Traveller Starships

A thread of 2 messages, 4 May 1991 to 16 May 1991, in the order they were sent.

#2321 Traveller Starships

Marc Alexandrovich Volovic · 4 May 1991

Refuelling using shuttles is possible for medium sized ships. The Atlantis is
equipped with scoops and purifier, and on second thought maybe the 2,000,000
displacement ships should be equipped with such, too.

Robert Dean remarks that the T size meson gun is deadly to any ship, 1,000,000
and 2,000,000 alike. The idea of a catamaran type ship is interesting - let's
see - Death Star type sphere type ship? Anyone up to the challenge?

It also seems that Robert's Atlantis only uses 5550 hardpoints out of the
10,000 avaiolable. When designing the 2,000,000 disp ship I have more or less
the same problem. The design I have uses up some 9800 hardpoints.

That leaves some 50% of the hardpoints are unused. Should the rest be left
empty or allocated to sand?

Marc

#2363 Re: (2321) Traveller Starships

Robert S. Dean · 16 May 1991 · reply to #2321

Marc Volovic wrote (on 4 May 1991):
> Subject: (2321) Traveller Starships
>
> It also seems that Robert's Atlantis only uses 5550 hardpoints out of the
> 10,000 avaiolable. When designing the 2,000,000 disp ship I have more or less
> the same problem. The design I have uses up some 9800 hardpoints.

You've got a math error in that calculation somewhere.  I rechecked the design,
and I think I have used 9870 hardpoints, which still leaves a few spares for
no apparent reason.

> That leaves some 50% of the hardpoints are unused. Should the rest be left
> empty or allocated to sand?
>

On a large starship, I'd certainly fill any remaining hardpoints with sand.
There's no point in making the attacker's job any easier, and the marginal
cost is not too high.

Rob Dean