Miraculous quick fix on a piece of equipment that already violates the Human Development rule? I think that would break Higher Power Restriction.

Ok, I have good idea. If you'd like, delete your post, and I'll write another that doesn't involves us 'suiciding'.

The fighters would have launched, but after getting no orders they would have just waited until recalled.

What crazy propulsion technology are you using that can accelerate a 300 kiloton vessel at 5 kilometers per second per second?

That's still 138 giganewtons of thrust, though. Not to mention you would be able to accelerate to velocities that would make enemy weaponry completely irrelevant.

To put it in other terms, you're a battlecruiser-sized interceptor.

I see what you mean, and realized the tech I'm basing those specs on isn't in line with what has been outlined for this RP. I apologize.

How ever, I have attempted to redeem myself and ran some numbers.... Its rather late, and I might have screwed up the math, but I believe I have it right now. For future reference, the back-up reactor isn't factored into the thrust, as it is used mainly for life-support and internal systems in the event that it is brought online. Theoretically it could be used to power the engines.... but I'm past the point of doing that mental math right now.

Jogged some numbers and added effective weapon ranges. For the missiles, the 'accurate' range is the max range that ship-board targeting systems can communicate with the missiles. After that, the missile's rely on their on-board navigation computers, which are vastly inferior to the ship's, so if the target is able to maneuver enough, deploy CMs, etc., the missiles are incredibly more likely to not be able to adjust their flight path, or go after the wrong target.

As for the missiles themselves, I realize that moving a 15-ton missile at 60km/s takes an incredible amount of energy, but that is only if they put them on maximum burn, which is only really useful at extremely long range, to cut down the flight time. It'd be more effective to fire the missiles considerably slower, as that allows the missiles' on-board computers to adjust their own flight paths, thus relying less on the ship's targeting to do everything for them. The more salvos fired before the first can hit the target, the more stress the ship's systems are under, so the slower the missiles, the easier it would get.

My defensive weaponry is scaled as to be more or less able to handle the bulk of what a clone of my ship could throw at it. For most of the weapons, they have a few seconds of firing to cut down incoming missiles that get past the CMs and survive a broadside of the laser mounts. While the laser mounts are offensive weapons, they can be used to stop incoming missiles, although their ability to track a fast moving target is vastly less than that of the PD clusters, thus the chance of actually hitting an incoming missile is slim.

Theoretically, if someone got close enough to the ship, the PD clusters could be used offensively, but they're sort of like AA machine guns on a modern naval vessel; the only thing they'd do to another large ship is mess up the paint. Small craft like fighters/bombers/boarding craft might take some light to medium damage, depending on how many clusters are aimed at them, or if the clusters got a lucky hit on something vulnerable.

The CMs, on the other hand would do even less, other than bump a small craft off course. They contain no explosive ordinance, flight computer, nor engine/thrusters of any kind, only a computer that emits signals meant to confuse and disorient any nearby targeting/flight system by adding illusory copies of the ship for them to lock onto. The broadcast range is incredibly short, and the strength is relatively weak, thus it would have little to no effect on a small craft, and wouldn't even come up as static on a real ship's systems. The only destructive force associated with a CM, is that of the missile which locks onto it, and explodes upon impact, if the missile hits it at all. Due to the small size of the CM, it is much more likely that the missile will fly right past it, and on into empty space.

I hate my over use of commas'.

The lasers charge and release pulses of focused energy, which goes where the laser was pointed at the moment of discharge. Due to the fact that once fired, the laser's pulse is on its own, they aren't much use in anything except ship-to-ship engagements of larger vessels. The incredibly short range means that they are a 'knife-fight' weapon. At the range a laser can be used, the missiles fired from the ship (unless launched at ridiculously low velocities) wouldn't have time to arm themselves, and since there's a hell of a lot of heat involved in firing them, arming them before launch is almost a suicide wish.

Warfare, from where my people are coming from, is mainly long-range missile duels between lines of ships, similar to wet navies back in the Victorian/Napoleonic Eras. Lasers are reserved for when one fleet is incapable of continuing the duel and the other comes in to finish the job/board them, or if one side runs out of ammo. Smaller ships generally have as many if not more laser mounts than missile tubes, since they don't have the room to store large ammo magazines.

The use of fighters and bombers is highly limited, they only see large-scale action during assaults on stationary targets like space platforms, or planets/moons. This is because of the range at which ships engage each other is too great for small craft to move through in any reasonable amount of time. Even if they were sent out, the opposing fleet would have plenty of time to see them coming and act accordingly. Some large vessels, Ships-of-the-Line so to speak, have more elaborate PD systems, which can be used against small craft, as at least half of all major fleet engagements end in close-range combat.

For the same reason, Carriers aren't built or deployed in large numbers outside of a ground-side assault. Like troop transports, Carriers are considered soft targets that are useless in a real fight, and thus not considered a threat on their own.

I've never played EVE :\

Gotta love missile boats. Never played it either, what's it like?

EVE is an excellent game, though slow to get into. You can theoretically train into a combat-capable character within a few hours, but developing a really good character takes months if not years, because skill training time increases exponentially and proceeds in real time. There's plenty to do, though; you can become a combat character flying your pick of ships, small or large, or you can become an industrialist like me. You can take a group of friends missioning, hunting in lawless space, or becoming small-time pirates; or you can reach for the stars.

It's a giant sandbox stuffed with hundreds of thousands of psychotic monkeys. Once you figure out all the subtleties and find a good group of pilots, it's a great game.

Either of you ever play any games in the Space Empires series? I have Space Empires IV and I'd like to challenge you guys to a game sometime.