Re: [FT/MT/DS]: Mass vs Capacity

Mike Elliott Wrote:

> >(mass 1.5/fighter for the fighter & it's bay).
>[snip]
> >But the rules for cargo state that 1 mass = 50 cargo points, and
> >that vehicles take up 4 CP per size class.  That means a class 7
vehicle
> >takes up 28 CP, or .56 mass.  seems a bit low for what it should take
up.
>
>The mass of 1.5 for the fighter and its bay includes all the support
>services, fuel storage, magazines, flight ready rooms, flight and
>maintenance crew quarters and so on....

Yes, but the mass of 1 is supposedly for the fighter ONLY - the rest is,

according to the writing, covered in the .5  - which means a fighter
alone 
is mass 1, and still big compared to the mass cost for a vehicle.

2B^2

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