I am disheartened.
Every Deck Plan I have looked at so far (and I am sure there are many I have not looked at), even in official Traveller products, is in gross violation of the Rules as Written.
Just a few minutes ago I was looking at the deck plans provided by someone (not sure who) for the Marava Class 200 ton Far Trader. If one actually counts the squares (and divides by two) it turns out to be a 256 ton ship.
Mongoose does not seem to be as bad. The Free Trader in the Core Rulebook, if one counts the squares (and divides by two) it turns out to be a 230 ton ship. It is rather difficult to count the squares due to large areas being colored in, so that tonnage is probably not accurate, but none the less is very likely to be larger than it should be.
I don't think I've ever seen a Deck Plan that comes anywhere near the 10% error allowed by the CT rules, and I've been playing Traveller since 1980. Don't get me started on the idiocy of the 100 ton Scout ship deck plans.
Mongoose rules don't even mention an error margin at all.
Why even have rules if every one (including FFE) just ignores them?
Well, does anyone agree, or is there something about Deck Plans that I have completely misunderstood for all these decades?
Every Deck Plan I have looked at so far (and I am sure there are many I have not looked at), even in official Traveller products, is in gross violation of the Rules as Written.
Just a few minutes ago I was looking at the deck plans provided by someone (not sure who) for the Marava Class 200 ton Far Trader. If one actually counts the squares (and divides by two) it turns out to be a 256 ton ship.
Mongoose does not seem to be as bad. The Free Trader in the Core Rulebook, if one counts the squares (and divides by two) it turns out to be a 230 ton ship. It is rather difficult to count the squares due to large areas being colored in, so that tonnage is probably not accurate, but none the less is very likely to be larger than it should be.
I don't think I've ever seen a Deck Plan that comes anywhere near the 10% error allowed by the CT rules, and I've been playing Traveller since 1980. Don't get me started on the idiocy of the 100 ton Scout ship deck plans.
Mongoose rules don't even mention an error margin at all.
Why even have rules if every one (including FFE) just ignores them?
Well, does anyone agree, or is there something about Deck Plans that I have completely misunderstood for all these decades?