Re: Traveller

Don't forget that in Full Thrust, half of the ships mass is allocated
for 
drives and crew quarters.

Manuever Drives, Fuel, Crew	25%
FTL Drive			25%
Discretionary Space		50%

Does anyone else want to run the calculations to determine the similar 
numbers for Traveller capital ships ? Comparing the design assumptions
of 
the two games would provide a useful reference for a conversion effort.

I am assuming the following weapons are available:  Lasers, Particle
Accelerators, Meson Guns, Sandcasters, Det-laser missiles, and all of
the
screens. I am eliminating tech levels by considering only TL14 and TL15
ships (Imperium, Zhodani, Solomani, NO CARRIER damn... ok log back in...

and most of the other major races (including the Aslan). That puts 
everyone on a level playing field.

More as I do it...

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On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Mike Miserendino wrote:

> Mike Elliott wrote:
> >True, Joe, but who's to say that 1 ton in the "official FT" universe
is the 
> >same as 1 ton in the "Traveller" universe, or any other universe for
that 
> >matter? What I mean by "ton" (tonne?) may not be what you (or Marc
Miller) 
> >mean by "ton". According to my cargo space rules in "More Thrust" the

> >accommodation for one man in an FT ship is 4 CS ( i.e. 4 tons). The 
> >standard allocation for one stateroom in a Traveller ship is 4 tons,
but on 
> >military ships the occupation is usually 2 men per stateroom, ie 1
man's 
> >accommodation is 2 tons. See what I mean?
> >
> >What does anybody else think?
> 
> Seems like you're on the right track by starting with a crew member
for
> scale.  I am still working on my conversions right now - hope to share
them
> soon.
> 
> >Mike Elliott
> >BTW, if I don't append "GZG" after my name, I am speaking for myself,
not 
> >GZG.
>  ^^^
> So is this one speaking for yourself, or GZG? ;)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Miserendino
> 
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