[TML] jump weapons

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 8/4/08 2:43 PM, "Tom Naro" <tomnaro at yahoo.com> wrote:

> IMTU: Civilian vessels are built to transport goods or people.  Having a jump
> grid that is better at absorbing combat damage is not going to help
> them transport more goods or people.  It would not be cost effective for
> civilian ships to have tougher (and more expensive) hulls or jump grids.
> Civilian hulls are not much more than metal skins for the ship - they are made
> to cover the minimum engineering requirements only.  If you want extra
> features you have to pay more. (IMTU Military hulls are more expensive: +25%
> but have redundant jump grids and effective damage sensors.)

Nope.  Any engineer will tell you, you don't aim for absolute minimum.
*Always* build in a safety margin.

And it's not just about combat damage: even civilians have to deal with
damage and failure.  Ships *often* travel to places without facilities to
repair damage.  At the minimum, the ability to detect the damage is needed.
And since you build with a safety margin, you shut down the damaged parts
and work around them.  And a remora tapping into the grid is going to cause
damage.

What's not cost effective is losing ships when you don't have to.