From AABP 21:
He writes that GDW is changing the standard deckplan grid to 2x2m, and that
the assumption now is that one such square is 1t displacement (2 x 2 x 3.5 = 14
(the new-tons)) to make them fit into the standard combat grid of TTNE.
Most of the increased overhead is spent on floors thick enough to fit all
cabling, grav plates etc into them.
"Just because there is a standard scale does not mean that ships will
be designed to fit their bulkheads exactly along the grid lines"
- -bertil-
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