I know many WW2 cargo planes saw alot of use. DC3/4/6 and C119 for sure. We still see them here in Alaska, well the DCs that is.. The forest service uses them as well as fuel carriers to the villages.. Turboprop is still cheaper than jets..
Jets are good if you want to get there NOW, but not if you have time and a cargo.. I could see a cargo ship from one war, still being used in some parts of the universe some 100-500 years laters, as long as you have parts and ways/means to fix them, and they are still good to be used (turbo prop for example). Cargo, I think would be much it is now, small ships for local traffic, small cargos and speciality ones, and larger ones for long distance and bulk cargo.. The small being much like the Firefly or like craft, while the larger might be more like the ship from .... argh, forget the name,.. the front was a solid ship, but it connected to the rear and power units, with a latix or like where connex and like units are connected as needed.. Mike On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:45 AM, iconoclast_ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Abrigon <abrigon@...> wrote: > > > > Space Craft or Freighter? > > > > How much of the Falcon or Serenities money coming in, is cargo, bulk > > or other wise? > > > > Hauling freight is important to any large space civilization, though a > small ship like the Falcon would be limited by the amount of storage space > it has on board, which is why Han Solo was a smuggler. This allowed him to > maximize the value of the cargo he was carrying, getting a lot of money for > each ton of cargo he was hauling. > > Larger ships would be needed for bulk cargo hauling, kilometer long > haulers with small crews. Of course, these huge ships would then be subject > to raids by pirates, so they would need to be protected by escort ships. > This is why the Trade Federation in the SW prequels had such a large fleet > of combat ships. > > The Serenity from Firefly had a similar problem to the millennium falcon, > as it didn't have a lot of cargo space, which is why they took on > passengers and hauled freight like cattle (which oddly enough, would be a > valuable cargo for space travelers). > > Most travelers, however, would prefer to travel in large cruise ships, and > wile away the journey in comfort, so the small freighters would mostly get > stuck with poor and criminal travelers who can't afford, or don't want to > be seen, traveling on larger and more comfortable ships. > > > Not large ships, so its likely higher end stuff, such as mail, some > > food and like? medical supplies and what else? Medivacs and what else? > > > > Yeah, basically you just look at shipping in the early 20th century, and > transpose this into space. This method could work for centuries, as > improving ship speeds would basically just extend the reach of the > shipping, rather than change the dynamic. Until Wormhole travel is > developed and commonplace, there will be little to change this system of > shipping. > > > So how does the Falcon compare in origin to the Serenity "Firefly > > Class" of ship, similar in origin and usage in the post war era? The > > falcon in after the start of the Rebellion and Serenity from the war > > that forced Malcolm and friends to become for all purposes former > > Confederates (many like them turned to like professions after the US > > Civil War, but same goes for many other wars where the losing side > > military often turns to smuggling or gunslingers or robbers and like? > > > > traveller the game, had many like type ships? > > > > Junkyard planet from Piper or Space Viking, freighters that became war > ships? > > And vice versa. Look at the WW2 bombers and how much they use they got > following the war. > > > > > Mike > > > > > > _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
