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[Blood_Librarian]

Uh... laser cruiser is dead, I dont think I properly configured the lasers to be PD, not completely sure, but maybe next time I'll go at it right because this time they are 100% absolutely correct.

[LoSboccacc]

Train your crew! One minute reaction time is eternal when each 5 second increment may be lethal. Any change you make in combat between targeting and fire control is subject to a delay*

*Unless you disable it.

[Detros]

Uh... laser cruiser is dead, I dont think I properly configured the lasers to be PD, not completely sure, but maybe next time I'll go at it right because this time they are 100% absolutely correct.

If you post the design others may have a look and maybe spot something, too

[Khan Boyzitbig]

I have a feeling I might be facing something rather dangerous and tough... And my best ship is this:

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Reaper class Fighter    492 tons     3 Crew     49.8 BP      TCS 9.84  TH 35  EM 0
3556 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 3
Maint Life 0 Years     MSP 0    AFR 98%    IFR 1.4%    1YR 4    5YR 63    Max Repair 9 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 0.1 months    Spare Berths 1   

8.75 EP Nuclear Thermal Engine (4)    Power 8.75    Fuel Use 280.76%    Signature 8.75    Exp 17%
Fuel Capacity 10 000 Litres    Range 1.3 billion km   (4 days at full power)

10cm C3 Infrared Laser (1)    Range 20 000km     TS: 3556 km/s     Power 3-3     RM 1    ROF 5        3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Control S00.2 10-1000 (FTR) (1)    Max Range: 20 000 km   TS: 4000 km/s     50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pebble Bed Reactor Technology PB-1 (1)     Total Power Output 3    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Active Search Sensor MR0-R10 (1)     GPS 50     Range 790k km    Resolution 10

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
Spoilers came to visit me, so far all that has shown up is 3200t craft with seemingly no combat ability but moved at 7875kms. Likely just scouts but didn't seem to have active sensors either and all of them spawned in the Sol system and were heading for the jump point, or at least it looked like that.

I have a feeling this will be a bumpy ride even with 110 Reapers and more in production, what do you guys reckon? Doable or not?

[Detros]

• So you have maintenance turned off, right? Otherwise these won't last long.
• You don't have to have active sensor on every Reaper. FCs yes, but ASs are shared across all your ships so you can move it to some other ship. Put more fuel or try to fit in bit bigger FC - it won't be able to shoot further but it will shoot more precisely.

[Khan Boyzitbig]

Yeah Maintenance is off, it gets annoying especially for fighters over planets because maintenance yards won't maintain them.
They don't really need more fuel, the jump point is 217m km approx from earth and they rarely spend more than 2 days out.
As for higher precision, lowest hit chance I've seen vs those hostiles was 61% at point blank, they could have a bigger FC yeah but only on models without sensors and maybe extra fuel.
The sensor is 0.5HS, FC is 0.25HS, I would see a 10k km range boost on the weapon with a longer range FC but thats at least 0.4HS instead.

I do plan on having a long stay mobile hanger closer to the jump point which could carry the AS (so I can ambush any attacker that has jumpshock) but its missing some sensors and would take about two years to build I think. When I said that fighter was my best ship I also meant there aren't any other warships. That may change soonish with the shipyard approaching 11000t per slipway and a much larger FC for heavy ships (S08 40-8000).
The next version of the Reaper will be better I know, smaller powerplant for the same performance, better engines etc. but those are a while away, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have two variants, one with a sensor and the other with more fuel and bigger FC.

[Eschar]

What module do I need to have on a ship so that it can rescue the survivors of wrecks? I'm trying to build a combined salvager/rescue ship.

[Madman198237]

You need more crew space than the vessel itself requires. For instance, if the vessel requires 10 crewmen, to rescue the crew of a warship you might want 110+ bunks or whatever they're called (man I haven't started this game for a while).

[Khan Boyzitbig]

Keep excess Q and add some extra crew quarters. Keep adding till you have the desired excess.

[Lord Shonus]

Spare crew quarters will help. Otherwise, any ship can pick up survivors.

[Eschar]

Also, my two-slipway 6500-capacity naval shipyard refuses to retool to anything but one class. What am I doing wrong?

[Khan Boyzitbig]

Do you have any non fighter/PDC 6500t or smaller designs? if not there lies the problem.

[coleslaw35]

Also, my two-slipway 6500-capacity naval shipyard refuses to retool to anything but one class. What am I doing wrong?

No matter the number of slipways in a shipyard, a shipyard can only be tooled to one ship. More slipways just allow you to build more than one of the tooled ship at the same time. You can, however, design ships of a similar tonnage and build cost that can be tooled for one or the other and still be able to build either. Though I've forgotten the specific requirements for this.

[Detros]

What module do I need to have on a ship so that it can rescue the survivors of wrecks? I'm trying to build a combined salvager/rescue ship.

Just more crew space than the crew of the ship itself needs.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

What module do I need to have on a ship so that it can rescue the survivors of wrecks? I'm trying to build a combined salvager/rescue ship.

Just more crew space than the crew of the ship itself needs.

I believe you can also use Emergency Cryogenic Bays. I like to put one or two of those on all my warships so I don't have to worry about overcrowding.