Aaaaanyway. As I said earlier: Even if you insist on near-maximum protection J3M6 Dreadnoughts, the Tigress is a white elephant. A more sensible example would probably look as follows: ...
Would be better if you can get one under 75,000 dT, get an edge on size. The T-meson's overkill-grande. An N gets you 13 extra damage rolls with almost an 81% chance of shattering the fuel tanks with at least one of those rolls. Only 2/3 as effective penetrating the best meson screens, but you should be able to manage twice as many ships as your 150 KdT model and there'll be more "baskets" to spread your "eggs" around in, so you're ahead. You ought to be quite effective with something under 75KdT and an N spinal. For that matter, the humble light cruiser's J spinal gets you almost a 70% chance of a fuel-tank-shattered result - about half as effective as the T in penetration, but again more and smaller ships.
I offer
Bobcat, a 50,000 dT cruiser designed to be a mini-Tigress; ten of them have the same missile firepower and almost the same secondary weapon firepower. A wee bit more expensive at 9.5 for 1 Tigress, but definitely able to stand the fight better. Individually more vulnerable to large numbers of missiles but also presenting a smaller target, evading 14% more missiles than the Tigress can. Carries two platoons of Marines in 8 (Striker) Marine APCs, supported by 10 ground-support fighters (a variant of the Armadillo armored light fighter mounting a plasma gun, sandcaster and a bomb bay for ground combat). Also carries 20 long range escort fighters (Why? Because the fighter's really only effective as a ground attack and commerce-raiding platform, and the 10 dT's very effective in both roles.)
(I did not offer backups as I feel the odds of being crippled by a fuel hit outweigh any benefit a backup can offer. However, there are 407 tons of space available if one wants a backup of something.)
A squadron of 10 Bobcats can put 2 battalions of APC-mounted marines aground, backed by an orbital missile battery capable of putting out 33,000 missiles plus ten meson guns in a salvo, plus 100 ground-support fighters as heavily armed and armored as any tank, plus 200 missile-armed light fighters for additional direct support.
Ship: Bobcat
Type: Armored Cruiser
Tech Level: 15
USP CA-P136AJZ-F99909-956J9-3 MCr 49,751.840 50 KTons
Bat Bear..............9.....1.1711X Crew: 608
Bat.....................C.....1.1911Y TL: 15
Cargo: 407; Crew Sections: 50 of 13; Fuel: 20,000; EP: 5,000; Agility: 6; Shipboard Security Detail: 50; Marines: 88
Craft: 20 x 10T Escort fighters, 10 x 10T Ground Support Fighters, 1 x 50T Naval Cutter, 8 x 15T Marine Grav APCs, 1 x 10T Launch Tube
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
Substitutions: X = 26, Y = 33, Z = 50
Architects Fee: MCr 494.010 Cost in Quantity: MCr 39,871.648
Detailed Description
(High Guard Design)
HULL
50,000.000 tons standard, 700,000.000 cubic meters, Needle/Wedge Configuration
CREW
47 Officers, 443 Ratings, 30 Pilots, 88 Marines
Book 5 Crew Breakdown
Command section: 7 officers and 18 ratings; Engineering section: 16 officers and 139 ratings; Gunnery section: 11 officers and 99 ratings; Flight section: 2 officers, 30 pilots and 45 ratings; Service section: 10 officers and 90 ratings, 50 security troops; Medical Section: 1 officers and 2 ratings; Marines: 88
ENGINEERING
Jump-3, 6G Maneuver, Power plant-10, 5,000.000 EP, Agility 6
AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/9fib Computer
HARDPOINTS
Spinal Mount, 1 100-ton bay, 33 50-ton bays, 147 Hardpoints
ARMAMENT
Meson Gun Spinal Mount (Factor-J), 33 50-ton Missile Bays (Factor-9), 10 Triple Beam Laser Turrets organized into 1 Battery (Factor-9), 9 Single Fusion Gun Turrets organized into 9 Batteries (Factor-5), 8 Particle Accelerator Turrets organized into 1 Battery (Factor-6)
DEFENCES
1 100-ton Repulsor Bay (Factor-9), 120 Triple Sandcaster Turrets organized into 12 Batteries (Factor-9), Nuclear Damper (Factor-9), Meson Screen (Factor-9), Armored Hull (Factor-15)
CRAFT
20 10.000 ton Escort fighters (Crew of 1, Cost of MCr 9.484),
10 10.000 ton Ground Support Fighters (Crew of 1, Cost of MCr 9.784),
1 50.000 ton Naval Cutter (Crew of 2, Cost of MCr 18.480),
8 15.000 ton Marine Grav APCs (Crew of 0, Cost of MCr 5.610),
1 10.000 ton Launch Tube
FUEL
20,000 Tons Fuel (3 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance)
On Board Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant
MISCELLANEOUS
307.5 Staterooms, 407 Tons Cargo
USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None
COST
MCr 49,894.970 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 494.010), MCr 39,520.768 in Quantity, plus MCr 350.880 of Carried Craft
CONSTRUCTION TIME
188 Weeks Singly, 150 Weeks in Quantity
If I had half a brain, I'd be twice as smart as I am now. Jeesh!
