Re: Shuttles and ship's small craft

Time to be the heretic again...

Option D  Assume that all ships have the ability to dock with one
another.  No
small craft unless the ships have a hanger and the small craft are built
as
very small ships.  Why?  Sea going navies need small craft to transfere
personel and goods because it is dangerous to put two large ships
together
while at sea.  The worst the sea conditions, the more dangerous this is.
 In
space, you do not have this consideration.  There is no reason why
spaceships
can not dock together.	It would not be something that would be done in
combat,
but in non-combat conditions, there is no reason not to.

Jarrard, Jonathan (J.) wrote:

> Here's a question for the group at large:  What do most of you do
about
> ships' small craft (shuttles, captain's gigs, etc.) when you are
designing
> your fleets.
>
> Do you:
>
> A) Assume that small craft are already included in the "Hull"
requirements,
> but can have no effect on combat.
>
> B) Assume that ships without mass devoted to hanger bays and the
shuttles
> themselves don't have any small craft at all.
>
> C) Require all designs above a certain size or which do not have
> stream-lining to include hangar bays and small craft.