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On Thu, 10/23/14, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Naval Scout/Couriers Re: [TML] Why do those big ships carry so many fighters?
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014, 8:48 AM

 On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:23 AM,
 Jeffrey Schwartz
 <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
 wrote:
 >
 > 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.

 > .... So, if you were doing a ground-up redesign, what
 would you do ?

 Back of the envelope, under high guard, at tl15, with
 a  100dton hull,
 you can go J4, M4,  and have room for 2 staterooms, and
 a turret, and
 that's about it.

  J4, 2G, 2 staterooms, and a turret, leaves you maybe 6
 dtons.

 Dan
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The J4 2G design looks like it's pretty close to the legacy scout ship as the old one did have some cargo space.

If the turret was removed from the J4 4G design, how much cargo space would that yield?

p.s. I don't recall that the legacy design could mount a turret?