SV: (FB) More Ship Designs available

> Robert W. Hofrichter wrote:

> I've put some more ship designs (built using shipbits and kravakbits)

> Comments, as always, are welcome.

You asked for it ;-)

Indonesian Commonwealth:

Dagger-class FF: leaves 2 Mass unused but paid for (your previous
Dagger design had 2 Class-1 batteries as well). If the unused Mass is
intended to simulate an obsolete design and not an oversight, I'd suggest
paying for them as for "cargo holds" (makes the NPV 75 rather than 81).

Sumatra-class BB: 4 Mass unused, but even with these Mass empty the
ship costs 435 rather than 423 points.

Kra'Vak:

Ki'Nik CL: Uses 4 Mass too many (58 rather than 54).

Tur'Nek: Uses 1 Mass too many (44 rather than 43).

NAC:

Bermuda-class BC: 2 Mass unused but paid for as if they were weapons
(3xMass). See "Dagger" comment above.

NSL:

Koln-class CH: Uses 2 Mass too many (79 rather than 77). The umlaut
dots over the "o" are missing, too (the German name of the city is
"Köln").

Morganstern-class BC: Design is OK, but I suspect you mean
"Morgenstern" (the medieval weapon) rather than "Morganstern" (poor grammar
for a star named after or claimed by someone called Morgan, or
something like that) :-/

I also found this in your SGII Kra'Vak stuff:

"Missile Launcher (Guidance d10, Impact d12*) HOWLER
This is the standard Kra'Vak light anti-armor weapon. It is very
similar in
design to Human GMS/P systems. One interesting difference from Human
designs is the use of gravitic technology to boost the missile from the launch
tube and then ignite the propellant. This feature allows the use of the
launcher from confined spaces, an activity that is not recommended with some
Human designs."

Define "confined spaces" :-/

If you mean shoulder-wide tunnels/tubes (eg. sewers), the inside of an
APC (ie., firing through the gun ports rather than standing up through
the roof hatches) or something similar, I agree - a grav launcher would
be better than most propellant-powered designs.

Today, however, "confined space capability" usually means that you can
fire the weapon from a room with a volume of 20 -25 m^3 (a fairly small
office cubicle) without harming the shooter, and I'd be very surprised if any
LAWs in the 2180s lack this capability. If there are any, they will most
likely be special variants of or ammo types for weapons which normally have CS
capability. Yes, a serious administrative SNAFU could
leave a troop with nothing but the non-CS types, but in this case the
troop is unlikely to have any ammo for their rifles either :-/

Regards,