Re: Cross Over from FT3 (Fleet Book) to DirtSide and StarGrunt

Phillip spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> At 03:55 PM 10/21/98 -0500, Thomas Barclay wrote:
> >Phillip spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> >
> >25 points means I can hold one size 3 APC in a cargo point. How many 
> >troops awake can I accomodate with a CP? (assuming I need to travel 
> >with them). How many in cold sleep? (I assume this is how Marine 
> >assault ships would ship 90% of their contingent). Got any quotations

> >from the rules or suggestions to answer these?
> 
>	From the More Thrust Book:   a marine takes up 4 CC for his
bunk, life
> support, etc.  A marine in cold sleep takes up 1 CC but it costs money
> whereas the human cargo is part of the hull cost to include his 4 CCs
of mass.
>	This is where he lives.  To ride down he just takes 1 CC of
either the
> lander or the vehicle inside the lander.  My thumb rule would be that
all
> vehicles of sixe 4 or less require at least one mass devoted to its
crew
> (25 CC /4 = 6 crew members) and any vehicle of a larger size takes 1
mass
> worth of crew per size/4 rounded up.

What you've proposed isn't quite sensible... I think. The assumption 
would be that if it takes 4 CC to accomodate a marine in an awake 
state in transit, it probably only should take 1 or 2 in a lander (he 
won't need a bunk, or so much LS). If he rides in SG2/DS2 vehicles, 
he would only take 1. I would assume an SG2 vehicle (and probably a 
lander) has enough LS to get him to the surface (or back) for that 1 
CP. For long term stays, 4 CPs gives you the full deal. 

This may have been what you were saying, but I think not.  
> Gort, Klaatu barada nikto!
> 
> 
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