Well my challenge was more for you to design a max collar fleet to use in combination with PWS, carriers, or whatever way you see best to use mass DS.
But to comment on this, whilst the number of Fighters is impressive, you do hit the door limit. 43 turns to launch is a long time. Cap weapons are minimal,so this is squarely in the support role.
Now, I threw together a max collar Carrier.
AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
VALIDATED
Class/Model/Name: Fleet Carrier Prime
Tech: Clan / 3067
Vessel Type: WarShip
Rules: Level 3, Standard design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 2,500,000 tons
K-F Drive System: (Unknown)
Power Plant: Standard
Safe Thrust: 5
Maximum Thrust: 8
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide
Armament:
20 Heavy NPPC
122 ER PPC
18 Laser AMS
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Class/Model/Name: Fleet Carrier Prime
Mass: 2,500,000 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 750,000.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 5
Maximum Thrust: 8
Kearny-Fuchida Hyperdrive: Compact (Integrity = 47) 1,131,250.00
Lithium Fusion Battery 25,000.00
Jump Sail: (Integrity = 9) 155.00
Structural Integrity: 100 250,000.00
Total Heat Sinks: 1,600 Double 331.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 9,563.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 6,250.00
Fire Control Computers: .00
Food & Water: (157 days supply) 1,822.50
Armor Type: Lamellor Ferro-carbide (4,460 total armor pts) 4,000.00
Capital Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 800
Fore-Left/Right: 750/750
Aft-Left/Right: 730/730
Aft: 700
Cargo:
Bay 1: Fighters (150) with 5 doors 22,500.00
Fighters (150) with 5 doors 22,500.00
Fighters (150) with 5 doors 22,500.00
Bay 2: Fighters (150) with 5 doors 22,500.00
Fighters (150) with 5 doors 22,500.00
Bay 3: Small Craft (30) with 1 door 6,000.00
Bay 4: Bay Personnel Quarters (1650) 11,550.00
Bay 5: Cargo (25000) with 2 doors 25,000.00
DropShip Capacity: 50 Docking Hardpoints 50,000.00
Grav Decks #1 - 3: (95-meter diameter) 150.00
Grav Decks #4 - 8: (250-meter diameter) 500.00
Life Boats: 100 (7 tons each) 700.00
Escape Pods: 100 (7 tons each) 700.00
Crew and Passengers:
3 Officers (112 minimum) 30.00
547 Crew (542 minimum) 3,829.00
15 Gunners (44 minimum) 105.00
110 Marines 770.00
1,650 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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4 Heavy NPPC Nose 60 60 60 60 900 12,000.00
14 ER PPC Nose 21(210)21(210)21(210) -- 210 84.00
2 Laser AMS Nose -- -- -- -- 24 3.00
4 Heavy NPPC FL/R 60 60 60 60 1800 24,000.00
14 ER PPC FL/R 21(210)21(210)21(210) -- 420 168.00
2 Laser AMS FL/R -- -- -- -- 48 6.00
4 Heavy NPPC L/RBS 60 60 60 60 1800 24,000.00
14 ER PPC L/RBS 21(210)21(210)21(210) -- 420 168.00
2 Laser AMS L/RBS -- -- -- -- 48 6.00
18 ER PPC AL/R 27(270)27(270)27(270) -- 540 216.00
2 Laser AMS AL/R -- -- -- -- 48 6.00
16 ER PPC Aft 24(240)24(240)24(240) -- 240 96.00
4 Laser AMS Aft -- -- -- -- 48 6.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (1.60%) 40,000.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 6,546 2,490,965.00
Tons Left: 9,035.50
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 127,827,203,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 143,863
Cost per BV: 888,534.25
Weapon Value: 162,227 (Ratio = 1.13)
Damage Factors: SRV = 2,205; MRV = 1,990; LRV = 1,308; ERV = 424
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 1,502,721
(392,050 Structure, 979,375 Life Support, 131,296 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 1,147,500 (76% of MPV)
BattleForce2: Not applicable
Not as many Fighters on it, but more firepower on the ERV. I could have more, but went with the Spare Parts for fluff.
You mentioned in the other thread about having Fighters on the DS as well. So if we use the DS Carrier spec, 60 Fighters x 9 = 540 to add to your 2,800. A very respectable swarm of 3,340. But mine is bigger with 750 in the WS and 60 x 50 = 3,000 in the DS for a total of 3,750. And the launch/recovery time is far less than yours.
