Re: gzg-d Digest V2013 #12

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For a way to explain why fighter bays are the way they are, I suggest
the
following:  The hangar deck is six mass points per fighter squadron, but
all it does is store fighters.	The hangar deck does not have the room
to
rearm fighters.  The launch/recovery bay is 9 mass, but it can launch,
recover and rearm a fighter squadron, but not all at the same time.  In
a
pinch, it can even store a fighter squadron, but that complicates arming
a
carrier alph strike.  Fighter operations are as follows:  Bay 'recovers'
squadron from the hangar, bay arms/fuels fighter squadron, and bay
launches
the squadron.  After launching the presumably armed squadron stored in
the
bay, the bay can lauch subsequent squadrons every three turns.	Arming
all
of the squadrons before cycling them through the launchers is
problematic,
as there is no 'swap space' to park fighters (unless the carrier sets
aside
another six mass points for it).

Carriers with no swap space launch the combat space patrol and load each
squadron into the bay to arm it and send it back to the hangar.  Each
in-arm-back cycle takes three turns, but the last one only takes two if
you
do not need to rearm and refuel the combat space patrol.  After loading
up
the fighters, each bay can launch a squadron every other turn.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:35 PM, John Tailby <john_tailby@xtra.co.nz>
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> The mass of the fighter bay is not merely the launch doors, but the
> fuel, ordnance, support crew, etc. necessary to maintain, arm, launch
> and recover the fighters.  If he needs a "common sense" reason other
> than "stop trying to be a cheezy bastard".
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> John
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> If your group wants to allow people to design carriers that way then
> that's OK. I would have thought that it's equally valid to say that
the 6
> mass for the squadron represents the hanger space for the squadron
> including fuel and ordnance. Afterall fighters are substantially
smaller
> than 1 mass each, otherwise they would be targetable by main guns like
a
> one mass spaceship would be.
>  The 3 mass for a launch bay could include the launch bay including
tubes
> or doors or whatever.
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> However as has been noted it's not how the standard rules are
designed.
> There's no missile magazine approach to carrier squadron and in the
future
> all carriers are designed with the capability to simultaneously launch
all
> their carried craft, unlike the carriers of today.
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