Re: Galaxy transporter design

From: n8841777@beaker.cc.wwu.edu (Mike Toepke)

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:07:44 +0000

rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace) writes:

>I agree, it probably would be a good idea to incorporate some sort of
>economy of scale into the design of transport ships, perhaps something
>along the lines of adding one mass point of cost to the ship; though I
>would like to make it profitable to build *really* large freighters. If
>I can think of a sensible way to implement this sort of thing I'll
>probably do it.

In one of the games I am playing in, something similar to this was done with
carriers.  A carrier has a 3 cargo space overhead (for various equipment
which allows them to perform in the carrier role) before they can carry
other ships.  For instance, a carrier with 4 cargo spaces could carry but
one 1 mass fighter (read drone).

Maybe transports should have a one cargo space overhead, which represents
the loading/unloading equipment, electronics, whatever.  Thus a two space
cargo ship would have a carry:cargo ratio of 1:2 while a 20 space cargo
ship would have a ratio of 19:20.

>--
>"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
>Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
>rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie

Mike

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References

Galaxy transporter design
jerry@uni-paderborn.de (Gerald Siek)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:46:59 +0000
Re: Galaxy transporter design
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 12:26:11 +0000