Hello Jeff,

Thank you for the update and my guess would have been correct that one bay is allowed per 1,000 tons of hull or 10 turrets (hardpoints) per bay.

Tom Rux

> On November 17, 2019 at 2:19 PM Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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