Marc Alexandrovich Volovic [email removed] writes:
>
> I have finally obtained the bloody Traveller and started designing vehicles.
> Since the largest ship seen by me so far is the Atlantis battleship (of R. S.
> Dean's fame) I have decided to try my hand at a ship exactly twice as large
> (and of the same TL).
Assuming the Atlantis class has the most powerful weapon available, what is
gained by increasing the size? Greater jump number, perhaps. But for the
same amount of money, I'd buy more, smaller ships and get more spinal
mount weapons for the same cost. Perhaps the rules ought to be modified to
allow two meson guns to be mounted side by side, jointly forming the keel.
Or how about a catamaran-type design, with two keels?
> Since the ship is large and cannot make refueling runs, how the Navy feeds
> them?
>From smaller ships which can make refuelling runs; the Azhanti High Lightning
has several shuttles for this job. Or from a large ship whose sole purpose is
to carry lots of fuel around for other large ships; otherwise known as a
tanker.
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