Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
> Oh, nicely done, sir, nicely done.

Thank you for appreciating our firm's efforts to clarify what might suit
the needs of the Combined Imperial Services' needs for a multi-mission
courier/scout ship.
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:36 AM, John Groth <xxxxxx@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> Erik Grierson, one of AuricTech Shipyard's most talented consulting
>> designers, would like some clarifications on the Request for Proposals (RFP)
>> that ought to follow from this friendly discussion:
>>
>> 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.

The good news is that AuricTech Shipyards' design bureau has on file a
100-dton yacht design that is capable of J4/6G performance.  The bad
news is that our _Sunfish_-class yacht is unable to maintain J4/6G
performance without foregoing both armor and any sort of defenses, let
alone bearing any offensive firepower.

Our design bureau is currently finalizing a proposal for a 200-dton
fleet courier, capable of J4/6G performance, that features a variety of
10-dton skiffs for various missions.

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