RE: Small ships and SMLS & Killing Torp armed fleets.....

>> Mass 30
>> hull integrity 2
>> Thrust Factor 1
>> FTL (yes)
>> 1 SML
>> 2 SMR(ER)
>> 1 Fire Control
>> 1 fighter bay with 6 fighters
>
> thats the 30 tonner

>There is an error in this one, all the systems come up to Mass 31 (I
tried
>it on V.4 of the FTFB spread sheet plus V.3 and V.2 and all came up
with
>Mass 31).

No, it really is Mass 30 (also with FTFB SDS v04)
Mass 30 (30)
6 (12) hull integrity 2
2 ( 4) Thrust Factor 1
3 ( 6) FTL (yes)
3 ( 9) 1 SML
6 (18) 2 SMR(ER)
1 ( 4) 1 Fire Control
9 (27) 1 fighter bay with 6 fighters
-------------------------------
Mass 30 Cost 110 + fighters

Or if you want to be a cheese-meister
Mass 29 (29)
6 (12) hull integrity 2
1 ( 2) *Thrust Factor 1
(all the rest the same - you shave 1 Mass and 3 pts off.)
*Techincally the 5% (round down) drive requirement means a mass 1 drive
fits the
bill.  I normally don't try to do this, but the 'Solve for Mass' page is
often
(but not always) more efficient than doing things by hand - Try it and
see!

>Plus make sure you add the cost of fighters to the ships, in your 1500
pt
>Battle #3, 14 Mass 31 ships (114 points each) is 1596 points then add
>another 252 for the 14 fighter groups (18 each), for a total of 1848
points.
>No wonder this battle was easy.

This is a problem.  The first time through building my spreadsheet, I
got bit by
this. I was considering standard fighters as free, with the cost
differential
for advanced fighter types added to this base.	It seems may people are
caught
by this upon first transition to the FB.