Re: Fleet Replenishment tender

At 4:48 PM +0100 11/21/03, Büky Ákos wrote:
>I was thinking about adding some auxiliary ships to my NAC fleet, which
>can double as Merchant ships for scenarios. In FB1, a typical version
is
>described, in the Mass 100 range, but also mentioned, smaller-bigger
>ones are possible.

I made a Tender/Gator Carrier from a small wing 
section and one of the NAC CVL's. Big bay visible 
and a single fighter/light craft launch bay to 
the side of the big bay.

>UNSC has one, which seems quite big as well, and the KraVak has a
>smaller (Mass 40).
>
>The question crossed my mind: Are there different classes of tenders
>as well? One which usually serves up to destroyer? And really big one
>for the Dreadnaughts and up? Different one for fuel? For ammunition?
>For food and other consumables? Or the one basket for all..?

Build a generic cargo ship of some mass that 
matches the approximation of the model as 
compared to your others. Paint it up either as 
how the military models are done or make them up 
in a more civilian mode.

Other large cargo ships are pretty generic. I can 
probably dump 8-10 different merchant type hulls 
on the table that work quite nicely.

>Hospital ships? They were converted/used by surface navys, but would
>they be justified in the space..? If you get in an accident up there,
not
>much chance to survive, yet far from the safety of planetside hospital
>complexes or the huge space stations they might boost the morale

Yep, I've got one. Painted white with black wash 
and has red crosses on the sides and top in very 
bright red. Just according to current 
conventions. I've also made up white with Red 
stripes Coast Guard cutters using the Arapahos 
and variants. One stretch Arapaho is the basis 
for one of the cutters.

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