Each dropship probably could hold 2 "crew" (pilot, navigator), and about
20 "tons" of cargo / passenger+cargo, or sensor array (planetary survey
array, probe launcher?)
Perhaps a set of 4 to 16-man collapsible benches would be handy in the
"cargo" versions?
* a freudian slip: perhaps a fiRst contact specialist instead if you
prefer.
Hello Eric,
are your "tons" real tons or Traveller displacement tons? For
Traveller, that sounds like 400 dtons or so, for a generic 3E
technology it might be 500 stons at TL10, 300 stons at higher
TLs.
displacement tons (500cf ea)?
that sound good.
What TL? Hyperdrive, jumpdrive or warp?
Perhaps late TL9, Jumpdrive might make more sense, disallowing microjumps?
Better sensor ranges. A civilian designer makes assumptions
on the size, speed and frequency of debris, and makes a plan
what they must dodge, what they can possibly handle with a
laser, if any, and what the armor will hold.
Those probability assumptions are for natural hazards. For a
warship, you have to assume stealthy targets and evil intent
rather than random chance, so you need longer ranges to get
the necessary safety margin.
A civilian vessel might have more emphasis on AESA vs. PESA?
Possibly the scanners allowed on civilian ships might be retarded one
TL? (half deliberate, half slow speed of adoption?)
This would allow the military a jump on any stolen ships...
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