Brandon replied to me: > > * Two air/rafts in 0.5 Spacedock means pretty small > > air/jeeps. > > Right. There should be only one air/raft (165 cf, 5.1 stons).
O.5 dtons spacedock are 250 cf. They should hold 125 cf of subcraft. > The tug is slow and expensive (the jump drive alone is worth more than two > 200-dton lighters but takes up only 10 dtons). Part of the "rental > agreement" is that the lighter must protect the tug from pirate attack from > the > time the tug attaches to the lighter until it releases the lighter. If piracy is a serious issue in the region, why not use properly armored hulls? > > * How do you plan to refuel? One of the lighters would have > > to > > be a skimmer, which limits the ability to carry big > > modules. > > Orbital refueling stations. This could be as simple as an old freighter > with jump drives removed and the cargo hold converted to a fuel tank. > Depending on how far the nearest fuel source is, it could be stocked by 1-3 40 > dton fuel skimmers. What if the pirates get the gas station? The starship would be stuck. Most classic Traveller designs which go into exciting places can refuel. Eric replied to me: > > 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? So you're talking about a Traveller design? Or Vehicles jumpdrive? But that's rated for stons, not dtons. > A civilian vessel might have more emphasis on AESA vs. PESA? Or plain radar instead of AESA. The additional modes of an AESA all have a lower range, so why do you need ladar or imaging radar modes? Transponders will tell you the identity of each blip, no need for higher resolution. > Possibly the scanners allowed on civilian ships might be retarded one > TL? (half deliberate, half slow speed of adoption?) Or half a TL better, because military procurement didn't get their act together? Besides, in Traveller, there are usually higher-TL exports if you have the money. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
