Re: [GZG] Multi-level rules sought. [TOBECLASSIFIED] [SEC=PERSONAL]

Plus the fact it makes external maintenance on said small craft a lot
more
difficult.  And if your shuttles also have hardpoints, reloading becomes
a real pain.

JGH

emu2020@comcast.net wrote:
> Only problem I can see with this is that you are exposing your
secondary 
> craft to damage by the elements (yes, elements in space) as well as 
> damage from combat. I mean a lot of this comes down to design
philosophy 
> and how you want to arrange things. Sure, modern surface vessles keep 
> their lifeboat on deck, but they are also kept safe from the elements 
> and out of harms way. On top of this ending up in the ocean without a 
> boat may be deadly, but ending up in space without a boat is death
itself.
>  
> -Eli
>  
> 
>     -------------- Original message --------------
>     From: "Robyn Stott" <rodstott@austarnet.com.au>
> 
>      > I can also see the standard compliment of shuttles on board a
>     ship to be
>      > externally docked not taking up any really internal space.
>      > There is just a airlock hatch, and you are in the shuttle.
>      > The shuttle is attached by clamps to the ship, and allows for
>     easy undocking
>      > but docking requires some maneuverability, and may not be
>     possible under
>      > combat conditions.
>      >
>      > These shuttle ports could also be where umbilicials, and ship
>     docking
>      > couplers could also attach.
>      > Something like a personal transfer pod, or utility shuttle
>     reqally doesn't
>      > need a docking bay, just a space on the hull and an airlock.
>      >
>      > With fittings like this, they could also easily act as escape
>     pods/craft as
>      > wel l since no bay is required.
>      >
>      > In streamlined designs the shuttles could be in recessed bays
on
>     the outside
>      > of the hull, only enough space to hold the shuttle and some
>     umbilical
>      > connectors. Bays like these are not meant to be servicable and
>     docking would
>      > be harder. - Another possibility is custom designed
shuttlecraft
>     that match
>      > the streamlining and can sit esternally or partially recessed,
>     their form
>      > merging with the outer streamlined hull of the ship itself.
>      >
>      > Robyn Stott
>      >
>      >
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