Hey All,

Consequent to my non-canon setting [see my recent "Savage Sojourner" post], I have realized that I need to redefine the "dton" IMTU. It remains a measure of displacement, but since my ships use water as fuel rather than liquid hydrogen what is displaced is no longer liquid hydrogen. Also, the Savage Worlds uses imperial measurements and to avoid confusing my prospective players so will I.

Now, one U.S. short ton of water (according to wikipedia) occupies only ~32 cubic feet versus the ~500 cubic feet of one metric ton of liquid hydrogen. Since I want to use a slightly-tweaked version of the ship construction rules from Starter Traveller, I figure that redefining "dton" to mean "decaton" (ten tons) of water should be about right. Ships get smaller by roughly a third, but I don't see that as a significant problem.

If I fudge the dimensions just a *tiny* bit (well within the 20% variance mentioned in Starter Traveller), I can also make one decaton equal a 6' x 6' x 9' cube. Since Savage Worlds uses 6' combat squares and 9' (after allowing one foot worth of underdeck/overhead technical spaces) is a viable amount of clearance, I think this is about as perfect a fit as I'm liable to get.

Comments?

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Richard Aiken

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