[TML] jump weapons

[J. Broederlow]

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.

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Unless the customer wants the absolute minimum. 
This is how we wound up with an entire generation of supertankers built
with single hull, single power plant, single screw propulsion, with a
total hull life of no more than ten years. And then crewed with morons
and drunkards.

When the ships sank, the insurers paid out on ship and cargo and the
owners walked away.


Jonathan