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[AnotherDilbert]

Drones are specified in # of drones, but added as # of Dtons of drones:

If I specify 10 drones (=2 Dton), I get 20 Dtons of drones...

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Enhancement request:

I get no summary build sheet for the entire ship, like in the High Guard book:


I can't really see where the tonnage or cost is consumed.
This makes it difficult to fine-tune the ship, find a few tonnes of savings to fit a last system.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Enhancement Request:

Let me select an option by clicking on the box, not just the radio button e.g.:

Clicking on the blue "Standard" box should select the option, not just the tiny white circle.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Let's build a Patrol Corvette:

Weapons:
Specify two triple laser turrets:



Each turret consumes 13 Power = 1 for the turret + 3 × 4 Power for the lasers.
Weapon System Summary only uses one mount, not all two.
Bottom pane has the same problem.
Only one Dton is added to the ship for two turrets.
Mount Quantity: Max is three mounts on a ship with four hardpoints.
Gunners Required is one per turret, so two gunners, not 1.
Firmpoints Used should be "0 / 0", not "2 / 0".


Add two triple missile turrets:



Weapon Systems Summary only recognises one turret of each type, except hardpoint summary is correct.
Missile turrets require one Power each, for the turret.
Missile turrets don't combine damage, missiles are launched in salvoes doing individual damage.
Each turret requires one gunner.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Crew of nine plus eight marines:



Marines don't require staterooms?

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Manual allocation of power plant does not stick:

Allocate Power plant manually:


Go to Fuel tab.
Go back to Power tab:

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Finalise:

Medic not included in Crew summary.
# of turrets ignored, only one of each type presented.
Missile turrets don't have combined damage.
Carried craft summary inconsistent, based on added in Optional tab or Cargo tab.
Empty Docking Space/Hangar not included in summary. It would be better to list Docking Spaces and Hangars with included carried craft as Additional Info?
Cost of carried craft not included in total ship cost.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Detachable Bridge:

Cost is wrong, presumably standard bridge cost +50%, based on size of ship not size of bridge. Size is questionable?



A Detachable Bridge is a bridge, we don't need a standard bridge in addition:

We should at least be able to deselect the standard bridge...

Better would be if the Detachable Bridge was an alternative in the Bridge tab.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Cargo tab, Small craft allocation:

Docking Space 2 is 17 Dton for a 15 Dton craft.
It should not be able to contain several craft.
It should not be able to contain a total of 17 Dt craft.



From the Optional Systems tab, size of Docking Spaces defied correctly:

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Build a Drone:

Small Craft:


Add a computer:

Install Virtual Crew:



Bridge/Cockpit should now be optional:

HG, p75:
Virtual Crew can replace up to five pilots, gunners or sensor operators on board a ship, potentially allowing the ship to act autonomously if all crew can be replaced in this way. Indeed, ships can be designed without a bridge, relying purely on this software package in order to function as a drone.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Small craft does not require the same crew as a ship:

HG, p22:
SMALL CRAFT

Ships of 100 tons or less that do not possess a jump drive typically have a single pilot. The journeys undertaken by such ships are generally short and it is assumed that regular maintenance removes the need for mid-voyage engineering.

Specialised small craft, such as those engaged in scientific work or with separate weapon stations may function more efficiently with more crew but they are not strictly necessary for the operation of the ship.

A Pilot and possibly gunners are generally enough.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Let's build a medium fighter (35 Dton):


I want it to be fast:



Power requirement is 31.5. Fractional Power is important for small craft.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

I can't afford to specify reaction fuel in full hours, turns of 1/10 h would be more convenient.
There is no minimum specified, only a requirement per hour of use. Zero h is perfectly ok, if somewhat strange...

A Reaction Drive act as a High Burn Thruster: the thrust is added.
The Reaction drive may have Thrust 16 for a short while, but definitely not a full week (168 h).

Here we should have Thrust 25 for an hour...

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Weapons:

Bays and spinals should not be available to small craft.
Barbettes should only be available if three firmpoints are free.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Every firmpoint can only mount one turret weapon, whether in a Fixed Mount or Single Turret.

No triple Fixed Mounts on firmpoints, only single.


Only single turrets on firmpoints:

Power calculation is incorrect, always 75% power on firmpoints, and the turret takes one Power.

Fixed Mounts don't need dedicated gunners:

Core'22, p166:
Weapons on board a spacecraft are fired by Travellers assigned to gunner duty. However, a pilot may fire any weapons in a single turret at DM-2 to the attack roll or weapons noted as being in fixed mounts (this is usually found on smaller craft that are not always large enough to accommodate turrets, such as fighters and shuttles).

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Rounding error in drive size?

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Small craft don't need staterooms by default:



Obviously I haven't allocated 9409 Dton fuel tanks...

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Let's build a cruiser (CL Valiant, HG p238)


It should be:

HG, p55:
Distributed arrays are available at TL11. Triple the tonnage, cost and power requirement of the sensor suite to which they are attached.

It does not cost triple.
It does triple the cost of the sensor.
As a separate system, it costs double the sensor.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Weapons:

Spinal:
A basic meson spinal takes 7500 Dton, 75 hardpoints, 75 Gunners, and does 6D×1000 damage.
A stage 2 meson spinal takes 15000 Dton, 150 hardpoints, 150 Gunners, and does 12D×1000 damage.

At TL-15, three TLs higher than the initial TL-12 of a meson spinal, size is reduced by 20% (with the corresponding reduction in hardpoints and gunners) and cost is increased by 30%.

A meson spinal can be up to 75000 Dt, so max stage 10 at TL-12 and stage 12 at TL-15.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Med Bays takes 4 Dton, MCr 2, and 1 Power: