RE: Ftl tugs, mass and psb question

To define a it:

A Tug is a ship that has an "overpowered FTL drives, capable of
extending
their drive field around another ship and 'carrying' it through FTL
space"
(FT p27). Or in other words a Tug can transport non-FTL ships through
jumpspace.
FB1 (p8) indicates that Tugs have an FTL drive with a mass equal to 10%
of
the Tug's mass + 20% the mass of the other ship(s) it can pull through
FTL
space (paraphrased).

Another definition is also helpful. A Tender is a ship that has a Bay
space
large enough to carry another (usually non-FTL) ship within it. Think of
the
Star Destroyers that captured the Blockade Runner in the opening scenes
of
Star Wars - A New Hope. FB1 (p8) indicates bay space is 1.5 x the mass
of
the ship(s) it can hold.

-----
Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net 
The Full Thrust Ship Registry: http://www.ftsr.org  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laserlight [SMTP:laserlight@quixnet.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:18 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: Ftl tugs, mass and psb question
> 
> The basics are:
> 1. Ships which don't have to pay for FTL have more space for other
> things--armor, weapons, main drive--than ships which do.
> 2. FTL tugs are comparatively expensive.  If you have to have FTL to
get
> to the battle, it is more efficient to go ahead and put FTL in your
> ships rather than use a tug (or set of tugs) with enough "lift" to get
> your whole squadron there.
> 3. However, if you're in a campaign and aren't worried about strategic
> mobility, you can build a few tugs to ferry all your non-FTL ships to
> their destinations.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Rodemaker <dar@horusinc.com>
> To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 9:51 PM
> Subject: RE: Ftl tugs, mass and psb question
> 
> 
> > I don't suppose someone could take pity on those of us who missed
the
> whole
> > FTL tug the first time around and re-post the basics?
> >
> > David
> >
> >