Challenge: Exhaust Ports

redphoenix
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Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jun 27, 2017 16:05:32 GMT matterbeam, The Astronomer, and 8 more like this

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Post by redphoenix on Jun 27, 2017 16:05:32 GMT

It is now J2281. More than two decades have passed since Republic of the Free People finished sweeping the solar system of their opposition, and their control has been total. With no serious opposition, the fleet had been allowed to mothball to some degree, with the majority of the republics industry going towards rebuilding infrastructure throughout the system. In the last few years though, this has begun to change. Taxes have risen - only, slightly, it's true. But still enough to raise a few eyebrows. More noticeable are the large cuts in funding for economic projects, and equally large grants given to military projects. In particular, replacing the aging Republic fleet - currently made up of the remnants of the System War twenty years earlier.

You, like everyone else, are unsure why the government has changed from economic development to defense spending, but as a naval architect, the exact reason hasn't bothered you too much - it has led to your promotion to Chief Naval Architect, and a commission to design the next generation of warships for the Republic of the Free People - to be completed no later than J2300.

While this was a dream come true for you, your elation was short-lived. Mere months into the project, you were approached by one of your subordinates. He claimed to represent an unnamed foreign power, and offered you an amazingly large sum if you could sabotage the new ship designs. The amount he offered would not be enough to pay your way out of execution for treason however, so you had to decline. Carrot having failed however, your subordinate showed he had Stick too... he pulled out photo after photo of your relatives, as well as details that no one should have known. He explained that if you were to help their organization, your relatives would be kept safe. If not... well, all sorts of accidents could happen in these dangerous times.

After convincing you to work with him, your subordinate details your new instructions. You are to imbue your new line of ships with hidden flaws. Hard enough to detect that they will not show up during testing, yet large enough that ships 1/10th the cost can easily defeat them. Ideally, you would want the entire fleet to be built and in combat before the Republic realizes they even have flaws. Your subordinate has promised that once the ships have completed production, and well before their flaws are revealed and exploited, you and your family may seek amnesty with his employers. You have your doubts... but you really don't have any choice.

(TLDR - Build powerful ships with well-hidden flaws.)

1. Build a line of the best ships you're able to - but with hidden flaws
2. The hidden flaw should not affect results when the ship goes through testing - in simulated battles against the following. (Solar Lance. Laser Skiffs. Gun Skiffs. GunShip. Fleet Carrier set to 'Launcher', Missile Schooner set to 'Launcher')
3. The ships should be able to beat the testing ships, even when the testing ships outnumber them in cost by a factor of 5 to 1. Ie, if your ship costs 100 MC, and you are testing against a missile schooner, you should be able to defeat 500 MC of missile schooners - rounding up. (15)

If your ship cannot defeat all the test ships (expected), you can make more specialized ships. Ideally, holding the same weakness...
4. This one isn't really testable, but the ships' weaknesses should be hard to fix, even after discovered.
5. The ships' weaknesses should allow them to be defeated by ships 1/10th the cost (built to exploit the weakness.)

*Note*
Outside of gun modules, my own module manipulating skill is fairly mediocre. My memory of maths class is musty at best, but mostly missing. I'm certain I couldn't complete this challenge, but I'm curious to see if others can.

Dhan Full Member Posts: 182	Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jun 27, 2017 16:49:01 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dhan on Jun 27, 2017 16:49:01 GMT This is an interesting one. I've given it some thought and so far I can only think of one example. The hard criteria is the hard to fix once discovered. That I have no idea how to deal with.

lennson
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Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jun 27, 2017 17:39:16 GMT

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Post by lennson on Jun 27, 2017 17:39:16 GMT

I am not sure if this would count as a 'hidden design flaw' but one could design a fleet that uses a particular strategy which can easily defeat stock ships but can be hard countered by specialized ships.

For instance one could design a rail gun fleet that would out range stock ships but can be countered by laser ships. Or a fleet of laser ships that again wouldn't have issue against stock ships but can be countered by anti-laser missiles.

Since this would be more of 'fleet doctrine' flaw it would essentially require building additional counter-counter ships to resolve the deficiency.

treptoplax
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Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jun 27, 2017 18:08:14 GMT

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Post by treptoplax on Jun 27, 2017 18:08:14 GMT

Hm, interesting. I suspect you could do the letter of this challenge by building a ship with limited point defense; the stock drones and missiles tend to have limited dV and/or accelleration (they all have chemical drives, for one thing). I'm thinking a cheap carrier that can run away from the stock nukes/drones but is vulnerable to a megaton nuke with a NTR and drop tanks.

You could 'fix' that by adding some laser boats to the fleet, though.

Making something vulnerable to laser sniping might be more elegant (engines?), not clear to me how best that would be done.

(Lennison's proposal above is basically a more general explanation of this idea)

Last Edit: Jun 27, 2017 18:15:17 GMT by treptoplax

Dhan
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Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jun 27, 2017 18:26:16 GMT via mobile

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Post by Dhan on Jun 27, 2017 18:26:16 GMT

I was thinking of a more... explosive flaw, but I guess doctrine flaws work too. Although I feel like those aren't hidden flaws as much as they are obvious limitations.

I actually came up with another possible hidden flaw. Can't wait to get home and test it!

redphoenix
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Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jun 28, 2017 3:37:43 GMT Rocket Witch and gedzilla like this

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Post by redphoenix on Jun 28, 2017 3:37:43 GMT

I was also thinking of a more explosive flaw, but doctrine flaws count. I've been thinking about what 'cheap to counter' could actually mean...

If the ships are half a system from any shipyard, they'd need all the delta-v and tankers required to get back, then get refitted, then need even more tankers and delta-v just to get to their original position - all during the middle of a system wide invasion or revolt. The actual repairs in that case are going to be a tiny fraction of the cost and time needed. On the other hand, any ship in a parking orbit of a shipyard could be refitted in a month or two at most.

Sending out new ships to reinforce the fleet would take half the time of course, but you'd still have to build them from scratch. You're still looking at months to years of having an ineffective fleet at the frontlines.

I guess the thing to do would be to lure as much of the Republics fleet into a massive battle before they've realized the flaw - preferably near one of their major shipyards, so it can be quickly captured or destroyed, and hamstring the republic's ability to refit and rebuild after. You'd need to convince them there was enough of a threat to assemble their entire fleet, but not enough for them to worry about putting all their eggs in one basket. Quite the challenge in it's own right.

+++

Worldbuilding asside, I have had my own idea on a design flaw for the ships, but I'll need to test it first.

BrokeCollegeStudent
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Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jul 2, 2017 15:44:53 GMT

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Post by BrokeCollegeStudent on Jul 2, 2017 15:44:53 GMT

First off, I'm what the username above implies and don't have a legitimate copy of the game, so I'm still in Patch 1.1.0, with no distributed aiming and extensive use of our good friend boron.

I inadvertently ran into the situation described above, where I created a laserstar with such awesome power that I started to design new ships with the exclusive intention of being able to defeat the previous one. While not one-tenth the cost, I did eventually manage to hard-counter it, in a somewhat unorthodox way that one of you will probably be able to improve on!

A few months back, jasonvance posted this: childrenofadeadearth.boards.net/thread/610/major-problems-partial-armoring-additions

I giddily swiped that up and spent the next few weekends poring over it and iterating the design, eventually changing everything from the reactors and radiators to the lasers themselves. At first I used HD, but I eventually switched to methane for repropellanting purposes at the mothership. That was until I discovered the wonders of CO2 MPDs, and their absolutely tiny tanks. That is what resulted in the "C-Spaceballs", the first entry at the bottom of this post.

From there, I realized that a key weakness of these craft was the fact that with the lasers so clustered together, a sweeping enemy laser could disable many at once, and I found that at the end of battles I would usually have one craft with all its lasers disabled, and all the other crafts left untouched. This stems from the fact that lasers mounts have a maximum speed at which the can reorient to a new target, and so in a laser-vs-laser battle clustered lasers fared worse against distributed lasers. To address this I created the cheaper "C-Spaceball" (second at the bottom), which in retrospect sounds like a failed attempt at neutering the first craft, but I like the name.

The hard counter for these crafts, and which could probably be extended to other laserstars, is essentially to put a floating shield directly in front of a cheap craft with a single high-velocity railgun. The shield is a single sacrificial conical drone, and with no weapons and therefore no reactors, it has no radiators to be destroyed. This is called "F-Shield" below.

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UsesCustomName true
Composition Calcium
PanelWidth_m 2.5
Height_m 5.7
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
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FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

RadiatorModule Laserball Reactor
UsesCustomName true
Composition Boron
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Height_m 3.4
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
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FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

LaserModule 100 MW Titanium:Sapphire Violet Laser 2.25t 5
UsesCustomName true
ArcLamp
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EnvelopeComposition Borosilicate Glass
PowerSupplied_W 1e+008
Radius_m 0.01
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GainMedium Titanium:Sapphire
OpticalNodes 6000000
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Mirror
Composition Silver
OutputCoupler
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CoolantTurbopump
Composition Boron
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CoolantInletTemperature_K 50
FrequencyDoubler
NonlinearOptic
Composition Silver Gallium Selenide
OpticLength_m 0.1
OpticRadius_m 0.0072
ApertureRadius_m 5.8
FocusingMirror
Composition Aluminum
Unmounted false
Turret
InnerRadius_m 12.304
Extruded false
ArmorComposition Graphite Aerogel
ArmorThickness_m 0.0001
MomentumWheels
Composition Lithium
RotationalSpeed_RPM 42
EngagementRange_km 1000
TargetsShips true
TargetsShots true

ThermoelectricFissionReactorModule 101 MW 2340 K Fission Reactor Copy
UsesCustomName true
ReactorCoreDimensions_m 0.073 0.084
NuclearReactor
Coolant Sodium
Moderator Diamond
ModeratorMass_kg 1
Fuel U-233 Dioxide
FuelMass_kg 2.3
FuelEnrichment_Percent 0.6
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Length_m 0.001
ThermocoupleExitTemperature_K 2340
OuterCoolant Sodium
OuterTurbopump
Composition Calcium
PumpRadius_m 0.46
RotationalSpeed_RPM 510

PropellantTankModule 1.000 t Carbon Dioxide Tank
UsesCustomName false
Propellant Carbon Dioxide
StructureComposition Boron
ReactionMass_kg 1000
HeightToRadiusRatio 20
AdditionalArmorThickness_m 0

MagnetoplasmadynamicThrusterModule 27.0 km/s 100 MW Carbon Dioxide Gimballed Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster
UsesCustomName false
CathodeRadius_m 0.011
ChamberThickness_m 0.019
AnodeThickness_m 0.001
ThrusterLength_m 0.0117
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Current_A 1.04e+005
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Gimbal
InnerRadius_m 0.067
ArmorComposition Graphite Aerogel
ArmorThickness_m 0.0001
MomentumWheels
Composition Lithium
RotationalSpeed_RPM 8100
GimbalAngle_degrees 90

RadiatorModule Laserball Laser
UsesCustomName true
Composition Calcium
PanelWidth_m 2.5
Height_m 5.7
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 20
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

RadiatorModule Laserball Reactor
UsesCustomName true
Composition Boron
PanelWidth_m 2.5
Height_m 3.4
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 11
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

NuclearThermalRocketModule 6.18 km/s Methane Gimballed Nuclear Thermal Rocket 2
UsesCustomName false
ReactorCoreHeight_m 2.5
NuclearReactor
Coolant Methane
Moderator Graphite
ModeratorMass_kg 14.8
Fuel U-235 Dioxide
FuelMass_kg 25.6
FuelEnrichment_Percent 0.5235
ControlRodComposition Boron Nitride
ControlRodMass_kg 10.1
NeutronReflector Pyrolytic Carbon
ReflectorThickness_m 0.54
AverageNeutronFlux__m2_s 1.1e+020
ThermalRocket
ChamberComposition Diamond
ThroatRadius_m 0.27
ChamberWallThickness_m 0.0024
ChamberContractionRatio 1.1
NozzleExpansionRatio 70
NozzleExpansionAngle_degrees 15
RegenerativeCooling_Percent 1
Injector
Composition Maraging Steel
PumpRadius_m 0.3
RotationalSpeed_RPM 860
Gimbal
InnerRadius_m 1.12
ArmorComposition Titanium Nitride
ArmorThickness_m 0.03
MomentumWheels
Composition Magnesium
RotationalSpeed_RPM 6300
GimbalAngle_degrees 75

CrewModule 37 Crew Module
UsesCustomName false
CrewCapacity 37
Decks 4
StructureMaterial Boron
ShellThickness_m 0.01

RadiationShieldModule 4.00 m Diameter 6.00 cm Radiation Shield
UsesCustomName false
Composition Lithium-6
Dimensions_m 2 0.06

PropellantTankModule 50t Methane Tank CL
UsesCustomName true
Propellant Methane
StructureComposition Boron
ReactionMass_kg 50000
HeightToRadiusRatio 20
AdditionalArmorThickness_m 0

RadiatorModule 0.75x12 Aluminum Radiator Copy
UsesCustomName true
Composition Aluminum
PanelWidth_m 0.75
Height_m 12
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 1
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

ThermoelectricFissionReactorModule 22.2 kW Thermoelectric Fission Reactor
UsesCustomName false
ReactorCoreDimensions_m 0.075 0.019
NuclearReactor
Coolant Ethane
Moderator Graphite
ModeratorMass_kg 0
Fuel U-233 Dioxide
FuelMass_kg 0.1
FuelEnrichment_Percent 0.05
ControlRodComposition Depleted Uranium Dioxide
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NeutronReflector Boron Nitride
ReflectorThickness_m 0
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InnerTurbopump
Composition Graphite
PumpRadius_m 0.075
RotationalSpeed_RPM 100
ThermocoupleInnerDimensions_m 0.074 0.5
Thermocouple
PTypeComposition Tantalum
NTypeComposition Tungsten
Length_m 0.001
ThermocoupleExitTemperature_K 2340
OuterCoolant Decane
OuterTurbopump
Composition Graphite
PumpRadius_m 0.075
RotationalSpeed_RPM 14

RadiatorModule 0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator
UsesCustomName false
Composition Boron Nitride
PanelWidth_m 0.1
Height_m 0.1
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 1
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

RadiatorModule 0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator
UsesCustomName false
Composition Boron Nitride
PanelWidth_m 0.1
Height_m 0.1
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
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FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

RadiatorModule 0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator
UsesCustomName false
Composition Boron Nitride
PanelWidth_m 0.1
Height_m 0.1
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 1
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

CraftBlueprint Laserball
Modules
100 MW Titanium:Sapphire Violet Laser 2.25t 5 1 21.615 null 0
101 MW 2340 K Fission Reactor Copy 1 5.4542 null 0
Default Remote Control 1 29.176 null 0
1.000 t Carbon Dioxide Tank 2 11.908 null 0
27.0 km/s 100 MW Carbon Dioxide Gimballed Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster 1 0 null 0
Laserball Laser 2 6.1851 100 MW Titanium:Sapphire Violet Laser 2.25t 5 0
Laserball Reactor 2 1.5523 101 MW 2340 K Fission Reactor Copy 0
Armor

CraftBlueprint Laserball
Modules
100 MW Titanium:Sapphire Violet Laser 2.25t 5 1 21.615 null 0
101 MW 2340 K Fission Reactor Copy 1 5.4542 null 0
Default Remote Control 1 29.176 null 0
1.000 t Carbon Dioxide Tank 2 11.908 null 0
27.0 km/s 100 MW Carbon Dioxide Gimballed Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster 1 0 null 0
Laserball Laser 2 6.1851 100 MW Titanium:Sapphire Violet Laser 2.25t 5 0
Laserball Reactor 2 1.5523 101 MW 2340 K Fission Reactor Copy 0
Armor

CarrierModule 1.000 kW Laserball Launcher
UsesCustomName false
Payload Laserball
Launcher
Stator Iron
TrackLength_m 0.1
StatorDepth_m 0.001
Forcer Titanium Nitride
ForcerRadius_m 0.001
Coolant Hydrogen
PowerConsumption_W 1000
CoolantTurbopump
Composition Boron
PumpRadius_m 0.01
RotationalSpeed_RPM 1
CoolantInletTemperature_K 2297
ArmorMaterial Graphite Aerogel
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
EngagementRange_km 100
TargetsShips true
TargetsShots true

CarrierModule 1.000 kW Laserball Launcher
UsesCustomName false
Payload Laserball
Launcher
Stator Iron
TrackLength_m 0.1
StatorDepth_m 0.001
Forcer Titanium Nitride
ForcerRadius_m 0.001
Coolant Hydrogen
PowerConsumption_W 1000
CoolantTurbopump
Composition Boron
PumpRadius_m 0.01
RotationalSpeed_RPM 1
CoolantInletTemperature_K 2297
ArmorMaterial Graphite Aerogel
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
EngagementRange_km 100
TargetsShips true
TargetsShots true

AmmoModule 20x Laserball
UsesCustomName false
SuppliedModule 1.000 kW Laserball Launcher
AmmoBay
Capacity 20
Stacks 1
ArmorComposition Graphite Aerogel
ArmorThickness_m 0.005

CraftBlueprint C-Spaceball
Modules
6.18 km/s Methane Gimballed Nuclear Thermal Rocket 2 1 0.31165 null 0
1.000 kW Laserball Launcher 1 18.98 null 3.14
37 Crew Module 1 -0.375 null 0
4.00 m Diameter 6.00 cm Radiation Shield 1 -0.4375 null 0
50t Methane Tank CL 20 9.3023 null 0
0.75x12 Aluminum Radiator Copy 5 8.0549 37 Crew Module 0
25.0 m x 0 m Spacer 1 215.79 null 0
22.2 kW Thermoelectric Fission Reactor 1 -0.5 null 0
0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator 6 36.601 22.2 kW Thermoelectric Fission Reactor 0
0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator 6 36.299 22.2 kW Thermoelectric Fission Reactor 0.53
0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator 3 18.98 1.000 kW Laserball Launcher 0
20x Laserball 1 18.98 null 0
Armor
ArmorLayers
Boron 0.02 0 0 1 1
Graphite Aerogel 0.01 1.5 0 1 1
Calcium 0.001 0 0 1 1
Gold 0.0007 0 0.52 0.54 1

------------------------------------ F-Shield ------------------------------------

PropellantTankModule 1.000 t Methane Tank
UsesCustomName false
Propellant Methane
StructureComposition Boron
ReactionMass_kg 1000
HeightToRadiusRatio 20
AdditionalArmorThickness_m 0

NuclearThermalRocketModule 6.32 km/s Methane Nuclear Thermal Rocket JV-Tiny
UsesCustomName true
ReactorCoreHeight_m 0.01
NuclearReactor
Coolant Methane
Moderator Osmium
ModeratorMass_kg 0
Fuel U-233 Dioxide
FuelMass_kg 0.1
FuelEnrichment_Percent 0.37
ControlRodComposition Boron Nitride
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NeutronReflector Osmium
ReflectorThickness_m 0
AverageNeutronFlux__m2_s 9.7e+018
ThermalRocket
ChamberComposition UHMWPE
ThroatRadius_m 0.00422
ChamberWallThickness_m 0.0001
ChamberContractionRatio 100
NozzleExpansionRatio 100
NozzleExpansionAngle_degrees 6.5
RegenerativeCooling_Percent 1
Injector
Composition Lithium
PumpRadius_m 0.03
RotationalSpeed_RPM 192
Gimbal
InnerRadius_m 0.044
ArmorComposition Graphite Aerogel
ArmorThickness_m 0.0001
MomentumWheels
Composition Lithium
RotationalSpeed_RPM 12100
GimbalAngle_degrees 10

FlareModule 1.01 MW Nitrocellulose Flare
UsesCustomName false
ArmorComposition Polyethylene
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Cylinder_m 0.12 0.15
Pyrotechnic
CombustionReaction Nitrocellulose
DelayComposition Tetrafluorohydrazine
DelayCompositionMassFraction 0.453

NuclearThermalRocketModule 6.18 km/s Methane Gimballed Nuclear Thermal Rocket 2
UsesCustomName false
ReactorCoreHeight_m 2.5
NuclearReactor
Coolant Methane
Moderator Graphite
ModeratorMass_kg 14.8
Fuel U-235 Dioxide
FuelMass_kg 25.6
FuelEnrichment_Percent 0.5235
ControlRodComposition Boron Nitride
ControlRodMass_kg 10.1
NeutronReflector Pyrolytic Carbon
ReflectorThickness_m 0.54
AverageNeutronFlux__m2_s 1.1e+020
ThermalRocket
ChamberComposition Diamond
ThroatRadius_m 0.27
ChamberWallThickness_m 0.0024
ChamberContractionRatio 1.1
NozzleExpansionRatio 70
NozzleExpansionAngle_degrees 15
RegenerativeCooling_Percent 1
Injector
Composition Maraging Steel
PumpRadius_m 0.3
RotationalSpeed_RPM 860
Gimbal
InnerRadius_m 1.12
ArmorComposition Titanium Nitride
ArmorThickness_m 0.03
MomentumWheels
Composition Magnesium
RotationalSpeed_RPM 6300
GimbalAngle_degrees 75

RadiationShieldModule 4.00 m Diameter 6.00 cm Radiation Shield
UsesCustomName false
Composition Lithium-6
Dimensions_m 2 0.06

RadiatorModule 0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator
UsesCustomName false
Composition Boron Nitride
PanelWidth_m 0.1
Height_m 0.1
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 1
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

PropellantTankModule 50t Methane Tank CL
UsesCustomName true
Propellant Methane
StructureComposition Boron
ReactionMass_kg 50000
HeightToRadiusRatio 20
AdditionalArmorThickness_m 0

RadiatorModule 1.5x12 Aluminum Radiator
UsesCustomName true
Composition Aluminum
PanelWidth_m 0.75
Height_m 12
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 2
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

RefuelerModule 724 W Methane Auto-Refueler
UsesCustomName false
Pump
Composition Lithium
PumpRadius_m 0.2
RotationalSpeed_RPM 310
FluidToPump Methane
HoseLength_m 50

RadiatorModule 0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator
UsesCustomName false
Composition Boron Nitride
PanelWidth_m 0.1
Height_m 0.1
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 1
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

RailgunModule 10.0 MW 4mm Turreted Capacitor Railgun Far Light
UsesCustomName true
PowerConsumption_W 1e+007
Capacitor
Count 1
DielectricComposition Hafnia
Dimensions_m 0.16 0.054
Separation_m 1e-007
Rails
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Thickness_m 0.042
Length_m 1.8
BarrelArmorThickness_m 0.186
Armature
Composition Vanadium Chromium Steel
BoreRadius_m 0.00163
Mass_kg 0.001
Tracer Indium Gallium Arsenide
Payload null
Loader
PowerConsumption_W 1.5e+005
Turret
InnerRadius_m 0.327
Extruded false
ArmorComposition Amorphous Carbon
ArmorThickness_m 0.01
MomentumWheels
Composition Osmium
RotationalSpeed_RPM 11000
AttachedAmmoBay
Capacity 10000
Stacks 2
TargetsShips true
TargetsShots true

ThermoelectricFissionReactorModule 10.3 MW 2340 K Fission Reactor
UsesCustomName true
ReactorCoreDimensions_m 0.023 0.049
NuclearReactor
Coolant Sodium
Moderator Boron Nitride
ModeratorMass_kg 0.028
Fuel U-233 Dioxide
FuelMass_kg 0.125
FuelEnrichment_Percent 0.97
ControlRodComposition Boron Nitride
ControlRodMass_kg 0.119
NeutronReflector Osmium
ReflectorThickness_m 0
AverageNeutronFlux__m2_s 1.5e+020
InnerTurbopump
Composition Boron Nitride
PumpRadius_m 0.18
RotationalSpeed_RPM 470
ThermocoupleInnerDimensions_m 0.42 0.64
Thermocouple
PTypeComposition Osmium
NTypeComposition Tungsten
Length_m 0.001
ThermocoupleExitTemperature_K 2340
OuterCoolant Sodium
OuterTurbopump
Composition Lithium
PumpRadius_m 0.1
RotationalSpeed_RPM 360

RadiatorModule Railgun Drone Reactor
UsesCustomName true
Composition Boron
PanelWidth_m 0.1
Height_m 4.7
Thickness_m 0.001
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
Panels 20
FrontTaper_radians 0
BackTaper_radians 0
SurfaceFinish null

CraftBlueprint Shield 3
Modules
1.000 t Methane Tank 1 0 null 0
6.32 km/s Methane Nuclear Thermal Rocket JV-Tiny 1 0 null 0
Default Remote Control 1 -0.5 null 0
25.0 m x 0 m Spacer 1 8.3027 null 0
Armor
ArmorLayers
Amorphous Carbon 0.01 10 0.5 1 1
Nitrile Rubber 0.02 10 0.5 1 1
Aluminum 0.001 2 0.5 1 1

CraftBlueprint 1 MW Flare
Modules
1.01 MW Nitrocellulose Flare 1 0 null 0
Armor

CarrierModule 1.000 kW Shield Launcher
UsesCustomName true
Payload Shield 3
Launcher
Stator Iron
TrackLength_m 0.1
StatorDepth_m 0.001
Forcer Beryllium Copper
ForcerRadius_m 0.001
Coolant Hydrogen
PowerConsumption_W 1000
CoolantTurbopump
Composition Boron
PumpRadius_m 0.01
RotationalSpeed_RPM 1
CoolantInletTemperature_K 1100
ArmorMaterial Aluminum
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
AttachedAmmoBay
Capacity 1
Stacks 1
EngagementRange_km 15
TargetsShips false
TargetsShots false

CarrierModule 4.00 kW 1 MW Flare Launcher
UsesCustomName false
Payload 1 MW Flare
Launcher
Stator Iron
TrackLength_m 1.4
StatorDepth_m 0.27
Forcer Cobalt
ForcerRadius_m 0.027
Coolant Sodium
PowerConsumption_W 4000
CoolantTurbopump
Composition Boron
PumpRadius_m 0.041
RotationalSpeed_RPM 1
CoolantInletTemperature_K 1240
ArmorMaterial Graphite Aerogel
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
AttachedAmmoBay
Capacity 20
Stacks 4
EngagementRange_km 0
TargetsShips false
TargetsShots false

CraftBlueprint F-Shield
Modules
6.18 km/s Methane Gimballed Nuclear Thermal Rocket 2 1 0.30018 null 0
1.000 kW Shield Launcher 1 29.02 null 0
4.00 m Diameter 6.00 cm Radiation Shield 1 61.692 null 0
0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator 1 11.826 1.000 kW Shield Launcher 3.14
10.0 m x 0 m Spacer 1 122.08 null 0
1.50 m x 0 m Spacer 1 14.317 null 0
50t Methane Tank CL 5 96.142 null 0
40 Crew Module 1 109.11 null 0
1.5x12 Aluminum Radiator 1 23.571 40 Crew Module 3.14
724 W Methane Auto-Refueler 1 23.351 null 0
4.00 kW 1 MW Flare Launcher 1 31.118 null 3.15
0.10x0.10 Boron Nitride Radiator 1 2.7636 4.00 kW 1 MW Flare Launcher 0
10.0 MW 4mm Turreted Capacitor Railgun Far Light 1 84.157 null 0
10.3 MW 2340 K Fission Reactor 1 45.663 null 0
Railgun Drone Reactor 2 6.1387 10.3 MW 2340 K Fission Reactor 1.57
Armor
ArmorLayers
Amorphous Carbon 0.01 1.5 0.44 1 1

BrokeCollegeStudent Guest	Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jul 2, 2017 15:46:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by BrokeCollegeStudent on Jul 2, 2017 15:46:44 GMT I swear it didn't look that long when I wrote it... For future reference, does anyone know how to put code into the fancy scrollable boxes?

Durandal Senior Member Posts: 422	Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jul 2, 2017 15:49:57 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Durandal on Jul 2, 2017 15:49:57 GMT Jul 2, 2017 15:46:44 GMT BrokeCollegeStudent said: I swear it didn't look that long when I wrote it... For future reference, does anyone know how to put code into the fancy scrollable boxes? Spoiler tags mate.

Dhan
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Posts: 182

Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jul 2, 2017 17:30:13 GMT

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Post by Dhan on Jul 2, 2017 17:30:13 GMT

Jul 2, 2017 15:46:44 GMT BrokeCollegeStudent said:

I swear it didn't look that long when I wrote it...

For future reference, does anyone know how to put code into the fancy scrollable boxes?

[ spoiler ]

[ /spoiler ]

Without the spaces before and after the brackets.

Argopeilacos Full Member Posts: 138	Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jul 2, 2017 19:42:28 GMT Enderminion, vegemeister, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Argopeilacos on Jul 2, 2017 19:42:28 GMT Even better: [spoiler] [code]insert code here[/code] [/spoiler]

jtyotjotjipaefvj
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Challenge: Exhaust Ports Jul 19, 2017 23:47:56 GMT Durandal and treptoplax like this

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Post by jtyotjotjipaefvj on Jul 19, 2017 23:47:56 GMT

Since nobody else has attempted this, I'll post my attempt (with some corners cut regarding the criteria since it would've gotten tedious to run it against a billion different fleets, plus drone lag was pretty painful as is.)

I originally wanted to use 60mm cannon spam for this since it has turned out to work in these types of underdog scenarios before, but they weren't quite effective enough to take down a full fleet in one pass, and they require so much armor on the ship that I wasn't able to kill it either. So I had to change my plan to using a range advantage to kill all the ships before they had a chance to touch my more fragile ship.

As I noticed that 60mm cannons are quite good at point defence, I thought railguns must be even more so. So I designed two railguns for the ship:

A 100MW, lighter point-defence gun with high firerate but lower penetration as missiles don't really carry any noticeable armor. I ended up with a 2g projectile, 11.7 km/s muzzle velocity and 1.5 ms reload time, with practically 0 shot deviation. The ship mounts 6 of these, and can take down missile salvos or ridiculous amounts of drones, as you'll soon see.

(the images link to full-size versions to prevent this post from being 90% pictures)

A 200MW, heavy railgun for taking down armored targets. 35 gram round with a capacitor that gives 17.4 km/s muzzle velocity and 120ms reload time, with very low but not quite zero deviation to preserve barrel weight. It's not extremely effective for killing things but it has a good range and you can have a lot of them on one ship.

The ship ended up with 6 of the PD railguns, and 18 of the heavy ones, with 2 1GW generators and a generously-sized radiator array. It's powered by a pentane NTR giving 3.7 km/s dv and a whopping 21.9 mg of acceleration (but who needs acceleration when you can stay at 250km and have the best point defense guns in the system, right?) There's also one light missile launcher to give me a 300km engagement range, as well as to serve as a distraction for enemy lasers at the start of combat. I thought they might've been useful for damaging enemies too, but looks like the homing AI got confused with so many ships and none of them hit anything.

Since my ship isn't the cheapest you can get, the enemy fleet has to be pretty big too. I bent the rules a bit here and put in a little bit of everything to save time on repeat engagements. Besides, having any more drones in a combat would be seriously annoying framerate-wise, since already I was hitting 1-4 fps in the worst bits.

After swatting down a few drone and missile swarms sent my way, it was time to do battle. My cunning plan was to sit still in my starting point and hope that I'd get everything killed before they had a chance to fire back. At 300 km, the enemy was unable to return fire, so I was pretty safe as long as their drone swarms or lasers didn't get to me. Luckily solar lances are made of tinfoil and died fairly quickly, first one after maybe ten seconds of firing. They really are a poor design.

By now, there were a whole bunch of drones in the air and some of them were showing signs of getting closer, so I turned on the PD railguns. They worked quite well and looked good doing their jobs as well.

A good while later, maybe 30 seconds, my missile swarm arrived and managed to score 0 hits as far as I could tell. The railguns had chewed up one gunship and a hiveship by this point though, so things were looking pretty good. I was trying to focus on the fleet carrier, since it seemed to be the most eager drone sender in the enemy fleet and my framerate was looking a bit worrying at this point. Sadly, the carrier didn't agree with me and just refused to die for a really very long time. Here you can see it full of 9mm railgun holes but it's still limping along.

After the fleet carrier and the last gunship died, I only had one empty support carrier and a whole bunch of drones left to kill. They were making their towards me and were already close to the 100km mark, so things started to look a little worrying. Luckily the PD railguns did their jobs well and only a few railgun drones managed to get shots off.

With the support carrier and final drones dead, my invincible flagship was victorious, with only some minor scratching on the hull paint and one missing radiator.

Now all I had left to do was to kill the flagship with a far cheaper ship. I chose a stupidly heavy KE missile with some added shaped fragmentation to do the task. The target ship has too slow acceleration to effectively dodge the missile, and its point defence isn't very effective either since there's no way to stop the fragments, deployed as far as 30km away from the target, from hitting the ship. They were able to destroy the missile hulls so thoroughly that they missed due to a fuel tank breach throwing them off course or just got atomized the hull in one case as far as I can tell. That's not a huge issue though since the 3.6 ton fragment mass can easily shred the target to pieces. My missile carrier has eight missiles and two launchers, as well as some guns thrown in for the look of it. It also looks very sleek with the thin design and flat radiators, which is a big plus.

The first missile managed to hit the target straight on the nose, disabling most of the PD guns but very little else. This was a good thing though, since it meant the later missiles would be able to get closer before deploying their frag warheads. The second missile got intercepted by the target's KE missile launcher by a salvo it managed to launch just before the first missile hitting and destroying the launcher. I wasn't too worried though, since without the missile launcher and with most PD guns gone, I'd have plenty of opportunities for landing solid hits with the remaining six missiles. It turns out I only needed the third one to score a very thorough kill on the target. I got very lucky with the fragment pattern, and with the target turning sideways, and managed to destroy both generators and all 4 crew modules with a single missile. Below are both internal and external views of the target directly after the hit.

So, that fulfills at least the spirit of the challenge, if maybe not the letter of it. A 370 MC ship destroying a fleet of 1.6 GC and gets destroyed by a 21 MC ship.

Last Edit: Jul 19, 2017 23:48:59 GMT by jtyotjotjipaefvj

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