Re: Confusion on Fighter costs

McClure, Kent wrote:
> 
> This may seem very basic, but after looking through the FT and MT
rules, a
> couple of the different ship building spreadsheets, and a FT Build
Reference
> spreadsheet, I have some confusion over the mass of various fighters. 
I
> know that the basic fighter mass in FT (including the bay) is 3.  The
FT
> Quick Ship Design Reference Sheet agrees with this.  This sheet also
goes on
> to give the masses for a variety of different fighter types, ranging
from 3
> to a max of 8.  This reference sheet also gives the squadron costs
also.
> The problem I have is when I compare these costs to those listed in
the
> following shipbuilding spreadsheets: thrust.xls, FT_BLD and FT_BLD_5. 
In
> the calculations for the total mass for the fighters, they use the set
value
> of 6xnumber of fighters.  What is the generally accepted mass values
for
> fighters?
>		  Kent McClure
> Current fleet in progress:  a non-FTL fleet based on Flash Gordon
style
> ships.

Kent,
     Six mass and 20 points is the basic fighter cost in FT.
Additional fighter types are in FT/MT, at various costs.
Anything not from FT/MT should be considered as a house rule 
or expermental in nature.

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