Re: Transport capacities
From: "Phillip Pournelle" <emisle@e...>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:50:54 -0400
Subject: Re: Transport capacities
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Lyon <jefflyon@mail.utexas.edu>
To: gzg-digest@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU <gzg-digest@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: Transport capacities
>> Where did you get the metric ton data from?
>
>Fleet Book, page 10. 1 mass = 100 metric tons. In the "official"
>background, anyway.
>
>>>The standard is one Fleet Book Full Thrust Mass is equal to 25
>>>Cargo space or 5 Vehicle space. ... One Mass devoted to personnel
>>>could support 6 troopers >(6 * 4 = 24).
>
>Therefore: 1 FB/MT cargo space = 4 metric tons and
> 1 DS capacity point = 1 metric ton
If 1 Fleet Book mass is equal to 100 metric tons then 1 CC is equal
to 4
metric tons, 1 DSD capacity point is the same as a CC. 1 DS capacity is
equal to 4 metric tons. A size 1 vehicle is 20 metric tons (1 size = 5
CC =
20 * 4...