If the rules allowed "Jump 4 for 2 parsecs means it's done in 168 * (2/4) hours" then it'd be worth it.... On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Ian Whitchurch <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: > Y'know, a jump 4 ship with jump 2 of fuel dont work too well. > > Its times like these I hate HGS :) > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Ian Whitchurch <xxxxxx@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> A proposed jump-4 replacement Scout/Courier, built at TL15. >> >> Featuring solid armor, three staterooms and 5 dtons of cargo space, the >> Sylea class will be a worthy replacement to the type S. >> >> At a build cost of MCr123 each in quantity, the Sylea class will serve the >> empire as long as the venerable type S. >> >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz >> <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Ian Whitchurch <xxxxxx@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > A basic tech-12 jump-3 Scout/Courier - and its not easy to build >>> > better >>> > than jump-3 ships that go in the line of battle in Trav - costs about >>> > the >>> > same 1 MCr per dton every other military ship roughly costs, coming in >>> > at a >>> > base MCr96 for 100 dtons. >>> > >>> > A squadron of these can travel with the battlewagon, meaning it doesnt >>> > need >>> > to piss several percent of it's total volume up against a wall in >>> > carrying >>> > fighters that are equally unimportant in battle and cannot run messages >>> > back >>> > and forth to the fleet's other detatchments. >>> > >>> >>> I've often wondered why it seemed the IN got ship upgrades every >>> decade or three, but the IISS was using basically the same ship for >>> the last thousand years. >>> >>> I've had this mental image now and then of a poker game amoung the >>> 3I's Joint Chiefs, where the Admiral complains about having to detach >>> escorts to carry mail at Jump-4 so they have any chance of catching up >>> with the fleet, since the Type-S's are only Jump-2. >>> >>> The IISS Administrator replies,"Well , if the Navy didn't suck up all >>> the credits, maybe we'd get an upgraded design..." >>> >>> The Admiral responds,"I know the commanders on scene hate losing the >>> firepower of the escort in an anti-missile role, and it'd almost be >>> worth it for the IN to fund a new 100 ton design..." >>> >>> The Marine General adds,"If it had some way to deploy commando troops, >>> for behind the lines raids, we'd kick in on the funding" >>> >>> The Army General nods, "And the ability to carry the mail quicker for >>> us would be a good thing..." >>> >>> The IISS Admin ponders it, and then says,"The sensible thing would be >>> to accept that it's going to be _another_ thousand years before I hear >>> something like this, and design something really cutting edge under >>> the idea that in 250-500 years it'll be the common place technology. I >>> mean, Jump-2 was cutting edge when the Type-S first was thought up." >>> >>> The others agree,and the research project begins... >>> >>> .... So, if you were doing a ground-up redesign, what would you do ? >>> ----- >>> The Traveller Mailing List >>> Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >>> Report problems to xxxxxx@travellercentral.com >>> To unsubscribe from this list please goto >>> http://archives.simplelists.com >> >> > > ----- > The Traveller Mailing List > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > Report problems to xxxxxx@travellercentral.com > To unsubscribe from this list please goto > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=vSy3NFQJMSbZKrzPfC3XucFBsUCMtKrI
