RE: Small ships and SMLS

I might suggest you reread the design pages in the FB, as all masses are
round to the nearest whole number (rounding 0.5 up) BUT for available
turning thrust, you round 0.5 down in both cinematic & vector movement.

Manually calculating, I get:

Mass: 30
Hull: Weak (20%)	[6]
FTL: Std		[3]
Main Drive: 1		[2]
Damage Track: 6; 2/2/1/1
1 Firecontrol		[1]
1 SML Launcher		[3]
2 SM(er) salvos 		[6]
1 Fighter Bay		[9]
Total Mass:		-30-

Ah, it is correct.  The initial notation looked like it only had 2 hull
boxes.

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-----Original Message-----
From:	Jared E Noble [SMTP:JNOBLE2@mail.aai.arco.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, February 09, 1999 7:29 AM

No, it really is Mass 30 (also with FTFB SDS v04)
Mass 30 (30)
6 (12) hull integrity 2
2 ( 4) Thrust Factor 1
3 ( 6) FTL (yes)
3 ( 9) 1 SML
6 (18) 2 SMR(ER)
1 ( 4) 1 Fire Control
9 (27) 1 fighter bay with 6 fighters
-------------------------------
Mass 30 Cost 110 + fighters

*Techincally the 5% (round down) drive requirement means a mass 1 drive
fits the
bill.  I normally don't try to do this, but the 'Solve for Mass' page is
often
(but not always) more efficient than doing things by hand - Try it and
see!