AnotherDilbert
Emperor Mongoose
Agreed.If I calculate the cost of a regular 150-dTon streamlined hull, it is MCr9. It is 100% contained, no other costs are required to make it spaceworthy.
You are paying for the extra hatches, extra connections, extra fuel lines, extra power lines, extra air conduits, extra water/waste pipes, and extra structural reinforcement. You can put anything there from electronics to fuel tanks to staterooms, and the space has to be prepared for that. Or something like that...Now, if I make part of that ship (33.3%) modular, I have to pay an additional 33.33% hull cost (MCr3). What is that cost for? The hull is already complete and streamlined.
The extra hull cost is to prepare the ship for the module, not the module itself.
A module frame cost an additional kCr 25 per Dt, so 50 Dt * 25 kCr/Dt = kCr 1250 for each module.My assumption is that cost is for the hull of the module (MCr0.05 per ton = MCr2.5) and the fittings (mechanical connection points to attach it to the mothership, vacuum-tight doors, utility connections like electrical and life-support), an additional MCr0.5.
External pods need regular hulls at kCr 50 / Dt.If that is the case, then the cost for making the module an "external pod" is already covered.