On 22Jun2020 2348, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
> Yes, that was the good part.
>
> On the other hand, if you wanted to do a misjump or a cold sleep in
> the ship into TNE, you had what was a TL-15 ships and I don't think
> TNE ever made ship sheets for those, did they (for Brilliant Lances)?

No, though to be honest I don't think most players would've been too
bothered if their trader had dropped a few TLs yet retained about the
same capabilities. I'd expect most of the complaining to be about the
sudden need for manoeuvre fuel.

> Really, a product like this ought to have an official online build
> tool. With that, the community could crank out a lot of designs fairly
> quickly (and the tool could do calcs of the number of standard deck
> plans squares the gear occupies - a la Ships for Windows III from Hugh
> Foster which does that).

For a product that came out in 1993 I think that's a pretty big ask.
That said, there were some fan-made spreadsheets out there that were a
great help in making FF&S ships, though they largely showed out after
GDW was gone (and Windows 95 + Office 95 made Excel common and
accessible to many more people).
>
> There should be standard storage containers in sized that optimally
> would fit in standard bay designs. I know ship designers like a blank
> canvas, but if you've noticed, cargo ships, barges, the gear for
> unloading cargo ships, tractor trailers, and even forklifts and trains
> all work to some similar standards. I can totally see that in the
> OTU's busier areas. It would *so* speed up goods handling.

I like mine containers to be 3m x 3m x 6m for 54 m^3, or 4 DTons. That's
a bit taller and wider than a standard 6m/20-foot container of today,
but in the same ballpark. Maximum weight would be about 40 tonnes gross.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>