Antiama-Class Fleet Carrier and Heavy Fighters

[Arkathan]

The bridge is the first sensor. One extra, for six sensops.

 

[Terry Mixon]

The bridge is the first sensor. One extra, for six sensops.

That drops the crew to 17.

 

[Arkathan]

Yeah, I feel dumb now. Forgot to flip the military setting.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Yeah, I feel dumb now. Forgot to flip the military setting.

I thought I was going crazy.

 

[Arkathan]

Beat you to it a while back.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Fighters are kind of pathetic. With the way their weapons are limited, they seem more like self-propelled targets. Not sure I can make one worth a darn.

Yes, deliberately so in HG'22. They were very competitive in HG'17.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Military crew is like 20 people. 4 double cabins just isn't enough. With 2 sensor stations as mentioned above, I get this.

Default SenOps is 0 for a small ship, even with military crew?

You might want more, but you don't have to.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Yes, deliberately so in HG'22. They were very competitive in HG'17.

Seems like a terrible change. Why not keep them competitive? It ruined their dreadnaughts rule the universe theme?

 

[Terry Mixon]

Default SenOps is 0 for a small ship, even with military crew?

You might want more, but you don't have to.

I'm working on something a bit tougher. I'm betting I can make 100-125 ton ship that is a super heavy fighter. I'd go with minimal crew though, not military standard.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Seems like a terrible change. Why not keep them competitive? It ruined their dreadnaughts rule the universe theme?

No, battleships was another competitive niche in HG'17 that is no more in HG'22.

I have no idea why.

 

[Terry Mixon]

No, battleships was another competitive niche in HG'17 that is no more in HG'22.

I have no idea why.

What the heck were they thinking? What was the goal in nerfing everything?

 

[AnotherDilbert]

What the heck were they thinking? What was the goal in nerfing everything?

Fighters were deliberately nerfed, I'm not sure battleships were deliberate. It's more a function of spinals are now less viable than bays, perhaps not deliberately?

 

[Terry Mixon]

Fighters were deliberately nerfed, I'm not sure battleships were deliberate. It's more a function of spinals are now less viable than bays, perhaps not deliberately?

Why would they want to nerf fighters? I'll just make mini battle riders to bedevil them.

 

[Condottiere]

Fighter swarms, with long distance turrets.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Fighter swarms, with long distance turrets.

Sadly, small craft are limited close range weapons.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

What the heck were they thinking? What was the goal in nerfing everything?

I wouldn't know, but it was very deliberate.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Okay, I've reworked the heavy fighter into the 125-ton Skeeter Super Heavy Fighter and adapted the Antiama-Class Fleet Carrier to host 400 of them in docking clamps. Let's see if these suit or need to be tweaked more.

 

[Arkathan]

(Have you considered putting a summary tab in the spreadsheet to break it down similar to the ones in the books?

Might take a while, since in order to keep it accessible, I have to brute force it, but, WIP:

 

[Terry Mixon]

Might take a while, since in order to keep it accessible, I have to brute force it, but, WIP:
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As someone that has spent hours looking for where I've screwed something up, this would be a godsend.

 

[Condottiere]

How do you want to use fighters, then design the spacecraft to fit that criteria.

Or, in my case, figure out how to optimize spacecraft from the existing ruleset, which is why thirty five tonnes was pretty obvious.