RE: APDs, LSD's and LPAs

Vehicles stored as cargo are transferred to the shuttle/dropship deck
for
deployment (internal elevators & corridors are abstracted out of the
equation).  The 1.5x space is needed for combat deployment, if you've
got a
couple of hours to deploy then you can use the 1x cargo (difference
between
RORO vessel & container ship).
I think if you want repair facilities available, you'd need to use the
1.5x
space.	This would take into account things like heavy repair equipment,
spare parts, munitions etc.

The size 1 dropship fits in 10 troops ready for deployment + 2 x HEL/2. 
If
the dropship didn't have the 2x HEL/2, then you could fit in 20 combat
ready
troops (it's only a short hop to the surface).

The resin models that GZG sell are variable as to the size.
In SG, I use the small resin as a size 4 dropship & the large one as a
size
7 dropship.
For DS, the small one (pictured in the DS/FT conversion section) would
be
about mass 40-50 & the large one about mass 70-80.  It comes down to
what
scale you want to actually use yourself & which game you play.

'Neath Southern Skies

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan M Gill [SMTP:monty@arcadia.turner.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 1:05 PM
> 
> > When you look at the CS for carrying other vehicles, you notice that
it
> > required 8 CS to carry a 5 CS (size 1) vehicle as deployable cargo
(1.5
> x
> > mass!)
> 
> What about as a vehicle stored in the vehicle deck on the ship? Same 
> number for the shops to repair and the space to move the
tracks/blowers 
> to the well deck for boarding the shuttles? Or less?
> 
> Vehicle 
> size x 5 = CS for a vehicle
> CS value x 1 for the Stored form
> CS value x 1.5 for the Deployment
> 
> Infantry
> 1 man = 4cs Accomodations
> 1 man = 1cs Cryosleep
> 1 man = 1cs Deployment form
> 
> With 1 mass = 20 (or 25) CS. 
> 
> > A FTFB mass 1 drop transport (using DSII) would be size 4, with
> turretted
> > twin hel/2 and could carry 10 troops.  Without the weapons, you
could
> > squeeze in 20 troops (about what the small Starship Troopers
dropship
> was
> > which rescued Rico on Planet P).
> 
> Hmm, this would be the smaller sized Tactical Interface transport
model 
> then? Is that 10 Combat equipped troops? And do you mean squeeze 20 
> troops in with out the drop ship having the HEL/2 or the infantry
without 
> weapons?
>  
> > Your mass 2 drop transport would be:
> > Size 8, armour 3, ecm: enhanced (d8).
> > Twin MDC/2 turret (enhanced firecon). => equivalent of an
attack/torpedo
> > fighters dogfight capabilities.
> > 30 cargo spaces. (30 infantry or 1 size 4 vehicle)
> 
> Then that would be the size of the Personel shuttle or system defense 
> gunboat resin models that GZG markets? I figured that would make a
good 
> LCP. 
> 
> And the larger Interface Drop ship would be Mass 5. And have a
capacity 
> of a platoon of size 3 tanks. 5 x 20 = 100 and allows the 90 CS worth
of 
> vehicles. plus 10 left over for some extra kit, 1 scout vehicle, size
1. 
> A LCM in other words
> 
> Then there is the huge $30 Drop ship model I have at home will carry 
>  (25 mass x 20 cs) 500 cs and 333 cs in vehicle space. Seems a bit of
a 
> waste. The equivalent of a LCH.