RE: [FT][DS][SG] FB transports?

Yep.  It was back around March? last year.  There was a slight
difference of
opinion, but the effective outcome was each mass if FT = 20-25 CS in
DS/SG.
A lot of the discussion was based on displacement as opposed to weight,
but
the math worked out.  
The effective result is you can fit a size 5 vehicle in each mass (NB:
this
is cargo only, not a ready deployment bay).  This also fits with FT
fighters, allowing you to design your fighters & interface landers using
DS
for vertical integration.
If you don't want to spend time on the ground unloading or supplying
dropships, you'll need to spend the 1.5 x capacity for ready deployment
facilities.

The following is a mercenary company I worked out last year, using this
system.  As you can see, it's a decently sized force for the lift
capacity.
This includes cargo for the vehicles and accomodation for the infantry.

4 Assault Transports "Rust", "Paint", "Rock" & "Roll"

4 ZAD (size 4 GEV, Superior ZAD)
12 MBT (size 3 GEV, twin turret class 3 railguns)
12 heavy artillery vehicles (size 4 GEV, HAR, basic PDS)
21 scout cars (size 1 GEV, GMS/L)
18 APCs (size 2 GEV, Twin turret APSW, 8 troop spaces)
178 vehicle crewmen
144 infantry (d8 armour, advanced rifle w/- GL (FP:3, I:d10)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Burger [SMTP:yh728@victoria.tc.ca]
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:10 PM
> 
> Has anyone done any work on how many troops you can fit in FB-designed
> ships, now that the mass calcs have all changed and More Thrust's
> information isn't usable?
> 
> I seem to recall a bunch of stuff being discussed on the list back
when
> FB1 came out, but didn't follow or save any of it...
> 
> The MT rules always seemed to me to require too much mass per
> trooper/vehicle. I tried to design a number of assault transports, and
it
> was (as I recall) very, very hard to get a reasonably protected ship
to
> carry much beyond a platoon or two, unless the ship was SDN sized...
Bulk
> carriers were OK, but you couldn't get a good armed assault transport
out
> of the system.