Hello Cian,
A CT LBB 2 1977, 1981 custom 150 ton hull uses the 200 ton hull row to determine Drive Potentials. A J6 is is a Type F drive available per the CT LBB 3 1977, 1981 at TL 10. The J6 Type F is 35 tons, a M6 Type F is 11 tons, and a Power Plant 6 is 19 tons. Total for the drives is 65 tons. The Power Plant/MD requires 60 tons of fuel and the jump drive requires 90 tons for 150 tons of fuel. The fuel requirement by itself takes up the entire 150 tons of the hull. A J6 drive is not usable for a 150 ton hull at TL 10.
Changing the custom hull to 199 tons still requires a TL 10 J6 Type F drive, M6 Type F drive, and Power Plant 6 Type for a total of 65 tons. The power plant needs 60 tons of fuel and the jump drive need 119.4 tons for a total fuel tankage of 179.4 tons. The fuel tankage makes a TL 10 J6 Type F drive unusable for a 199 ton hull.
I've tried using the CT LBB 2 1977, 1981 Standard Drives in CT LBB 5 HG 2e 1980 and found they used more space and started using HG 2e.
Tom Rux
On October 11, 2019 at 7:04 PM Cian Witherspoon <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
That is the standard hulls, which can be built very quickly. However, usage of the standard drives does not mean you have to use the standard hulls, and a custom hull (according to CT LBB2) does not effect the potential of a drive, but does cost more (a lot more, at MCr10 per 100 tons). So while a standard hull can’t fit a J6 drive, a custom one under the LBB2 rules can; this makes sense as couriers (the obvious and often only use for a J6 drive) wouldn’t be standard builds except for very wealthy nations.