Ship Readouts entries questions

[snrdg121408]

Hello everyone,

Looking at the craft readouts in the Core Rulebook, HG, Scouts, Traders and Gunboats I noticed that ship's lockers are sometimes listed and airlocks are only listed for small craft

The core rulebook, p. 110, states every ship has a ship's locker which is listed in the readouts. HG does not appear to list ship's lockers anywhere in the book. Scouts does to list them on 3 designs. Traders and Gunboats only has 1 design with a ship's locker.

Aitlocks:
Traders and Gunboats 14 times: 11 times in small craft readouts and 3 mentions as supporting text.

Scouts 11 times: 3 mentioned in the text and 8 in the readouts.

HG 15 times: 4 in readouts and the other 11 in text. Airlocks are optional for small craft and not by default.

Core Rulebook 26 times in the text and nothing in the readouts.

Why is a ship's locker an extra when a ship has at least 1?

Why, with the exception of small craft, aren't ship's lockers always listed on the readout?

Why aren't airlocks listed as a component in all designs?

The core rulebook references airlocks in the sample game play.

Thanks for any replies.

 

[GypsyComet]

Why aren't airlocks listed as a component in all designs?

Airlocks are optional for small craft and not by default.

You've basically answered your own question. Airlocks are automatically part of the hull of a starship, and are thus not part of the design *process* by a player (except during deckplan layout).

Airlocks are *not* automatic in small craft, so they become a design choice by a player.

 

[snrdg121408]

Evening GypsyComet,

I really hate answering my own questions;-). Thanks for the reply and my apologies for taking so long to get back here. I forgot mark notify.

I think I'm going to follow the MT format and list the airlocks anf ship's lockers in the readout for all my designs. One of the reasons is that even a standard design is not going to be standard after a few owners. I've come across, in a few games, where the airlocks of the ship, like the Free Trader, were not in the same spot of the standard plans. The GM, for fun, changed the locations though she did leave the outer door welded shut in the same spot. Took a few minutes to find the real airlock hatch which was on the ventral port side of the ship.

Why aren't airlocks listed as a component in all designs?

Airlocks are optional for small craft and not by default.

You've basically answered your own question. Airlocks are automatically part of the hull of a starship, and are thus not part of the design *process* by a player (except during deckplan layout).

Airlocks are *not* automatic in small craft, so they become a design choice by a player.