RE: Fractional Hull Masses (was: FT III)

So, if every one in your gaming group agrees, go with each hull box uses
1
mass and costs 2.

On the other hand, there should be some limits on construction. A mass
200
ship with 4 damage boxes and  196 mass in weapons does not seem very
likely
(blimps in space?). I would suggest a minimum of 10% of mass must be
spent
on hull. Perhaps, a maximum limit should be set as well, remembering the
discussion of the Move-1 uber-ships.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ft  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Books [SMTP:books@mail.state.fl.us]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 9:11 AM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: Fractional Hull Masses (was: FT III)
> 
> On  2-Feb-00 at 21:50, Channing Faunce (channing@glasscity.net) wrote:
> > 
> > Roger Books wrote:
> > 
> > > If the current FB "tie-in" to FT3 is ever turned into FT3 there is
> > > one little minor change I would like to see, say the minimum hull
> > > is 10% and let people buy hull just like any other system.  If you
> > > had 1 hull box take up 1 mass and cost exactly the same as it
> > > does now you could do the exact same ships as is done currently,
> > > have added flexibility, and be much less annoying.
> > >
> > > Roger (#!$%, I'm one mass over on weapons again, but I want 30%
> > >	     hull minus one box.)
> > 
> > I came across this when I was trying to determine how much it
actually
> > cost to use fighters (or a Jeanne D'Arc its 69 points), and needed
to
> > use 46% for the Hull boxes to get the same number on a ship without
the
> > Hangers. I don't see why, especialy with the programs / spreadsheets
out
> > there, ships need to be limited to exact multiples of 10%. Other
than
> > easy of doing the math by hand.
> 
> It's easier.
> 
> I have a mass 80 ship.  I want 23 hull boxes (30% - 1).  I put
> 23 boxes on the sheet and charge up 46 points.
> 
> Roger