Challenge: Ultra-budget Spacecraft
Sept 30, 2017 2:45:20 GMT
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Post by Rocket Witch on Sept 30, 2017 2:45:20 GMT
322m2, 5.09km/s, 732kc, 411t. Two-thirds fluorine by mass. A 28-man laser can which actually features the finest laser I've ever designed, with a minimum-length rod costing 183c. Making the mirror (the one just called 'mirror') aluminium instead of silver brings the cost and mass down a lot. I initially tried copper mirrors, inspiring the name. Despite this 'amazing' weapon, the ship probably would be better off with conventional cannons. The flares are the main defence against missiles, though only against conventional warheads; nukes going off anywhere near it will make it implode in shame.
The RTG powerplant (13.6kc) is cheaper than the crew overhead of having a reactor (40kc). Though once you do bring reactors you can stick more efficient thermal rockets on so I don't know if it makes the ship cheaper overall. Given how disgustingly cheap fluorine is, though, it's quite possible. The low heat output synergises well with flares in any case, which when loaded into blast launchers don't require any crew at all.
The missiles are the primary weapon. A simple derivative of my Helix model with 300 x 1g lead fragments. Coming from one of my more realistic designs, it does have a hypergolic motor, so it's not as meta as it could be.
The design should be stock, so feel free to download and bully: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1151736351
Obligatory disassembly of the Standard Republic Navy Target Ship™ at a cost of 574c:
The RTG powerplant (13.6kc) is cheaper than the crew overhead of having a reactor (40kc). Though once you do bring reactors you can stick more efficient thermal rockets on so I don't know if it makes the ship cheaper overall. Given how disgustingly cheap fluorine is, though, it's quite possible. The low heat output synergises well with flares in any case, which when loaded into blast launchers don't require any crew at all.
The missiles are the primary weapon. A simple derivative of my Helix model with 300 x 1g lead fragments. Coming from one of my more realistic designs, it does have a hypergolic motor, so it's not as meta as it could be.
The design should be stock, so feel free to download and bully: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1151736351
Obligatory disassembly of the Standard Republic Navy Target Ship™ at a cost of 574c:
