Re: [GZG] [FT] Auxiliary craft for starships [typos]

["John Brewer" <jbrewer@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think there was something wrong with my brain that night:  The rule of thumb was supposed to read, "round trips of FIVE or fewer".  And the example with the Jeanne D'Arc fleet carrier had bad math:  It was supposed to read "TWO ship's boats &" whatever. 

And if you're thinking why have ship's boats when they're 50% larger than launches but have only 2cs more cargo capacity:  Launches are suited more to the orbit/dirtside interface, while ship's boats have bigger engines that let them go on excursions to neighboring moons. 

And there ARE exceptions to rule of cutters & pinnaces being allowed only on "captial" ships:  If you convert the "starliner" on page 42 of FB1 to a "hospital ship", and you have a copy of the "GURPS Traveller: Modular Cutter" supplement, the hospital ship can be outfitted with 2 modular cutters mounting Medevac modules. 

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