Re: SML Absorbers

Ryan M Gill wrote:

> Now that I finnaly picked up the fleet book, I got to look at my
concept 
> for a Torpedo Boat/Patrol craft for system defense.
> 
> Mass 8
> Hull weak	1

Should be "Hull Fragile 1" (an 8 Mass Weak hull gets 2 hull boxes).

> Thrust 6	2
> Plasma Torp	4
> PDS		1
> 
> A variant is to remove the Torpedo and add two MT type missiles. 
> A third variant is to remove the PDS and add streamlining. Otherwise 
> crank it up to 10 mass and keep the same speed/PDS and add
streamlining.
> 
> A Tender to go along with it also make sense. 

As long as it never gets attacked :-/

> Based off the Inflexible Fleet carrier model with very reduced flight

> deck and more bay space allocated to the PT boats. 
> 
> Mass 130
> Weak Hull 
> Thrust 4 +FTL
> 7 Armour
> 2 PDS
> bay for 4 10 mass craft
> 1 fighter bay
> Fire con
> Class 1 Batt
> 
> plus various sundry bits

Why use a bay when you could have a Mass 8 Tug engine for carrying
those 4 strike craft?

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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