Has anyone done any work on how many troops you can fit in FB-designed
ships, now that the mass calcs have all changed and More Thrust's information
isn't usable?
I seem to recall a bunch of stuff being discussed on the list back when FB1
came out, but didn't follow or save any of it...
The MT rules always seemed to me to require too much mass per
trooper/vehicle. I tried to design a number of assault transports, and
it was (as I recall) very, very hard to get a reasonably protected ship to
carry much beyond a platoon or two, unless the ship was SDN sized... Bulk
carriers were OK, but you couldn't get a good armed assault transport out of
the system.
Yep. It was back around March? last year. There was a slight difference of
opinion, but the effective outcome was each mass if FT = 20-25 CS in
DS/SG.
A lot of the discussion was based on displacement as opposed to weight, but
the math worked out. The effective result is you can fit a size 5 vehicle in
each mass (NB: this is cargo only, not a ready deployment bay). This also fits
with FT fighters, allowing you to design your fighters & interface landers
using DS for vertical integration. If you don't want to spend time on the
ground unloading or supplying dropships, you'll need to spend the 1.5 x
capacity for ready deployment facilities.
The following is a mercenary company I worked out last year, using this
system. As you can see, it's a decently sized force for the lift capacity.
This includes cargo for the vehicles and accomodation for the infantry.
4 Assault Transports "Rust", "Paint", "Rock" & "Roll"
4 ZAD (size 4 GEV, Superior ZAD) 12 MBT (size 3 GEV, twin turret class 3
railguns) 12 heavy artillery vehicles (size 4 GEV, HAR, basic PDS)
21 scout cars (size 1 GEV, GMS/L)
18 APCs (size 2 GEV, Twin turret APSW, 8 troop spaces) 178 vehicle crewmen
144 infantry (d8 armour, advanced rifle w/- GL (FP:3, I:d10)
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Bulk
> carriers were OK, but you couldn't get a good armed assault transport