Three signifiicant revisions to this evolving design:
  The previous version without the Mass Drivers was not a success, so I added them back. 
  To keep costs down, I reduced the firepower of the main guns a little.
  The trust was Increased to Five (!)

I played this version of the Arizona Class yesterday at the AncientCity Con here in Jacksonville in several games.  It worked well.  8-)

     USS ARIZONA (CR=470)
HULL = 31
Armor = 43 (= 29 Ablative Armor)
THRUST [5][4][3][2][1]    WEAPONS [_][1][2][3][4]
ECM [_][_][_][_][_] SHIELDS [_][_][_][_][_]
Fire Control; Fragile Systems

WEAPONS ARCS RANGE ATTACK DICE -4   -6   -8 -10
12× 14 Inch Plasma Guns (Acr/Dx3) [FX4][FX4][AX4][AX4] 6-12-18;    4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4× 5 Inch Turbo-Laser Guns (Acr/Rpt) [PS4][PS4][PS4][PS4] 5-10-15;   4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3× 3 Inch Turbo-Laser Guns (Acr/Rpt) [TR3][PS3][RT3] 3-6-9;     3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11× 20 Mm Turbo-Laser Guns (Acr/Rpt) [TT] 1-2-3;      11 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
3× Mass Drivers (Acr/Cts) [CD] 5-10-15;       3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

This ship worked well.  The "20 Mm T-L Guns" are for shooting at fighters/seekers, etc.  They also work very well when I move this ship to range one against hostile ships.  With the thrust=5, that is easier. 
When I calculate how many dice to roll for the three T-L Gun batteries, I add all the T-L Gun dice together & roll all of them at once since they have the same weapon traits.  This way the ship only needs three rolls of dice to fire all its weapons. (First I roll Plasma Guns, then T-L Guns, then Mass Drivers)
  Cheers

Here is a more recent version of this evolving design:

USS Arizona (CR=451)
Hull Size 31 (I like to think of this being reinforced hull of 15 or 16)
Ablative Armor = 29  (43 total armor)
THRUST [4][3][2][1][1]    WEAPONS [_][1][2][3][4]
ECM [_][_][_][_][_] SHIELDS [_][_][_][_][_]
Fire Control; Fragile Systems
WEAPONS ARCS RANGE ATTACK DICE -4   -6   -8 -10
12× 14 Inch Plasma Guns (Acr/Dx2) [FX4][FX4][AX4][AX4] 6-12-18;     8 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
4× 5 Inch Turbo-Laser Guns (Acr/Rpt) [PS4][PS4][PS4][PS4] 5-10-15;   4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3× 3 Inch Turbo-Laser Guns (Acr/Rpt) [TR3][PS3][RT3] 3-6-9;       3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11× 20 Mm Turbo-Laser Guns (Acr/Rpt) [TT] 1-2-3        11 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0

I deleted all of the Sct & Dfs because they are ignored for any AA fire at fighters, etc.
The Mass Drivers that I had were not worth their cost & were deleated also.  Their is no piercing on any weapons because no one here in Jacksonville uses shields on their ships anymore.  I don't use ECM because it is one more thing to keep track of, for me.  This ship is simple to play, challanging to manuever & get a full broadside off.
I make it a personal choice to not have more Ablative Armor than Hull on any of my ships.
This USS Arizona is no longer my biggest ship.  I have made an IJN Yamato; it has a CR=675 and is larger with more firepower. :!:
Cheers.

<LOL>  I did mean Seekers.  I used the wrong term.  I went back & changed this in the original post.
When I calculated that the "AA Bateries" on my ships had a +3, it was because of these three things:  Short range, Pnp on the weapon, and Fire Control. 
Another question:  If a ship-weapon has Pnp, does it also get another +1 to hit if the ship has Fire Control?  If not, then the best a weapon can get to fire at seekers, fighters, etc. is a +2.   
If so, I will remove the Pnp from all AA weapons on my ships because they all have Fire Control. 
I will be playing Starmada Thursday and Saturday at SunCoast Comics here in Jacksonville.  The fleet  sorties tomorrow!  8-)

We never ended up playing SAE ships against S:NE ships.  My friend is giving S:NE another try. 8-)

These ideas sound good.  For SAE ships firing, counting odd numbers only sounds good.  Or perhaps we could have each hull/armor box on a S:NE ship absorb two points of damage.  This would eliminate the need to make another dice roll.  Would that work also?
As for movement, we will probably ust the S:NE movement.  I personally like the entire S:NE system, including the  movement system.   8-)

If a ship with the trait Escort is destroyed, does its effect linger for the rest of the turn; is any fire thru the hex that the escort was in b4 it was destroyed still blocked for the rest of the turn?
:arrow: For example, a hostile heavy cruiser is only 15 hexes from one of my Arizona class DNs and will get blasted by this DN.  To protect this vulnerable CA, my opponant moves a small escort right next to the CA in between to block line-of-sight.  When we enter the firing phase, my first ship to shoot is a DD that fires at & destroys the small escort ship.  Does this then clear the blocked line of sight so that my DN can fire at the hostile CA, and, of course,  the CA could fire back?

Not a problem. 
I changed the Arizona class DNs from 4 dice of 14 Inch Plasma cannon with {Acr,Dx2,Dx2} and a CR=425
back to having eight dice of 14 Inch Plasma Cannon with {Acr,Dx2} and a CR=436.  This CR436 version is in the B-Basin. The damage potential is the same.   8-)
I am playing Starmada tomorrow & Saturday at Suncoast Comics & Games here in Jacksonville.

I added in one other thing to make it easier for new players:  I gave all weapons the weapon trait Guided.  This way, there is no need to worry about the -1 for Short Range or the +1 for Long Range.  Until the ship is "Damaged" the left most number is the number of dice that need to be rolled.   It worked well at the Rapier2012 Convention here in Jacksonville last weekend.  One of the games was 2600 points on a side with five players including me.  It was much fun. 8-)

Interesting.  Here is what I use in my ships:
My DNs & BBs have a thrust rating of 4;
my BCs, CAs, CLs, DDs, & CVs, CVls have a thrust of 5;
my CVE has a thrust of 4. 8-)
The Federation & Klingon ships I have made for new players to use all have a thrust of 5.
And I have a one hull "gunboat"  with a speed of 8 and a CombatValue=10

All of my ships now have Acr on all of their weapons.  The game my friends & I play on Thursday will be interesting...

Hello Everyone,
Rapier2012 gaming con is going well.  I had a new player who loved the game and will probably order it.   8-)

I noticed that there have been upgrades to the DryDock.  It indicates on the ship SSD how many weapons are in a bank.  I have a Queen Elizabeth class DN made similiarly to the Modernized WW2 version of that British BB.  The naval ship had eight 15" guns and I wanted my starship version to have 12 attack dice for the entire main battery.  So I changed the BAS to 1.5 and presto, the sheet says 8 x 15 Inch Turbo-Laser Cannon with 12 dice in the first column.  Awesome!

Something that perplexes me a little in another ship design.  My Arkansas design has FX2,FX2,FX2,CD2,CD2,CD2,AX2,AX2 for its 12 Inch Turbo Lasers.  I changed the BAS to .75 to give 9 dice in the first column to make the firepower protortional to the larger QE DNs.  The design gives this for this battery:
    12× 12 Inch Turbo-Laser Cannon (Rpt) [FX5][FX5][CD5][CD5][AX5][AX5]   6-12-18;   12 8 6 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
In theory, if I fire the six banks/turrets at different targets, the battery will yeild 12 dice total two each on six targets.  But, if I concentrate on one target in the CD arc, I will only have 9 attack dice.  It was not my intention to get 12 attack dice for the SUs& cost of a 9 dice attack weapon.  Did I do anything wrong?  Is this legal?
(should I take two aspirins & call/write in the morning<LOL>)

I have played fighters, I use Strong Fighters, but I found that they need piercing. 
Cricket has figured that adds a ( x 1.36) modifier to the cost of the flight.  So what I have been doing is making sure that the # of flights I have on my carrier designs is a multiple of 7.  This way I can use them as regular strong fighters, or swap out each group of seven for five with Strong & Piercing.  I presume that the cost is nearly the same for each.
Shielded ships are brutal for fighters to have to deal with.  In all honesty, I have yet to use these strong fighters with Piercing yet.  Hopefully, when I play on Thursday, I will get to use them.  Although, it seems my friends have abandoned shields on their ships going for lotsa armor instead.  This means I may simply use the Strong fighters without piercing after-all... :geek: