[FT] FB2 Errata(?) and SV design

Unless I'm mistaken, the Example Sa'Vasku ship on Page 24 should have NPV 320
instead of 342. Mass comes out right.

Hull+Biomass+carapace+PG+MD+FTL+3xsting+PL+2xSpic+2xCort+Scr
100+60+20+44+20+20+18+9+6+8+15 =320

Also, on the next page the Thrust table, while accurate, says that the example
ship can reach thrust 6 with 24 power points if the main drive is damaged.
While that is mathematically true, the ship only has 22 Power
points available at maximum (4 Power generators at 5/5/6/6.

SV designers should note that while mass costs always round up (i.e. Main
drive mass of 10% for a 101 Mass ship rounds to 11 Mass), Power point
requirements for Thrust round up only at.5 and up. Thus, as demonstrated in
the SV FB2 thrust tables, a thrust power point cost of 3.4 rounds to 3 and a
cost of 5.6 rounds to 6.

Speaking of SV design, I've adapted Jared Noble's Fleet Book Ship Construction
Sheet v0.4 (MS Excel) to the Sa'Vasku Combat Construct Construction Sheet
v0.1. The spreadsheet has all the necessary ingredients
for SV ship creation (+ one or two extra), including power point costs
and automatic Thrust table generation. I've tested itvs. several FB2 designs
and it looks right. I'd be happy to email it to interested people (including
the FT Computer Core). Reply to me off list if you want it and can take Excel
attachments.

> Noam wrote:

> Unless I'm mistaken, the Example Sa'Vasku ship on Page 24 should >have

At least we caught the errant entry in the detailed breakdown which
said that the Power Generators cost 3xMass - that's where the extra 22
points originally came from... (They should cost 2xMass, just like the example
says now.)

> SV designers should note that while mass costs always round up (i.e.

No they don't. SV Mass costs round normally, just as for the other races.
Check for example the Sa'Kess'Tha, Fo'Sath'Aan or Var'Arr'Sha
designs - all of them round their engine Mass costs down.

Later,