RE: [FT] Fighter Launch Variant (Was Really Big Ships...) Snip wh en commenting :)

Well there is the assumption that only carriers have 2 launch/recovery
bays,
Dreads and other large capitals have 1.  A fighter bay is dedicated to
just the
storage and prep space for fighters - 1.5 mass per fighter.

--Binhan

-----Original Message-----
From:	Nathan Pettigrew [SMTP:nathanp@MICROSOFT.com]
Sent:	Monday, January 11, 1999 4:01 PM
To:	'gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU'
Subject:	RE: [FT] Fighter Launch Variant (Was Really Big
Ships...) Snip wh	en 
commenting :)

The B5 Project Earthforce Sourcebook (ship to ship combat designed by
JonT)
also had the concept of the launch bay.  I was surprised that it didn't
show
up in the FB.

It would probably be a straightforward thing to convert it to FTFB stats
and
assume that all FTFB ships have one built in launch bay.  Extras would
cost
mass/points.

my 2 cents,
Nathan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denny Graver [SMTP:cyberdruss@clara.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 4:09 PM
> To:	GZG
> Subject:	[FT] Fighter Launch Variant (Was Really Big Ships...)
Snip
> when commenting :)
>
> Another option is to break the mass used for hangar bays down into two
> parts, launch bay and hangar.  The current mass for a fighter bay is
9pt
> (Fleet book)
>
> Hangar     6 Mass
> Launch Bay 3 Mass
>
> Reasoning : If you can have SML's with magazines, why not treat
fighters
> the
> same?
> (Ducks...)
>
> Den
> This would allow the
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