On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:34:51 -0500, I wrote:

>I have received the following question from a reader:
>
>>Good day.  I was reading the Beyond Book 2 article for Traveller and I have
>>a question.  Do missile and laser bays take up one hardpoint each or are
>>they supposed to be similar to High Guard which allows only one bay weapon
>>per 1000 tons?
>
>The article
>(https://freelancetraveller.com/features/shipyard/book2plus.html) is not
>clear on this, though my inclination is to expect that using a bay weapon
>as a Book 2 retrofit carries the one-per-kiloton restriction.
>Clarification, please?

Ken Pick replied off-list, as I'd copied him on the question:

>Yes on both counts. The missile bays are a direct High Guard retrofit and
>the laser bays (based on the 10-ton bay in HG's abortive "first printing")
>follow suit. One bay for 10 hardpoints/1000 dtons.

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