3rd Generation SSD Upgrade Project

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A topic to discuss this project.

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By Majead Farsi (Devil) on Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 08:53 am: Edit

The Fed PDD is also wrong! Going by:

(R2.A5) POLICE DESTROYER (PDD): This design proposal
Was submitted by the Nikolayev-Andor shipyard. It was
Perhaps the most radical, envisioning replacing the police
Cutter’s (R2.12) existing engines with a single standard 90K
MW engine used by the heavy cruiser (R2.4)/galactic survey
Cruiser (R2.16)/battlecruiser (R2.33)/dreadnought (R2.2)
Classes. The forward hull of the ship was lengthened to allow
The installation of an additional photon torpedo and two
Phaser-1s, and blisters were built onto the sides of the rear
Hull to add increased habitability for the crew and additional
Power systems to operate the weapons.*** The three drone
Racks gave the ship considerable offensive firepower ***. The
Ship was capable of Warp 2.7 (Speed 20) while arming all
Weapons. As with other designs, shielding was increased

*** It should have 3x drone racks but showing only 1. Also shows 2x p3 (360) which should not be there I would guess. The SSD in CL24 is also incorrect.
Either whomever wrote the description is wrong or the SSD designer as they do not match!
Clarification please?

By Majead Farsi (Devil) on Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 09:43 am: Edit

I think I know where the error is! The 2 labs in the Blisters should be drones. when I read further :

"However, this design included provisions that, if it remained in
service after the General War ended, the drone racks in the
blisters could be converted into labs"

I think the Labs should be drone racks and that's where the SSD is wrong?

By Peter Bakija (Bakija) on Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 03:41 pm: Edit

I'm pretty sure the 3rd Gen Upgrade project was a completely volunteer project, and I don't know that it is ongoing at this point.

By Majead Farsi (Devil) on Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 04:41 pm: Edit

Very true Peter and I am grateful to them, but the fact still remains that the SSD in CL24 and the client are both incorrect!
The reason why I checked is because I wish to purchase a few of these PDD's in the Campaign I'm playing in, and if the SSD in the client is not correct it will cause a lot of difficulty.

By Jason E. Schaff (Jschaff297061) on Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 05:07 pm: Edit

For the 3rd gen project, the SFBOL definitions were (with a couple exceptions) matched to the printed SSDs without reference to ship descriptions.

I did a quick check through my file archive, and I don't have a copy of the graphic or the definition files for that ship, but if Paul can extract the current .def from the library, I can cook a fixed copy quickly enough. I'll shoot him a message tonight.

By Majead Farsi (Devil) on Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 05:35 pm: Edit

Jason your help is greatly appreciated! From what I can see its the 1x lab each on the Blisters. Its says 3 drone racks so I assume 3x G racks.
That is the only thing that seems not as it should be. The rest of the SSD on the client looks good.

By Jason E. Schaff (Jschaff297061) on Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 08:59 pm: Edit

The update has been sent to Paul for upload. What I did so that all bases are covered is to add a drone rack refit to the existing .def file which replaces 2 labs with type-G drone racks. I have no idea how to "cost" that, so I made it a zero-BPV refit; I'm sure folks can figure out something for campaign settings. :) Let me know if something doesn't seem to be working correctly.

By Majead Farsi (Devil) on Friday, February 26, 2021 - 08:11 am: Edit

I Think the BPV is correct anyway as it should have had the G racks!
Thanks Jason!

By Majead Farsi (Devil) on Friday, June 18, 2021 - 09:29 am: Edit

Hi Guys could someone fix the Federation PFF SSD please. The counter is correct but the SSD shows Thunderbolt!
Thanks in advance!

By Jason E. Schaff (Jschaff297061) on Friday, June 18, 2021 - 05:00 pm: Edit

Looks like there was an "oopsie" confusing the PFF and the PF_F. Unfortunately, I can't find art for the PFF, which means I'll need to pass a request for that to SVC before a 3G version can be done.

In the interim, Paul can hopefully replace the PFF that is there now with the old 2G PFF definition.


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