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Re: Its a size thing

From: "Andrew & Alex" <Al.Bri@x...>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:08:28 +1300
Subject: Re: Its a size thing

Stephen wrote:
>Where does it say that 1 mass = 25 CS?

One generally accepted convention for points is:
	1 point (FT:FB) = 100 Points (DSII)

An alternative for MASS:Capacity, if you like big aerospace vehicles, is
to
use:
	1 MASS (FT:FB) = 100 Capacity Points (DSII)
    This means that aerospace fighters are about size 12 (DSII).

One alternative, that I prefer, is:
	1 MASS (FT:FB) = 50 Capacity Points (DSII)
    This means that aerospace fighters are about size 6 (DSII). These
aerospace fighters are big in comparison to most DSII land vehicles, but
not
as big as most scoutships in FT:FB. A 6 fighter group massing a total 6
MASS
is a similar point value, size and crew requirements as a 6 MASS
scoutship.
    If it's assumed that practical land vehicles range from size 1 to
size
10, and that practical starships range from 10 MASS to 100+ MASS and are
similar to sea going ships, then most big aerospace vehicles and most
interface landers would fit in the space from size 10 to 10 MASS.
    So, if it's assumed that size 10 equates to 1 MASS and size 100
equates
to 10 MASS, then 1 MASS holds 50 capacity points and aerospace fighters
are
about size 6 (DSII).
    This also means that 6 MASS could hold the equivalent of: 37 Humvees
or
jeeps (size 1), 18 M113 APCs (size 2), 12 Bradley MICVs (size 3), 9 M60
tanks (size 4), 7 M1 tanks (size 5), 6 aerospace fighters (size 6) or 5
big
'mecha (size 7). In practise, even though 37 jeep equivalents fit into
the 6
MASS, I would limit the number to 24 size one or sub-size one vehicles,
as
the jeep's crew would be more of a concern.

Andrew Martin
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