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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 150
Message ID: 10
#10, RE: Two Questions.
Posted by Sinapus on Oct-14-01 at 02:14 AM
In response to message #9
LAST EDITED ON Oct-14-01 AT 02:14 AM (EDT)

>>Damn, I spend a couple hours putting together a reply and you beat me
>>to it. }:-{D
>
>So the CFMF has different classifications than everybody else - that
>should come as no great surprise to anybody. :)

Hm. Wonder if any naval powers in UF would try using system defense boats, monitors and battle riders a la Traveller.

SDB = light warship w/no FTL drive (jump drives in Traveller are pretty massive) to make room for stronger sublight engines and more weapons and defenses. Monitors are heavier versions.

Battle riders are essentially cruiser-sized sublight vessels carried into a system by a larger mother vessel called a battle tender (why, I have no idea.)

(Okay, in UF you don't have to go running to a local gas giant to refuel your fleet after each jump so the sublight ships mentioned above might not be so practical.)

Patrick Chester
"...could you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"