Re: DS2: Design questions of my own.
From: Kevin Walker <sage@c...>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:49:01 -0600
Subject: Re: DS2: Design questions of my own.
On Tuesday, January 15, 2002, at 07:01 AM, Noel Weer wrote:
Hmmm, why do I get 629 in cost from my application I wrote for this very
task? Probably due to the way rounding is done. Ack! on this size
beast stealth is expensive. Dropping the stealth drops the cost nearly
260 points. Ouch!
Kevin Walker
Horizon Concepts, Inc.
Macintosh & Windows Development
Miniature Painting & Sculpting
sage@chartermi.net
>>> It's close. The Stealth-2 is costing 200 pts to reduce its
signature
>>> from
>>> D4 to D8.
>>>
>>> Equipment Item VSP : BVP Spaces
Cost
>>>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Vehicle, class 5 25 : 0 25
25
>>> Armor class 5, Ablative 25 : 53 25
53
>>> Fusion Generation Plant 25 : 53 25
85
>>> Fast tracked 25 : 53 25
106
>>> 1 class 5 MDC in Full traverse turret 25 : 53 10
156
>>> with Superior fire control 25 : 53 10
186
>>> 1 class 2 RFAC in Full traverse turret 25 : 53 6
196
>>> Superior ECM 25 : 53 6
241
>>> Level 2 stealth 25 : 53 6
441
>>> Superior PDS 25 : 53 2
501
>>> APFC belt 25 : 53 1
526
>>
>> Don't forget the back-up systems. They run "+30% of the total cost of
>> all
>> vehicle systems (ie: firecone, ecm, stealh, and guidance as
>> applicable). By
>> the numbers above:
>> Superior fire control: 30, Superior ECM: 45, Level 2 Stealh: 200
>> Resulting in:
>>
>> .3 X 275 = 83
>> &
>> 526 + 83 = 609
>>
>> A little less than I would have expected.
>
> Ah, there it is.
>
> "Ablative and reactive armour each cost an additional 10% of the VSP
per
> level of Armour; eg.: Armour 2R costs 60% of the CSP in total."
> So the above line:
> Armor class 5, Ablative 25 : 53 25 53
>
> Should read:
> Armor class 5, Ablative 25 : 62 25 62
> Which pushes this:
> Fusion Generation Plant 25 : 62 25 99
> Fast tracked 25 : 62 25 131
>
> etc.
> Total tank cost of 627... Pricey.