Re: [FT] Hull boxes & DCPs

Laserlight wrote:

> The Alarishi Empire battlecruiser Alacrity has 101 mass, weak hull,
> therefore 20 hull boxes and 6 DCP.	Following the instructions, we
divide
> 20 by 6 to get 3.33 and round up to 4.  We put DCP's in hull boxes 4,
8, 12,
> 16, 20....and that's the last hull box, with one DCP left to go. 
Where do
> we put it?
>
> a) put DCP's in 4, 8, 12, 16, 19, 20 (stuffing that last one in at the
end)
> b) put DCP's in 4, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20 (for intervals of 4, 4, 3, 3, 3,
3)
> c) do something else
>
> I sincerely hope this is an academic question, by the way--with 2 Beam
4's
> and Thrust 8, I'm hoping never to let the enemy in range to hit me. :
)
>
> --Chris  DeBoe laserlight@cwix.com
> Opportunity knocks:
> Quixtar(sm) Pre-Launch Site: www.countdown9199.com

Maybe you should round fractions up when over 0.5 and down when 0.5 or
less.

Donald Hosford