Re: [FT] Ship Stats Question

Noam,

Very nice!  This is where I was starting to head with this.  The heavier
one
is about equivalent to our 270 ft cutter and the lighter to our 210 ft. 
We
also have a 110ft patrol boat that has the 25mm gun as well.  Similar to
the
frigate but with smaller hangar deck (1 RHI, no helo deck).

These seem to be about right.  The guns have a 225 deg field of coverage
(call it 5 arc for game purpose) and the .50 cals have a 2 arc FS, AS or
FP,AP arc coverage.  Making them PDS gives them some benefit but does
not go
too far out.

I like these.  Thanks for taking the time to think about this.

Bob Makowsky

----- Original Message -----
From: Izenberg, Noam <Noam.Izenberg@jhuapl.edu>
To: 'FT List' <GZG-L@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: RE: [FT] Ship Stats Question

From: Bob Makowsky [SMTP:rmako@coqui.net]
>> Cutter is 210 ft long
>> Compliment 9-12 officers 60-70 enlisted
>> Armament 1 25mm cannon 2 .50 HMG
>> 1 HH-65 Dolphin SSR Helicopter
>> 1 RHI w 5 crew and GPMG

>> Our main threat is lightly armed fast smugglers and slow moving
fishing
>> trawlers (they tend to think more of thier livelyhood than of the
future
and
>> so have some tendency to ignore spawning aviodance, size rules).

Knowing nothing about real ships and reading the Armament as "1 bigger
gun
and 2 smaller guns"
I assume a Cutter is faster and more maneuverable than fishers, but less
so
(or equal to?) vs. smugglers.
Assume the Helecopter and RHI are both is Mass 1.5 "boats" (or one is
Mass
2, the other Mass 1) with trades of capacity, light armament, and speed.

I get a Heavy Frigate:
Mass 25
Cost 89 + small craft
Hull 7
Main Drive 5
Class 1 Beam 2
Class 2 (360) 1
Fire Control 2
Hanger bay 3

I gets smaller - more like a standard FB Frigate in mass - if the "big
gun"
is Class 1, the smaller ones are PDS, and it's a bit slower:

Mass 19
Cost 67 + small craft
Hull 6
Main Drive 4
Class 1 Beam 1
PDS 2
Fire Control 1
Hanger bay 3

Crew sizes diverge, of course, but that's technology for you :-). Also
play
with Hull strength if the Cutter is more heavily or lightly armored than
"standard" military ships. Plus I don't know if the "big" gun is 360 (or
close) or not. Or ignore this in favor of people who know what their
talking
about.

Noam