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[Karlito]

Question about secret stuff:

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Does anyone have successful experience using plasma torpedoes? Mine seem to have zero endurance for some reason.

[Metalax]

Question about secret stuff:

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Does anyone have successful experience using plasma torpedoes? Mine seem to have zero endurance for some reason.

I haven't used them since before 6.0 rolled around, but there have been several people who have reported bugs with them over on the aurora forum, so they may be currently non-functional.

[Flying Dice]

I've been unable to design FCs that mesh with them; neither MFCs nor BFCs seem to work.

[Karlito]

I was able to assign and fire them with a MFC, despite getting an error in the ship design screen. Good to know that my database tampering isn't the cause of the problem, anyway.

[Flying Dice]

The last time I bothered getting them was a few versions back, to be fair. Too much effort and it irrecoverably fucks your campaign.

[MarcAFK]

I've discovered an interesting Sensor or display bug, In my newly started game I have decided to set up Small tracking station/missile bases around Uranus's orbital path. They will need Sensors with around 3 Billion Kilometers each to provide adequate coverage, at start I'll just use Deep space tracking stations as they provide good passive detection range, and are upgradable linearly.
I've selected asteroids Asbolus, Crantor and Chariklo which have close to 120 degree seperation around the path and similar orbital peroids, of 63, 77 and 85 years, though eventually after a few decades there will be gaps in coverage, I could easily move the facilities to new nearby asteroids. Each will need 12 deep space tracking stations to provide the coverage I'll need, I should note that merely putting those 36 Tracking stations on Earth would provide double coverage, out to 9 billion Kilometers. Anyway, Using the passive sensor tab on the System Map to check the tracking coverage has shown a few anomalies, Firstly theres an unknown passive sensor radius extending out to 700 billion kilometers for a strength 100 contact (?) and secondly if i put one of the tracking stations around a Uranian moon, no tracking radius shows up on the map at all.
Lastly I'm not sure what the 'signature detection range' option does as my deep space tracking stations don't produce any red radius, whereas all my ships equipped with thermal sensors do, but the wiki says that deep space tracking stations detect electro-magnetic and thermal emissions.
Just a few things causing a little confusion to me, I'm considering setting up a small scenario with an player controlled race to test if a base at a Uranian moon would still produce detection, but for now i'll use Chariklo as it's position is currently a little better than Uranus.

[Karlito]

I can solve one mystery. 'Signature detection range' draws circles around your all your ships. These show the distance at which a hypothetical thermal sensor of the specified strength would detect that ship.

[MarcAFK]

Cool, so that option shows the Thermal emissions from your ships engines?
It would be nice if there was a similar option for EM emissions.

[QuakeIV]

Nothing like that feel when you expend your fleets entire nuclear missile supply bombing a planet and they still refuse to surrender even with several heavy assault battalions and a number of assault infantry battalions attacking them.

[MarcAFK]

I've been looking at my unused Fighter factories and have designed some early game minor support vessels, they should be useful since my shipyards are basically spending the first decade upgrading while my research catches up with the level i want to build my main fleet at.

Tanker:

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% Tyne A class Tanker    500 tons     5 Crew     88.4 BP      TCS 10  TH 18  EM 0
1800 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 59.3 Years     MSP 55    AFR 4%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 0    5YR 0    Max Repair 6 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 36 months    Spare Berths 1   

9 EP Ion Drive E.386 (2)    Power 9    Fuel Use 38.58%    Signature 9    Exp 7%
Fuel Capacity 310,000 Litres    Range 289.3 billion km   (1860 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

Maintenence Supply ship
 

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% Vickers class Support Vessel    500 tons     7 Crew     58.4 BP      TCS 10  TH 18  EM 0
1800 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 0 Years     MSP 1036    AFR 4%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 6 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 36 months    Spare Berths 0   

9 EP Ion Drive E.386 (2)    Power 9    Fuel Use 38.58%    Signature 9    Exp 7%
Fuel Capacity 55,000 Litres    Range 51.3 billion km   (330 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

Ordinance Ship
 

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 % Woolwich class Collier    500 tons     8 Crew     67.4 BP      TCS 10  TH 18  EM 0
1800 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 31.44 Years     MSP 42    AFR 4%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 6 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 36 months    Spare Berths 1   
Magazine 75   

9 EP Ion Drive E.386 (2)    Power 9    Fuel Use 38.58%    Signature 9    Exp 7%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 46.7 billion km   (300 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

Very low capacity yes, but for supporting Jump point defence bases they're cheap and have a fairly long lifespan, over a few years they'll build up a sizeable stockpile, though once my Beam recharge 3, Microwave focusing 2 and Capacitor recharge rate 3 researches are done I'll use my unused fighter capacity for a makinga  massive stockpile of 500 ton microwave defence satellites.

[FritzPL]

That is actually a very cool concept - using fighters for maintenence and refueling. Sort of makes me think of single-use plastic cups and napkins, only more awesome and cheaper.
What you could do as well is make a giant base with fuel, ordinance and MSP in it, tow it somewhere strategical, and then have it sit there for ages until it runs out of fuel and get's liberally stripped of all modules and built again.

[MarcAFK]

The 500 Ton tankers have actually came in handy a few times already since I accidentally designed freighters with a mere 5 billion kilometer range, and considering my sensor Posts are 3 billion clicks out from the star I need them to refuel at the sensor post themself. Luckily the sensor posts are reserve fuel dumps being slowly filled by the Tyne mini-tankers ,also twice they have saved my geosurvey ships from being stuck in the middle of nowhere.
And even a single Tyne is easily capable of carrying the entire production of both my 18 module fuel harvesters from Uranus back to earth.
In other news, my Orbital weapons platforms are ready

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 % MicroSAT class Orbital Weapon Platform    500 tons     22 Crew     73.4 BP      TCS 10  TH 9  EM 0
900 km/s     Armour 2-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 3
Maint Life 22.45 Years     MSP 46    AFR 4%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 0    5YR 3    Max Repair 20 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 68 months    Spare Berths 0   

9 EP Ion Drive E.386 (1)    Power 9    Fuel Use 38.58%    Signature 9    Exp 7%
Fuel Capacity 5,000 Litres    Range 4.7 billion km   (60 days at full power)

R3/C3 High Power Microwave (1)    Range 30,000km     TS: 3000 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 3    ROF 5        1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S01 32-1000 (FTR) (1)    Max Range: 64,000 km   TS: 4000 km/s     56 46 35 24 14 4 0 0 0 0
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology 0.45 (7)     Total Power Output 3.15    Armour 0    Exp 5%

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

I figure that microwaves are the best option for jump point defence since anything jumping in will be blinded and have lowered shields, best case scenario would be the fleet jumping in get's all it's firecontrols and sensors knocked out and becomes a sitting duck to whatever my real fleet can bring to bear.
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% LasSAT class Orbital Weapon Platform    500 tons     22 Crew     58.4 BP      TCS 10  TH 9  EM 0
900 km/s     Armour 2-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 3
Maint Life 29.5 Years     MSP 36    AFR 4%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 6 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 68 months    Spare Berths 0   

9 EP Ion Drive E.386 (1)    Power 9    Fuel Use 38.58%    Signature 9    Exp 7%
Fuel Capacity 5,000 Litres    Range 4.7 billion km   (60 days at full power)

10cm C3 Infrared Laser (1)    Range 30,000km     TS: 3000 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 1    ROF 5        3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S01 32-1000 (FTR) (1)    Max Range: 64,000 km   TS: 4000 km/s     56 46 35 24 14 4 0 0 0 0
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology 0.45 (7)     Total Power Output 3.15    Armour 0    Exp 5%

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

And finally some sensors:

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% SensorSAT class Orbital Weapon Platform    500 tons     16 Crew     128.4 BP      TCS 10  TH 9  EM 0
900 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 10.61 Years     MSP 80    AFR 4%    IFR 0.1%    1YR 1    5YR 19    Max Repair 80 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 102 months    Spare Berths 0   

9 EP Ion Drive E.386 (1)    Power 9    Fuel Use 38.58%    Signature 9    Exp 7%
Fuel Capacity 5,000 Litres    Range 4.7 billion km   (60 days at full power)

Active Search Sensor MR0-R1 (1)     GPS 16     Range 960k km    Resolution 1
Active Search Sensor 16-6 MR64-R180 (1)     GPS 14400     Range 64.4m km    Resolution 180

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

[FritzPL]

There's only so much a single sat can do, and even if you have 20 of them or something, that's still not gonna do against a big fleet with electronic hardening.
Unless you made a metric shiteton of those, which considering they are fighters, is perfectly normal 

[Kaitol]

Might be better off researching box missile launchers and having your semi-immobile defense platforms just be alpha strike missile barrages while their point defenses are down after jumping. Granted, if you can't destroy or cripple every enemy ship you'll probably lose all of them because they're slow and fragile. But given that they're probably empty anyway its not really a huge loss.

[Flying Dice]

Yeah, box launcher satellites have worked well for me in the past. Another option is to make a bunch with a single turreted laser. In any case they won't be able to stand up to a mobile force, but that's not what they're intended to do. Though my usual approach is to just drop scores of outdated FACs into massive system defense swarms and use them to soak up the enemy fire.