While this is technically a violation of the build rules the MT design system
does not have a ship weapons design sequence. There is no way to build the
equivalent of a 100 ton missile bay launcher. So the designer was taking the
idea of a 100 ton bay weapon and using that as part of the design sequence.
It is clear from real life designs, many fiction sources, and even some hints
in Traveller that a free-floating weapons platform is a possible thing.
So don't think of this as a 20 ton ship mounting a 100 ton bay, think of this
as a 100 ton bay mounting just enough equipment to operate independently. I
highly doubt you can simply slap this into the 100-ton bay socket on a cruiser
or battleship. Though there may be people who would try.
If you really wanted to be complete about this, you could go back to the
striker design system and build a 500mm space launch missile system with
autoloaders and large magazine and see how much you can fit into 100 ton space
(mass is no object here).
On 6/14/2019 11:51 PM, Thomas RUX wrote:
> Howdy Cian,
>
>
> From MT: COACC page 93
>
>
> GUARDIAN-CLASS (TL12) ORBITAL BATTLE STATION
>
>
> CraftlD: Orbital Battle Station, TL12, MCr21
> Hull: 901225, Disp = 120, Config. = 4, Armor = 40F
> Power: 1 /2, Fusion = 6 Mw, Duration 120/360
> Commo: Radio = Planetary, datalink only
> Sensors: Active EMS = Planetary
> Off: Missile = x09
> Batt 1
> Bear 1
> Computer: 1 x 1
> Other: Fuel = 120 klloiters, ObjSize = Small, EMLevel = faint
>
>
> The Guardian-class orbital battle station is armed with a 100-ton missile bay containing two battery rounds of UCP Factor-9 nuclear missiles. Once activated in orbit, it automatically acquires and fires upon shipping that does not respond to the correct pre-programmed transponder code. It is easily and cheaply mass produced as a last line of defense in low orbit.
>
>
> My question about the 100-ton bay stems from the CT requirement that a ship can have 1 bay per 1,000 tons of hull which I thought was the same in MT. Searching my PDF copy of the Referee's manual I did not locate a similar requirement.
>
>
> However, the MT: Referee's Manual requires 10 hardpoints to mount a bay.
>
>
> A 120 displacement ton hull does not have 10 hardpoints to mount a 100-ton bay.
>
>
> Hopefully you or someone else can figure out what I'm not getting.
>
>
> Thank you for the question and hopefully the material provided will provide the information needed to solve the possible issue.
>
>
> Tom Rux
>
>> On June 14, 2019 at 7:09 PM Cian Witherspoon <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What’s the specs on everything else? The battle station might be built around it, instead of the usual procedure.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 17:19 Thomas RUX < xxxxxx@comcast.net mailto:xxxxxx@comcast.net > wrote:
>>
>> > >
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>>
>>> I've run into a bit of a problem with Guardian-Class Orbital Battle Station on MT: COACC p. 93.
>>>
>>>
>>> In the Other block of the Specification sheet the battle station has a 100-ton missile bay.
>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, the Hull block has Disp = 120 displacement tons.
>>>
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest a solution otherwise the Battle Station has to be really reworked>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Rux
>>>
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