------------------------------ On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 5:43 PM CDT Eric Funk (antispam) wrote:
>> 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)? GURPS Traveller (3e), Space 3e and TS (3e) use 500 cf per displacement ton. Space (1e & 2e) used cubic yards. >> What TL? Hyperdrive, jumpdrive or warp? > >Perhaps late TL9, Jumpdrive might make more sense, disallowing microjumps? Is there a setting reason you want a minimum range for FTL drives? >> 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? PESA is really for ships that don't want to be detected easily (military and pirates), although some civilian science ships might need them so as to get accurate readings. >Possibly the scanners allowed on civilian ships might be retarded one >TL? (half deliberate, half slow speed of adoption?) They could just be shorter ranged than a military (combat) ship of similar displacement. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
