Larger starships at higher J ratings?

[Baeron Gredlocke]

On page 108, regarding the "Performance by hull volume" table.

I'm not seeing the algorithm that generated that table- how should I generate a starship that's 1400 dtons or higher that can do j6? In other words, how do I deal with ship sizes that table does not address? In previous source materials it was fairly common to have hull sizes much larger than what's on that table

 

[Raalle]

I like EDG's solution here.

Fairly easy to extrapolate from the chart posted there if what you're building isn't listed (and EDG's proposal just plain makes sense).

 

[Baeron Gredlocke]

Awesome- thanks!

 

[EDG]

Fairly easy to extrapolate from the chart posted there if what you're building isn't listed (and EDG's proposal just plain makes sense).

That's largely why I came up with it - glad you like it

 

[Baeron Gredlocke]

I'm working on the early stages of a ship design program, and your performance table lends itself *much* better to a software tool.

 

[GothiousRex]

I have a shipbuilder excel sheet posted on the yahoo group

but it doesn't do anything about the cost in MCr

 

[ninthcouncil]

Remember that the imminent High Guard will deal with larger ships, presumably in a more alogorithmic manner. I'm not quite sure why Mongoose perpetuated the "letter code" design methodology rather than going with a High Guard compatible sequence from the word go - it's an unnecessary replication of Traveller's historical development with no obvious benefits other than nostalgia, given that it will be superseded within months of appearing.