Tiny Drone Fighter

[AnotherDilbert]

I think this is legal by RAW, and if so we have a tiny problem...

Missile Fighter Drone
0.09 dT so fits 10 drones into 1 dT docking space.
M-9, Reaction-16, Armour 15, MCr 2 + MCr 2 for nuclear missiles.
Missile rack with 4 missiles
12 rounds battery and reaction fuel.

TL 15               Hull 0,036                      4,02513      
                         Desired  Rat   #   dTonn    Cost   Power 
Hull                                        0,090           0,018    
Config  Standard             1     1                0,005      
Hull strength  Standard      2     2            
Armour  Bonded Superdense   15    15        0,011   0,005      
Reflec                       1     1                0,009      
                  
ManœuvreD  HiTech,2*EneEff   9     9    1   0,008   0,020   0,041  
Batteries                   12    12    1   0,012   0,002      
                                    
ReactionD  HiTech,3*FuelEff 16    16    1   0,029   0,009      
Reaction Fuel   12,0 turns   1     1        0,030        
                  
Comp         m/10            2    10    1           0,160      
Backup Comp  m/5 fib         1     5    1           0,045      
Software: Virtual Crew/0                            1,000      
                  
Sensors  Basic                          1          

Cargo          0,000        
                  
Missile Rack Fixed Mount     1   TL7    1           0,850      

Missile ammo                 4          4           1,920

 

[GhengisRexx]

I love watching you guys min-max the rules into oblivion!

 

[PsiTraveller]

12 missiles are 1 ton, 4 missiles would be 0.33 tons, but once again the volume of weaponry is magically erased. lol

 

[wbnc]

I love watching you guys min-max the rules into oblivion!

In this case it's to find out how far you can push the rules....You have to know how bad bad can get....

Most of these ideas would probably never end up in anything official..but some of the little tricks might be useful if used with appropriate restraint.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Note that all components in this ship are percentage-based, so if we make a ten times smaller version all components will be ten times smaller and the ship will work the same.

So, we can make a 0.0009 dT version with identical performance. The cost is dominated by the missile rack and software so it will still cost MCr 2.

 

[Condottiere]

Blow darts.

 

[wbnc]

I a envisioning it as basically a slightly larger version of a multi warhead missile...a small drive, between two twin rails holding The missiles...only with this version you can recover the drive, flight section to be reloaded....of course you could add a single nuclear mine to the drone to use it as a suicide drone if it cant be recovered.

 

[Nerhesi]

This problem didn't present because previously, we had minimum craft sizes of 10 tons. Minimum armour size of 1 ton and so on.. but... I think I missed something here:

Your weaponry isn't taking up any space.. how is that so? How come the firm-point missile launcher isn't 1 ton?
EDIT: Oh - Fixed Mount.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

Generally size is limited by PP fuel and cockpit.

Batteries are generally useless, but in this particular case they work.
If we add anything that consumes fixed power, we get a minimum size from the battery.

So, we have a problem, but not a major one.

 

[Nerhesi]

Hoping this will be fixed soon with minimum sizes for spacecraft/smallcraft. Anything smaller should be created using the vehicle system really

 

[MongooseMatt]

but some of the little tricks might be useful if used with appropriate restraint.

This is principally why we haven't ruled against these excesses - someone, somewhere may find them useful (perhaps in a rather bizarre set of circumstances) while the rest of us can just nod and move on