Re: [FT] Fighters (the bleeding continues)

In message <3CE072BC.C3C80860@sympatico.ca>
	  Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> It occurs to me that the simplest way to eliminate the problem of
soapbubble
> carriers is to eliminate soapbubble carriers.  Carrier operations
require
> larger crews than those required by more conventional warships.  If
the ship
> intends to be more than a mobile launchpoint for a base's fighters
(ie, the
> crews and service personnel for the squadron live aboard the vessel),
than
> it must have sufficient volume (mass) to house everybody.  I propose
that a
> ship can have one fighter squadron for every twenty points of mass,
> fractions rounded DOWN.  Looking at FB1&2, the observed number is
between
> thirty and forty, so I am being generous.
> 
> 
In other words - 1 hanger bay per crew factor.

Charles