Getting on the ground....

[Supplement Four]

Originally posted by far-trader:
Well I can duplicate the B2 Launch in B5, exactly, even with 1G drives, but it's stupid to do so.

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Because the smallest drive you can put in a B5 Launch will get you 2G unless you underpower it or put a governor on it to only allow 1G.

I don't buy this at all.

The 20 ton launch is a common vehicle--one of the mass produced standard designs. There's a 1 with a lot of zeros of them running around the Imperium.

According to Bk 5, the small M-Drive placed in a 20 ton craft would produce 2G acceleration.

There's no way I'm going to buy that a popular, mass-produced vehicle is designed at 1G when extra work would be required to get that drive downgraded from a 2G M-Drive.

Nope. The standard 20 ton launch would be a 2G vessel.

So...if the 20 ton launch wasn't created with Book 2 (it wasn't, because Bk 2 doesn't do small craft)

And...if the 20 ton launch wasn't created with Book 5 (it wasn't, or it would have a 2G drive)

Or...if the 20 ton lauch wasn't created with Striker Vehicle Design (it probably wasn't, because that design set doesn't have M-Drives)

...well, all I'm left with is a couple of big question marks.

The 20 ton launch can't be duplicated using any design set existing in CT.

 

[Straybow]

It takes two pages of posts to realize there was a huge amount of handwaving in CT small craft and starship design???

 

[Straybow]

It takes two pages of posts to realize there was a huge amount of handwaving in CT small craft and starship design???

 

[Golan2072]

Originally posted by Supplement Four:
The 20 ton launch can't be duplicated using any design set existing in CT.

You've just encountered one of the weaker points of CT - being a pioneer in its field, CT has some unrefined spots, such as the lack of a broad enough design system to design all craft (not to mention vehicles) described in the book. Remember that it isn't a refined product - it is a bold foray into virgin soil.

So some rules and craft fall through the cracks, and others were simply made up without a design system.

 

[Golan2072]

Originally posted by Supplement Four:
The 20 ton launch can't be duplicated using any design set existing in CT.

You've just encountered one of the weaker points of CT - being a pioneer in its field, CT has some unrefined spots, such as the lack of a broad enough design system to design all craft (not to mention vehicles) described in the book. Remember that it isn't a refined product - it is a bold foray into virgin soil.

So some rules and craft fall through the cracks, and others were simply made up without a design system.