Re: FT III

				MASS
C battery (turretted only)	1
B battery (casemate)		2
B battery (turret)		4
A battery (casemate)		4
A battery (turret)		8

The above was proposed for FT III. Reportedly to be an all mass based
system.
This means that the engines and other systems will also have to be mass
bassed.

Something like this (round up at .5)?
Control        10%
Ship Structure 10% (partial streamlining, full 20%, none 8%)
FTL	       10%
Engine	       10% per thrust point (Cruisers x.50, Escorts x.25, Super
x1.5)

This would provide the following room (% of total mass) for weapons:
	    FTL 		   Non-FTL		    FTL Tons
   Escort Cruiser Capital | Escort Cruiser Capital 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
80 90
100
Thrust
 1  67.5    65	    60	      77.5    75     70     7 13 20 24 30 36 42
48 54
60
 2  65	    60	    50	      75      70     60     7 12 18 20 25 30 35
40 45
50
 3  62.5    55	    40	      72.5    65     50     6 11 17 16 20 24 28
32 36
40
 4  60	    50	    30	      70      60     40     6 10 15 12 15 18 21
24 27
30
 5  57.5    45	    20	      67.5    55     30     6  9 14  8 10 12 14
16 18
20
 6  55	    40	    10	      65      50     20     6  7 12  4	5  6  7 
8  9
10
 7  52.5    35	     0	      62.5    45     10     5  7 11  0	0  0  0 
0  0
0
 8  50	    30	    --	      60      40      0     5  6  9  -	-  -  - 
-  -
-

 9  47.5    25	    --	      57.5    35     --
10  45	    20	    --	      55      30     --
11  42.5    15	    --	      52.5    25     --
12  40	    10	    --	      50      20     --
13  37.5     5	    --	      47.5    15     --
14  35	     0	    --	      45      10     --
15  32.5    --	    --	      42.5     5     --
16  30	    --	    --	      40       0     --
17  27.5    --	    --	      37.5    --     --
18  25	    --	    --	      35      --     --

Brian Bell
103311.1205@compuserve.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fthome.html