Re: Odd Tons (was Damn the Torp...)

Slaan@aol.com writes:

@:) I avoid the odd ton ships by building the ship components and then
@:) calculating what the tonnage must be to support those components.
@:) 2xComponents for FTL ships; or 4xComponents/3 for system ships.
@:) It helps using a computer to design, because it can then do all
@:) the calculations and give a running total of the ship mass as you
@:) add equipment.

  That's funny, I usually build the components, multiply by two and
subtract one to get an odd-mass ship.  Computers do certainly help
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http://sidehack.gweep.net/~joachim/fullthrust/dock.html now with a
text ship description that you can cut and paste into a document or
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stuff.)

-joachim