Re: RE:jumna class patrol cruiser

> I have a problem with this ship, due to the tonnage tied up in
constructing
> a ten thousand tonne ship with such low (fataly low, a CL with SMR`s
could
> take it out) FT combat ablilties.
In my mind I was rekoning that against anyting bigger than a DD this
ship
woudl be in trouble, think of it as an company sized assault transport
with
a couple of big guns.
> Myself, I would prefere to use a normal
> warship (say a CH) with a small freighter adapted to carry the troops
and
> interface craft (with maybe some ortillery).
I was actually thinking of dropping the Ortillery and putting in a
second
general purpose beam weapon
> Also, why include the
> steamlining on a BC sized ship?,
Thats my traveller background coming out where you either have partial
streamlining to skim for fuel or fuel shuttles. I may drop the
streamlining.
> if you want to get the troops down to the
> surface, how much tonnage does this take up that could be used for
weapons
> or interface craft? Also, for the cost/tonnage involved in this ship,
what
2
> ships (1 warship, smaller than above but with better combat abilities,
1
> freighter, with interface craft, ortillery and troops) could you get
for
the
> same as this one ship.
>
> Just some questions/comments.
>
> BIF
> "yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
> strong in arms, thick in head"
>
>