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Plumeria Interdiction Range

alhazred23

alhazred23

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With the discussion about 'Rift Generator' tech and the risks of circumventing interdiction technologies, I started looking at the stated ranges for ship-based interdiction and noticed something puzzling:

Am I just missing something, or does the standard Plumeria-class light gunship have an interdiction field that is a billion times more powerful than its closest rival, the Interdiction Field SEM for the Sakura-class light gunship?

Maximum Area of Effect Calculations
Based on spherical volume = Pi*(spherical diameter^3)/6

Sakura-class Interdictor SEM:
Interdiction Field SEM said:
this unit is designed to limit FTL navigation on the scale nine-fold of a normal Interdiction Device, with a maximum AOE of 9 cubic AU, or a sphere with a diameter slightly exceeding 3 AU. The minimum is the same cubic kilometer as its more conventional predecessors.
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Maximum spherical diameter - 3 AU
Maximum spherical volume - 14.3 cubic AU
(Note: the article quotes the max volume as 9 cubic AU, which would not match with a stated max diameter of 3 AU. I'm being generous here, and taking the larger number.)

Plumeria-class:
Plumeria-class Light Gunship said:
Plumeria can generate an Anti-FTL Field of a 0.025 LY radius (3,151.2 AU diameter).
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Maximum spherical diameter - 3151.2 AU
Maximum spherical volume - 16,375,942,362.4 cubic AU

16,375,942,362.4 / 14.3 = 1,145,170,794.6 times the effective volume

How is this possible?
 
I admit I find the Plumeria's interdiction range to be a lot. In my mind, it's a little extreme for such a small hull. One AU is already a big distance.

I'd hate to see ships within a .05 LY try to close in on each other at sublight speed. That's going to take a long, looong time.

Care to share your reasoning with us Wes?
 
How about I change it to 2.5 au radius?
 
There is already a fleet-sized anti FTL SEM for the Sakura-class.

https://wiki.stararmy.com/doku.php?id=st ... iction_sem

My calculations show it to have a 9 AU cubic volume, a 2.6 AU diameter, and a 1.3 AU radius, though I request that someone else verifies my calculations.



Of course, this is meant as a rare system, only installed on one Sakura per battlegroup in the 5th XF, due to its size, anti-fleet capabilities, and potential for abuse.

I really dislike the idea of every Sakura or Plumeria having one of this energy output, but Hanako could be entrusted with the SEM--I assume the Sakura and Plumeria use the same engine nacelles.


Remember that this is pretty large, larger than most inhabitable worlds' orbits around their stars...there isn't much need for larger. This SEM was designed to act to protect a planet AND its star from destruction, in memory of what happened to Taiie.
 
Alright, radius changed to 2.5 AU.
 
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