mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Because ships in the 100t to 1000t range need a minimum of 20t for all the minor things not in the LBB2 or HG design system and yet are still vital parts of the ship.
According to LBB2:
Now the actual control space 'bridge' area for a 200-1000t only requires two workstations, one for the pilot and one for the navigator - the 100t scout/courier deckplans includes a two man workstation bridge when only one station is actually required.
Larger bridge crews don't kick in until 1000+ tons - and a bigger bridge is needed in the design sequence.
The alternative is to account for every workstation, sensor, communication system etc - and in most design systems that do not offer a 20t bridge minimum there is still a minimum size for all of the equipment needed. One of the first things I did to simplify MT ship construction was to put together standard control, sensor and environmental system packages, which I continued to do in FF&S.
One of my favourite ship design systems is the one in GT:ISW and it has several bridge size options with sensors being accounted for separately. These rules can be easily ported to HG '80.
According to LBB2:
The Bridge: All ships must allocate 2% of their tonnage (minimum 20 tons)
to basic controls, communications equipment, avionics, scanners, detectors, sensors,
and other equipment for proper operation of the ship.
Now the actual control space 'bridge' area for a 200-1000t only requires two workstations, one for the pilot and one for the navigator - the 100t scout/courier deckplans includes a two man workstation bridge when only one station is actually required.
Larger bridge crews don't kick in until 1000+ tons - and a bigger bridge is needed in the design sequence.
The alternative is to account for every workstation, sensor, communication system etc - and in most design systems that do not offer a 20t bridge minimum there is still a minimum size for all of the equipment needed. One of the first things I did to simplify MT ship construction was to put together standard control, sensor and environmental system packages, which I continued to do in FF&S.
One of my favourite ship design systems is the one in GT:ISW and it has several bridge size options with sensors being accounted for separately. These rules can be easily ported to HG '80.
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