-------------------------------------------- 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, 11:43 AM On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The J4 2G design looks like it's pretty close to the legacy scout ship as the old one did have some cargo space. The J4/2G version has 2 staterooms (not 4, on the original), and 6 dtons remaining, which could be another stateroom, and air/raft bay, or whatever else. > 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? The turret mechanism is a dton. There is no way I'd send a 100 dton ship out without a turret. The original Book 2 scout had one empty double turret installed, stock, along with 4 staterooms, an air/raft bay, and 3 dtons of cargo space left on the design. I'm puttering in High Guard Shipyard. Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Perhaps the diffs 'tween the CT LBB2 & CT LBB5 (HG) systems are coming into play? Otherwise, it would seem that, using CT HG, one would have to resort to J3 2G in order to match the original scout ship. ============================================================================================