Aurora V - Mars Ascending

[blue emu]

Can you offload some of the work to an AI or do you need to do most stuff manually?

Our civilian shipping lines have enough ships that I can just send life-support infrastructure to some semi-habitable planet or moon and the civilian shipping line will start shipping in colonists without being specifically ordered to. I can also set up contracts, offering money in return for somebody shipping item A from planet B to destination C.

 

[chopak]

We have laid down our first two Star-class Laser Battlecruisers

May I request transfer to one of those ships after they are ready?

 

[randakar]

Do I already have a character this game or did I miss it?

 

[blue emu]

Do I already have a character this game or did I miss it?

Randakar is commanding a Constellation-class Carrier, so far known only as Hull #7. You may name it (after a constellation). We don't have an Orion, or a Centaurus, or a Perseus.

May I request transfer to one of those ships after they are ready?

Sure

 

[blue emu]

Earth, Mars, Nest (Ross 154 system), Pookie (V577 Monocerotis system) and Confinement (Lalande 21185 system) all now have Streak squadrons on guard, based on their airfields. Next will be Leda (61 Cygni system) and Willem (Luyten's Star system) followed at some point by two bases in the Alpha Centauri system.

 

[Avernite]

Earth, Mars, Nest (Ross 154 system), Pookie (V577 Monocerotis system) and Confinement (Lalande 21185 system) all now have Streak squadrons on guard, based on their airfields. Next will be Leda (61 Cygni system) and Willem (Luyten's Star system) followed at some point by two bases in the Alpha Centauri system.

Glorious!

So how many people in Alpha Centauri now, and did they find the worms yet?

 

[blue emu]

The Freighters are still en-route to the Alpha Centauri system, carrying life-support infrastructure to set up the colonies. So no colonists have arrived yet.

I have, however, managed to scrape up enough Freighters to have five of them servicing each of the five colony sites. So once it starts, all five will be growing at once.

I'm planning to eventually have two Fighter bases in the Alpha Centauri system, because it's a double star with at least one habitable planet orbiting each star... so we'll want one base guarding each planetary system.

 

[Baron Jukaga]

Just caught up after returning from a Holiday. Good to see things progressing so nicely. Also, glad to see the first laser armed cruisers enter service. I may request command of one for my next life.

 

[blue emu]

Just caught up after returning from a Holiday. Good to see things progressing so nicely. Also, glad to see the first laser armed cruisers enter service. I may request command of one for my next life.

Sure. That's both of the first batch spoken for... but I'll keep building them as long as a demand exists. I should probably also design some Gauss PD Cruisers that can keep formation with them.

Still exploring at full speed:

 

[blue emu]

Our first two Hero-class Missile Cruisers, the ESN Alice Bryant and the ESN Agamemnon, have been launched and are undergoing fleet training.

Hero class Heavy Cruiser 20 000 tons 486 Crew 3986 BP TCS 400 TH 3200 EM 0
8000 km/s Armour 5-65 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 14 PPV 72
Maint Life 2.35 Years MSP 1744 AFR 228% IFR 3.2% 1YR 430 5YR 6456 Max Repair 400 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 18 months Spare Berths 0
Magazine 576

800 EP IC M-40 Drive 1980 (4) Power 800 Fuel Use 24% Signature 800 Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 2 790 000 Litres Range 104.6 billion km (151 days at full power)

Size 6 Missile Launcher RoF-30 (12) Missile Size 6 Rate of Fire 30
Missile Fire Control FC70-R1 1975 (1) Range 70.6m km Resolution 1
Missile Fire Control FC188-R100 1975 (3) Range 188.2m km Resolution 100
Size 6 ASM mk-5a 1980 (96) Speed: 52 000 km/s End: 41.3m Range: 129m km WH: 9 Size: 6 TH: 346/208/104

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

 

[reis91]

What about some MIRV launchers with absurdly long-range?

 

[blue emu]

That could be done. A new class of scout-ships with ultra-long-range sensor drones might be useful, too. When our new level of engine tech (currently being researched) is finished, I'll look into it.

I have designed a Comet-class Area Defense Cruiser, intended to accompany our Battlecruiser Gunships and defend them from missile attack.

 

[reis91]

That could be done.

Nice. Maybe we can push this and create a special Wunderwaffen department with cunning ideas (read in Pvt. Baldrick's voice) to face off any alien invaders.

 

[blue emu]

I would certainly give any suggestions a fair hearing. Our techs are approaching the level required for MIRVs and other "smart" weapons (in-game MIRVs must be "smart" because the targeting doesn't carry over when the warheads separate from the bus)... although we are probably a couple of tech levels short of a proper "bang", since homing and retargeting circuits reduce the payload that a missile can carry.

 

[reis91]

So, as sector governor I have assembled some of the craziest smartest minds in the galaxy. Here are some of the suggestions that gathered some consensus in that meeting:

1. Mirror Cruisers, equipped with a dish-like reflective surface, to solve the lack of range of our laser systems and minimize dispersion while keeping our laser gunships at a safe range.
2. Decoy ships with an enhanced radar cross-section and thermal signature, to attract missile locks and bring the missiles straight into our PD fields
3. Unmanned fighter-drones with EMP bombs to disable systems of large enemy ships (perhaps usable in conjunction with boarding parties to conquer alien craft)
4. Fake missiles to draw out and exhaust PD fire.
   
5. Comet-based nuclear missile silos, taking advantage of comet trajectories to fire them point-blank at unsuspecting enemies.
6. A special cruiser-wreck with hidden scan-proof compartments for 10 Marine Divisions, to be deployed with tractor beams and left behind when encountering an enemy with superior firepower (beware of Greeks and their gifts)

 

[randakar]

Randakar is commanding a Constellation-class Carrier, so far known only as Hull #7. You may name it (after a constellation). We don't have an Orion, or a Centaurus, or a Perseus.

Thanks. Name it "Aries", please, if that one isn't taken yet.

 

[randakar]

So, as sector governor I have assembled some of the craziest smartest minds in the galaxy. Here are some of the suggestions that gathered some consensus in that meeting:

... right ...

1. Mirror Cruisers, equipped with a dish-like reflective surface, to solve the lack of range of our laser systems and minimize dispersion while keeping our laser gunships at a safe range.
2. Decoy ships with an enhanced radar cross-section and thermal signature, to attract missile locks and bring the missiles straight into our PD fields
3. Unmanned fighter-drones with EMP bombs to disable systems of large enemy ships (perhaps usable in conjunction with boarding parties to conquer alien craft)
4. Fake missiles to draw out and exhaust PD fire.
   
5. Comet-based nuclear missile silos, taking advantage of comet trajectories to fire them point-blank at unsuspecting enemies.
6. A special cruiser-wreck with hidden scan-proof compartments for 10 Marine Divisions, to be deployed with tractor beams and left behind when encountering an enemy with superior firepower (beware of Greeks and their gifts)

1. That's not in the game ;-)
2. Aka Rock class ships - not sure we have any, but it works.
3. Don't think EMP bombs exist in this game. Or unmanned drones, for that matter.
4. That's actually possible and may not even be a terrible idea.
5. Right .. kinda situational, but possible.
6. No. ;-)

 

[reis91]

You must be great at parties.

 

[chopak]

4. Fake missiles to draw out and exhaust PD fire.

4. That's actually possible and may not even be a terrible idea.

Since our volley capacity is limited by number of launchers rather than weigth or cost of single missile, i think it would be counterproductive to swap some of actual missiles for fake missiles.

 

[misiame]

My only suggestion for ships is big battleships/battlecruisers/dreadnoughts with big lasers that go pew pew.