On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Kurt Feltenberger <xxxxxx@thepaw.org> wrote:
> On 10/10/2014 10:21 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
>>>
>>> >1. Is the 100-dton size of the legacy Type-S a hard-and-fast limit to
>>> > ship
>>> >size?  If not, what is the largest ship that would be acceptable for
>>> > service
>>> >in this multi-mission role?
>>
>> I'd think the_preference_  would be 100 d-tons so the new ones would
>> fit where there are already Type-S's carried.
>> I think they'd accept that the requirements might prevent that.
>>
>
> Given how Traveller does hangars and such, you're pretty much committed to
> the same shape and displacement unless there's some form of external
> universal grapple involved.
>

Agreed, although there's the side point that if the IN is getting new
ship designs every few decades, then the newer ships could be designed
to carry the newer scout/courier. ("Type-S(n)" for new?)