Re: Tugs...

Damond Walker wrote:

> I was talking to someone off list

That would be me... :)

> and he said that the FTL mass should be
> computed *including* the vessels which would carry a higher point cost
as
> well.  The thrust should be computed including the carried vessels as
well.
> Then, as the ship drops off the vessels the thrust would be recomputed
> because the ship is lighter.

My feeling on FTL tugs is that they should be treated the same as cargo 
ships, as far as their FTL engines are concerned.  What's the difference

between a cargo ship hauling colonizing equiment, and a tug hauling 
non-FTL capable ships?	The FTL drive size / cost should be simply 
computed based on the total mass (tug + carried ships).

Now buying hangars or hardened attachement points and such might be / 
should be required, but that's beside the point.

-- Jerry Acord
acord@imagiware.com