From: Charles Taylor <charles.taylor@c...>
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 19:59:49 +0100
Subject: [FT] Blake's 7 Ship Stats (clean stamp)
Well, I double checked the statistics for Blake's 7 ships I posted a while back - it appears that a systematic error crept in somewhere :-( Revised Statistics: Liberator/Spaceworld Deep Space Vessel Hull Mass 436,210 tons Length 912.12m Height 485.44m Width 534.28m Starburst Class Pursuit Ship Hull Mass 97,000 tons (estimated) Length 439.91m Height 187.27m Width 282.01m Federation Supreme Headquarters Hull Mass lots! Diameter 5,930.28m Height 675.65m Small Pursuit Ship (shown inside Supreme HQ) Hull Mass 15,500 tons (estimated) Length 212m (estimated) Height 90m (estimated) Width 136m (estimated) Class 16 Transport (Prison Ship 'London') Hull Mass 2,972 tons Length 54.71m Height 25m Width 35m Wanderer II Planet Hopper (Scorpio) Hull Mass 4,752 tons Length 102.72m Height 34.75m Width 42.67m Spaceworld Patrol Ship Hull Mass 89,000 tons (estimated) Length 620.57m Height 143.21m Width 145.04m Looking at the hull mass values, a conversion to FT MASS of 1000 tons = 1 MASS seems to give a suitable range: Liberator 436 MASS Starburst Class 97 MASS Sm. Pursuit Ship 16 MASS Class 16 3 MASS Scorpio 5 MASS SW Patrol Ship 89 MASS This is ok for the big ships, (but the Liberator is a bit _too_ big!) but the small ships (Class 16, Scorpio) tend to drop into the 'small craft' classification. Suggestions on statting them up: Liberator (and Spaceworld Patrol Ship) - could follow Nick Garbetts suggestion, and use Sa'Vasku rules (gulp!) Maybe invent a new system to represent the 'power banks', say 1 MASS hold 2 power, costs 2 points. Needs separate power generation to re-charge. Force Wall - use 2 screen nodes for now. Weapons - 3 stingers for Liberator (1 for patrol ship) + 1 pod launcher to represent 'Missiles' & 'Surface Bolts' using suitable pods from the WDA. + lots of hull & maybe layered armour Federation Pursuit Ships: Standard human hulls, drives, etc. level-1 screens at most, no armour. Weapons - Plasma Bolt launchers or Pulse Torpedoes Scorpio Need special rules for photonic drive :-)