RE: Rounding for mass on engines

This is correct with one exception: an engine must have a mass of at
least
1.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Congdon [SMTP:codo-1@msn.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 1:00 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Rounding for mass on engines
> 
> I'm not sure if I saw it anywhere in the Fleet Book, but when I ran
the
> calculations on existing designs, I think I figured it out, but I
wanted
> to
> double check...
> 
> When determining the size of Main Engines and FTL Drive, do you round
down
> less than 0.5 and round up 0.5 or greater?
> 
> For instance, a ship of Mass 14 requires an FTL drive which is 10%
Mass.
> This is 1.4...Rounded down to 1? This same ship requires a Thrust of
6,
> which is 5% of Mass per Thrust, which is 4.2.... Rounded down to 4?
> 
> Thanks,
> Christopher
>