RE: Ftl tugs, mass and psb question

Ok. I feel really stupid now...

I have somehow missed the entire concept of tugs in FT being explained
within the rules. Probably a brain defect since I have wondered about
the
issue a couple of times (being an old Traveller player and wondering
about
the whole Battle-Rider/Battleship issue...)

Thank you very much for the page references, now I will go back,
re-read,
and ponder...

BTW: On first thought I think the costing per the rules works out fine
in
campaign play.

Thanks again,

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> [mailto:owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Bell, Brian K
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 5:53 AM
> To: 'gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU'
> Subject: RE: Ftl tugs, mass and psb question
>
>
> To define a it:
>
> A Tug is a ship that has an "overpowered FTL drives, capable of
extending
> their drive field around another ship and 'carrying' it through FTL
space"
> (FT p27). Or in other words a Tug can transport non-FTL ships through
> jumpspace.
> FB1 (p8) indicates that Tugs have an FTL drive with a mass equal to
10% of
> the Tug's mass + 20% the mass of the other ship(s) it can pull through
FTL
> space (paraphrased).
>
> Another definition is also helpful. A Tender is a ship that has a
> Bay space
> large enough to carry another (usually non-FTL) ship within it.
> Think of the
> Star Destroyers that captured the Blockade Runner in the opening
scenes of
> Star Wars - A New Hope. FB1 (p8) indicates bay space is 1.5 x the mass
of
> the ship(s) it can hold.
>
> -----
> Brian Bell
> bkb@beol.net
> The Full Thrust Ship Registry: http://www.ftsr.org
> -----
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Laserlight [SMTP:laserlight@quixnet.net]
> > Sent:	Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:18 PM
> > To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> > Subject:	Re: Ftl tugs, mass and psb question
> >
> > The basics are:
> > 1. Ships which don't have to pay for FTL have more space for other
> > things--armor, weapons, main drive--than ships which do.
> > 2. FTL tugs are comparatively expensive.  If you have to have FTL to
get
> > to the battle, it is more efficient to go ahead and put FTL in your
> > ships rather than use a tug (or set of tugs) with enough "lift" to
get
> > your whole squadron there.
> > 3. However, if you're in a campaign and aren't worried about
strategic
> > mobility, you can build a few tugs to ferry all your non-FTL ships
to
> > their destinations.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Rodemaker <dar@horusinc.com>
> > To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 9:51 PM
> > Subject: RE: Ftl tugs, mass and psb question
> >
> >
> > > I don't suppose someone could take pity on those of us who missed
the
> > whole
> > > FTL tug the first time around and re-post the basics?
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
>