Re: Transport capacities

Follow up ideas on crew accomodations/troop transport capacity.  The
following is the impact on living conditions at given levels of
occupancy
for each mass unit devoted to quarters for crew, troops or passengers
and
some suggestions for using ships as auxiliary troop transports:

12.5 persons/mass unit - Luxury accomodations; officers or wealthy
passengers get a double-sized stateroom, crew, troops or regular
passengers
are quartered in single occupancy cabins.

25 persons/mass unit - Normal accomodations; officers get a single
occupancy cabin, crew or troops are quartered in double occupancy
cabins.

50 persons/mass unit - Crowded conditions (not uncommon for troop
transports); officers share a double occupancy cabin, ratings or troops
are
quartered four to a cabin (probably with two-shift "hot bunking").

100 persons/mass unit - Very crowded conditions ("normal emergency"
occupancy); all cabins and some common areas are utilized at maximum
occupancy and a strict	rotation schedule is used for "hot-bunking",
galley
access, etc.  Ships at such crowded levels would not normally engage in
combat or high-G maneuvers.

200 persons/mass unit - Life boat conditions (extreme emergency
occupancy);
all available space (cabins, common areas, passageways) would be
utilized.
Life support would be strained to the limit.  Food, water and access to
all
ship's facilities would be rationed.  Such crowded conditions should be
considered a hazard to the health and safety of all aboard.  As none of
the
redundant life support equipment can be taken off-line for routine
maintenance, long-term occupancy at these levels may result in a
catastrophic breakdown of life support systems.

A ship with an "average" (30%) level of hull integrity would have
sufficient mass devoted to crew quarters to satisfy the "normal" level
of
occupancy for the ship's crew and up to one element (5 capacity points)
of
ship's marines per crew factor.

Ships of "average" hull integrity may also be used to transport up to
five
elements of infantry (25 capacity points) per crew factor under
"crowded"
conditions without impacting combat abilities.

A ship with a "fragile" (10%) level of hull integrity would have
sufficient
mass for crew quarters to satisfy the "crowded" level of occupancy for
the
ship's crew and up to one element (5 capacity points) of ship's marines
per
crew factor.  Such ships cannot normally be used for troop transport
duties, but could be used for an emergency evacuation (although this
would
impact the ship's combat and maneuvering capabilities).

A ship with a "very strong (50%) level of hull integrity MAY (at
designer's
option) have sufficient mass devoted to crew quarters to satisfy the
"luxury" level of occupancy for the ship's crew and up to one element (5
capacity points) of ship's marines per crew factor.

Ships with "very strong" hull integrity can be used to transport up to
five
elements (25 capacity points) of infantry per crew factor under "normal"
conditions or up to fifteen elements (75 capacity points) of infantry
per
crew factor under "crowded" conditions without impacting combat
abilities.

Passenger liner and troop transport occupancy levels are determined by
counting the number of mass units explicitly devoted to troop or
passenger
accomodation.

Jeff