I’m currently 30 years into my campaign playing as the Rodash Commonwealth, and I just hit a massive, terrifying roadblock. My capital is established in Alpha Prime, and I was trying to expand my network towards the Lancea system.
My Jump Gate Construction Ship just arrived at the Lancea jump point and immediately began stabilization operations. However, after 1 month, a massive Star Swarm fleet attacked it.
This is on Version 2.7.1 (completely vanilla, no modifications). To make things worse, I am running a high-difficulty setup where all NPR settings are enabled: Star Swarmers, Pre-cursors, Raiders, and Aether Raiders are all active at the same time.
Because Lancea is uncomfortably close to my core worlds via Castore and Emden, I am pivoting entirely to a swarm-vs-swarm attrition strategy using a dedicated light displacement doctrine. I have designed three specific hulls to lock down the border:
- A 1,000-ton Fast Attack Craft (FAC) packed with Size 1 Box Launchers and Size 1 Dual-Use Missile to deliver high-volume alpha strikes against their smaller LACs.
Falcon class Fast Attack Craft 1,000 tons 21 Crew 184.1 BP TCS 20 TH 240 EM 0
12005 km/s Armour 1-8 Shields 0-0 HTK 5 Sensors 1/1/0/0 DCR 1-10 PPV 6
Maint Life 10.20 Years MSP 215 AFR 8% IFR 0.1% 1YR 4 5YR 56 Max Repair 120 MSP
Magazine 40 / 0
Lieutenant Commander Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check RequiredMPD 150/240 EP - 10 HS 500 tons Fx0.7 (1) Power 240 Fuel Use 192.90% Signature 240 Explosion 15%
Fuel Capacity 20,000 Litres Range 1.87 billion km (43 hours at full power)Size 1 Box Launcher (40) Missile Size: 1 Hangar Reload 50 minutes MF Reload 8 hours
Missile Fire Control S0.1A21E11-R100 (70%) (1) Range 25.2m km Resolution 100
Missile Fire Control S0.1A21E11-R1 (70%) (1) Range 5.4m km Resolution 1
Guardian Drone AT-S.1 (1) Speed: 600 km/s End: 447.5d Range: 23,200m km WH: 0 Size: 1 TH: 2/1/0
Spie Drone TE-S.1 (1) Speed: 6,800 km/s End: 479.8m Range: 195.7m km WH: 0 Size: 1 TH: 22/13/6
Sax S.1/DU-M (38) Speed: 67,200 km/s End: 0.9m Range: 3.4m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 224/134/67Active Search Sensor S.21/11-R100 Size0.1 (70%) (1) GPS 210 Range 12.6m km Resolution 100
EM Sensor EM0.1-1.1 (1) Sensitivity 1.1 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 8.3m km
Thermal Sensor TH0.1-1.1 (1) Sensitivity 1.1 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 8.3m kmMissile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a FAC for auto-assignment purposes
- A 2,000-ton Corvette to serve as the main line combatant/missile platform.
Saga class Corvette 2,000 tons 52 Crew 430.3 BP TCS 40 TH 528 EM 0
13202 km/s Armour 1-14 Shields 0-0 HTK 12 Sensors 1/1/0/0 DCR 2-10 PPV 7.2
Maint Life 5.60 Years MSP 368 AFR 16% IFR 0.2% 1YR 20 5YR 297 Max Repair 264 MSP
Magazine 48 / 0
Commander Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check RequiredMPD 150/528 EP - 22 HS 1100 tons Fx0.7 (1) Power 528 Fuel Use 130.05% Signature 528 Explosion 15%
Fuel Capacity 69,000 Litres Range 4.8 billion km (4 days at full power)Size 1 Box Launcher (48) Missile Size: 1 Hangar Reload 50 minutes MF Reload 8 hours
Missile Fire Control S0.1A21E11-R100 (70%) (1) Range 25.2m km Resolution 100
Missile Fire Control S0.1A21E11-R1 (70%) (1) Range 5.4m km Resolution 1
Guardian Drone AT-S.1 (1) Speed: 600 km/s End: 447.5d Range: 23,200m km WH: 0 Size: 1 TH: 2/1/0
Spie Drone TE-S.1 (1) Speed: 6,800 km/s End: 479.8m Range: 195.7m km WH: 0 Size: 1 TH: 22/13/6
Sax S.1/DU-M (46) Speed: 67,200 km/s End: 0.9m Range: 3.4m km WH: 1 Size: 1 TH: 224/134/67Active Search Sensor S.21/11-R1 Size1 (70%) (1) GPS 21 Range 8.6m km MCR 771.7k km Resolution 1
Active Search Sensor S.21/11-R100 Size1 (70%) (1) GPS 2100 Range 39.8m km Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH0.1-1.1 (1) Sensitivity 1.1 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 8.3m km
EM Sensor EM0.1-1.1 (1) Sensitivity 1.1 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 8.3m kmMissile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a Warship for auto-assignment purposes
- A 2,000-ton Jumpship-Corvette to carry the squadron to Lancea system.
Pizarro class Jump Corvette 2,000 tons 66 Crew 426.1 BP TCS 40 TH 528 EM 0
13206 km/s JR 4-500 Armour 1-14 Shields 0-0 HTK 15 Sensors 1/1/0/0 DCR 3-15 PPV 0
Maint Life 6.74 Years MSP 399 AFR 11% IFR 0.1% 1YR 15 5YR 229 Max Repair 264 MSP
Commander Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check RequiredJ2000T5(4-500) Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 2000 tons Distance 500k km Squadron Size 4
MPD 150/528 EP - 22 HS 1100 tons Fx0.7 (1) Power 528 Fuel Use 130.05% Signature 528 Explosion 15%
Fuel Capacity 122,000 Litres Range 8.4 billion km (7 days at full power)Active Search Sensor S.21/11-R100 Size0.1 (70%) (1) GPS 210 Range 12.6m km Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH0.1-1.1 (1) Sensitivity 1.1 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 8.3m km
EM Sensor EM0.1-1.1 (1) Sensitivity 1.1 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 8.3m kmThis design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as a None for auto-assignment purposes
It has been exactly 5 years since the catastrophic loss of our jump gate construction ship at the Lancea jump point. Since that dark day, the Rodash Commonwealth has pivoted into a state of total military mobilization.
To bypass our bottlenecked conventional industries, the Commonwealth authorized the deployment of massive Forced Labour Camps to aggressively accelerate component fabrication. Our industrial web across the core—leveraging dedicated manufacturing complexes on Luna, Mercury, and Mars—worked in absolute synchronization to feed our orbital shipyards.
Quicky Assembly win the contract to build the FAC and Tackit Ship Integrator to build the Corvette, our naval production lines achieved unprecedented efficiency. In just a single calendar year, our yards successfully rolled out:
- 16x Falcon-class
- 9x Saga-class
This strike package is now fully operational, armed to the teeth with our high-velocity Sax S.1/DU-M box-launched missiles. The logistical backbone is set up, the off-world factories are pumping out replacement ordinance, and the fleet is currently massing at the Castore border system.
We are finally ready to force the transit, avenging the 95 crewmen lost five years ago, and test this light displacement doctrine against the 12,200 km/s Swarm blockade.
The war against the Star Swarm has raged for five years now, and the Rodash Commonwealth has just concluded two major fleet engagements. The light displacement doctrine of FACs and Corvettes has proven its worth in blood.
Through intense hit-and-run missile strikes and tight jump-point defense, our forces have successfully sunk 15 Swarm Light Attack Craft (LACs).
