Re: Out-of-date designs

Sounds like a simple way to do it.

Question...because the old ship has the same "mass" as the modern vessel
(ie:
oldship=80mass, newship=100mass) would the old ship have just as many
hull
hits as the modern one?

BTW, I like the "Mk XVIIa Mod 7 Heterodyned Phased-Array Lasers"
entry...

Donald Hosford

Alan E and Carmel J Brain wrote:

> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
>
> > One thing I didn't have time to write (didn't have time to remember
to
> > write, that is :-/ ) before I went to England was that the simplest
way
> > of simulating obsolete ships is to not use all of the available
weapon
> > Mass.
>
> Actually, the easiest method is to just an obsolete ship of size 100
> (say) has the same capabilities _and cost_ as a modern ship of size 80
> (say). Or even 50 if it's not just obsolescent but obsolete.

>
> "The Mk XVIIa Mod 7 Heterodyned Phased-Array Lasers on the "Venerable"
> class cruisers easily out-shot their opponents of the day, and weighed
> in at a massive 300 tonnes each, much of which was for their all-round
> firing capability. In terms of Gigawattage, they're about the
equivalent
> of the Type 1 Unsupercharged Compact rotating-mirror mount, which
weighs
> less than 200. Similarly, the Dynamix FTL drive massed over 600
tonnes,
> but used less Unobtainium than modern drives, so cost was about the
same
> as a modern drive of equal ability (eg the 300-tonne JumpMaster
2-300)"
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