Speed: 7,800 km/s   End: 90m    Range: 42.1m km   WH: 18    Size: 16    TH: 36 / 21 / 10

Active Search Sensor MR191-R40 (1)     GPS 20160     Range 191.3m km    Resolution 40
Thermal Sensor TH6-30 (1)     Sensitivity 30     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  30m km
EM Detection Sensor EM5-30 (1)     Sensitivity 30     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  30m 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

and three Argentina class destroyers

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Argentina class Missile Destroyer    10,500 tons     1171 Crew     1729.2 BP      TCS 210  TH 100  EM 0
952 km/s     Armour 4-42     Shields 0-0     Sensors 30/30/0/0     Damage Control Rating 10     PPV 58.14
Maint Life 3.77 Years     MSP 1029    AFR 88%    IFR 1.2%    1YR 113    5YR 1699    Max Repair 420 MSP
Magazine 470   

Nuclear Thermal Engine E8 (    Power 25    Fuel Use 80%    Signature 12.5    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 150,000 Litres    Range 32.1 billion km   (390 days at full power)

Twin R4.5/C3 Meson Cannon Turret (2x2)    Range 45,000km     TS: 4000 km/s     Power 6-6     RM 4.5    ROF 5        1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S06 36-16000 (1)    Max Range: 72,000 km   TS: 16000 km/s     86 72 58 44 31 17 3 0 0 0
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (1)     Total Power Output 18    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Size 9 Missile Launcher (5)    Missile Size 9    Rate of Fire 70
Missile Fire Control FC103-R30 (1)     Range 103.5m km    Resolution 30
Size 9 Anti-ship Missile (52)  Speed: 11,100 km/s   End: 37.5m    Range: 25m km   WH: 9    Size: 9    TH: 51 / 31 / 15

Active Search Sensor MR112-R20 (1)     GPS 8400     Range 112.7m km    Resolution 20
Thermal Sensor TH6-30 (1)     Sensitivity 30     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  30m km
EM Detection Sensor EM5-30 (1)     Sensitivity 30     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  30m 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

, while the enemy force consists of 5 ships, designated as Pack 002-004 and Wolf 002-003. Each have an estimated tonnage of 7550 tons, with thermal signatures of 900. The only observed difference is in sensor strength, with the Wolf classes having an estimated range of 69.7m km, while the Pack sensors only have an estimated range of 13.4m km. My ships have currently been ordered to maintain station at 14m km from the enemy force, with Meson cannons in PD mode. Thusfar two volleys of missiles have been launched, and what's this?

A FUCKING ERROR MESSAGE THAT POPS UP EVERY TIME SEQUENCE WHEN A WEAPON IS ACTIVE BUT NOT FIRING (DUE TO RELOAD OR RECHARGE)?! AND YOU CAN'T DISABLE IT (?) AND YOU ARE USING 5 SECOND OR 30 SECOND SEQUENCES? FUUUUUUUUU-

Okay, seriously, Error 94, as posted here:

"Error in FireAllWeapons

Error 94 was generated by Aurora.
Invalid use of Null."

Please, please tell me that it because I don't understand something about the combat system.

Edit the 4th: Okay, good. Looks like it was because I was commanding my whole fleet to fire, which included the targetting systems for my PD Mesons, which are pitifully out of range. Assigning firing commands manually to each ship works. 

Edit: and a total wipe because my engine tech, tracking speed and missile speed are rubbish. Oh well, them's the breaks. At least I failed because I'm incompetent, rather than because of yet another issue with the horrible UI.

[Jacob/Lee]

**Real spoilers ahead**

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Who knew there were 4 classes of Swarm?

[Sheb]

I knew of three.

[Jacob/Lee]

I knew of three.

Up until I told you

[Tarran]

I knew of three.

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Warrior, Miner, and Mothership.

What's the fourth?

[Jacob/Lee]

I knew of three.

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Warrior, Miner, and Mothership.

What's the fourth?

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Matriarch #8632 class Star Swarm    200000 tons     11341 Crew     60185 BP      TCS 4000  TH 25000  EM 150000
6250 km/s     Armour 24-304     Shields 5000-300     Sensors 3750/3750/0/0     Damage Control 1     PPV 503.1
Annual Failure Rate: 249124%    IFR: 3460.1%    Maintenance Capacity 0 MSP
Parasite Capacity 64000 tons     

Magnetic Confinement Fusion Drive E7 (200)    Power 125    Fuel Use 70%    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 650,000 Litres    Range 8.4 billion km   (15 days at full power)
Tau R300/70 Shields (500)   Total Fuel Cost  35,000 Litres per day

Twin R10.5/C6 Meson Cannon Turret (43x2)    Range 105,000km     TS: 50000 km/s     Power 6-12     RM 10.5    ROF 5        1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fire Control S04 100-50000 (3)    Max Range: 200,000 km   TS: 50000 km/s     95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50
Plasma-core Anti-matter Power Plant Technology PB-1 (43)     Total Power Output 516     Armour 0    Exp 5%

Thermal Sensor TH50-3750 (1)     Sensitivity 3750     Detect Signature 1000: 3750m km
Active Search Sensor MR5400-R100 (1)     GPS 72000     Range 5,400.0m km     Resolution 100
Active Search Sensor MR45-R1 (1)     GPS 60     Range 45.0m km     Resolution 1
EM Detection Sensor EM50-3750 (1)     Sensitivity 3750     Detect Strength 1000: 3750m km

ECCM-3 (1)         ECM 30

This design is classed as a military vessel for maintenance purposes

For comparison, the other kind of ship (Queen).

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Queen #8631 class Star Swarm    60000 tons     3820 Crew     29526 BP      TCS 1200  TH 1875  EM 60000
1562 km/s    JR 3-50     Armour 10-136     Shields 2000-300     Sensors 3750/3750/0/0     Damage Control 1     PPV 198.9
Annual Failure Rate: 164424%    IFR: 2283.7%    Maintenance Capacity 0 MSP
Parasite Capacity 16000 tons     

J90000(3-50) Military Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 90000 tons    Distance 50k km     Squadron Size 3
Magnetic Confinement Fusion Drive E7 (15)    Power 125    Fuel Use 70%    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 450,000 Litres    Range 19.3 billion km   (142 days at full power)
Tau R300/70 Shields (200)   Total Fuel Cost  14,000 Litres per day

Twin R10.5/C6 Meson Cannon Turret (17x2)    Range 105,000km     TS: 50000 km/s     Power 6-12     RM 10.5    ROF 5        1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fire Control S04 100-50000 (3)    Max Range: 200,000 km   TS: 50000 km/s     95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50
Plasma-core Anti-matter Power Plant Technology PB-1 (17)     Total Power Output 204     Armour 0    Exp 5%

Thermal Sensor TH50-3750 (1)     Sensitivity 3750     Detect Signature 1000: 3750m km
Active Search Sensor MR5400-R100 (1)     GPS 72000     Range 5,400.0m km     Resolution 100
Active Search Sensor MR45-R1 (1)     GPS 60     Range 45.0m km     Resolution 1
EM Detection Sensor EM50-3750 (1)     Sensitivity 3750     Detect Strength 1000: 3750m km

ECCM-3 (1)         ECM 30

This design is classed as a military vessel for maintenance purposes

Of the ~8 Queens and ungodly amounts of others, there were maybe 4 of these.

[Tarran]

Good god that thing is MASSIVE! And it has an unholy number of Mesons.

[Jacob/Lee]

Good god that thing is MASSIVE! And it has an unholy number of Mesons.

Yeah, the only way I found it was via dev mode. A possible Precursor freighter was ramming it and causing errors.

[Flying Dice]

Okay, I'm really hoping I'm not missing something obvious here: For some reason, I can't load an (1) Engineer Brigade into my transport fleet, consisting of 4 ships with a capacity of 2 battalions and 2 cargo handling modules. I've tested, and I can load a number of other units using the Task Groups window, but when I try it with engineers the ships just sit in dock doing nothing. 

Okay, yeah, my guess was spot on and I already retooled my design. Silly me for thinking that this game, at least, would allow you to split units between multiple transports a la Starship Troopers.

[forsaken1111]

Engineering brigades can't be split across multiple ships. You need a single ship which can handle a whole brigade. (5 battalions iirc)

[Jacob/Lee]

Engineering brigades can't be split across multiple ships. You need a single ship which can handle a whole brigade. (5 battalions iirc)

Yeah, that's right. It is 5 battalions.

Wow, to make that massive ship run for a month you need a million and a half liters of fuel! (almost)