Re: More Fighter questions

On  8-Jul-99 at 19:01, John Leary (john_t_leary@pronetusa.net) wrote:
> ScottSaylo@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > A fighter crated for transport as cargo may be in severa
>   crates and require assembly, engine test and run up, electronics
>   calibration and test flight -
> > come on! Using one "out of the box" in a matter
>   of a couple hours - no way.
> 
> It is highly likely that a 'crated fighter' will have double
> the mass of a fighter already assembled, and take up more 
> space.   Not only will you have to put the thing together
> and test it, but you then must put away the packing to 
> clear the deck for operations.
> 
> However, the problem is one of divergent views;
> one group thinks of packing cases with fighters
> inside and the other thinks of fighters in an
> area off the main hanger deck/bay.   The fighters
> in the 'storage area' are fully flightworthy and
> only need to be armed and positioned for launch.

I have no problem with them being armed and positionned for
launch, as long as you pay for them (in space and points)
that way.  IE if they are armed and ready to go then they
should be another triangle on the SSD.

Roger Books