Re: FB small carrier construction

Marc Boisvert asked:

> With the  new ship construction rules in FB1, is it still prohibited
to
> base fighters on hulls smaller than hull size 60. 

No.

(BTW: The old restriction was (implicitly) "smaller than hull size 40"
- that's the size of the "Escort Carrier" in More Thrust :-/ An old
mass of 40 is roughly equivalent to an FB Mass of 80-100.)

> I don't see a mention
> of this in the rules unless it's an unwritten assumption, aside from
the
> fact it uses up lots of valuable space on a small ship. 

Neither the limit nor its removal are explicitly stated anywhere that I
can find, but it should be removed. It is recommended that any ship can
launch its full fighter strength in one single turn, but only recover
up to half of them in one turn.

The general rule about FB is "If FB doesn't say, use the FT2/MT
rule"... but there are several exceptions to this :-(

Best wishes,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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