mavikfelna
Cosmic Mongoose
You have to have the Jump and Maneuver 5 to carry the maximum amount of cargo. This relies entirely on external cargo, which reduces ship's performance. If I could have fit in a Jump 6/Maneuver 6 setup to carry 500 tons of external cargo, I would have. But, there was not enough space in hull for everything else needed. The loss of the reduced fuel addon would have no material effect on the design ability to carry the external cargo. I could do it. Give me bit to work it upI guess, My question would be how often do you actually use the J-5 capability and is it worth the loss of cargo space and of increased fuel from say a J-3 engine. A J-3 engine would allow you to take advantage of the full 3 points of fuel reduction.
It needs to carry 50 tons of fuel in drop tanks to jump with a full load, but that gives you 450 tons of cargo. I'll post it in a sec.