Re: [FT] Fighters (the bleeding continues)

Charles Taylor wrote:

> In message <3CE072BC.C3C80860@sympatico.ca>
>	    Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > It occurs to me that the simplest way to eliminate the problem of
soapbubble
> > carriers is to eliminate soapbubble carriers.  Carrier operations
require
> > larger crews than those required by more conventional warships.  If
the ship
> > intends to be more than a mobile launchpoint for a base's fighters
(ie, the
> > crews and service personnel for the squadron live aboard the
vessel), than
> > it must have sufficient volume (mass) to house everybody.  I propose
that a
> > ship can have one fighter squadron for every twenty points of mass,
> > fractions rounded DOWN.  Looking at FB1&2, the observed number is
between
> > thirty and forty, so I am being generous.
> >
> >
> In other words - 1 hanger bay per crew factor.
>
> Charles
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