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Isn't this what those J6 IN couriers are for?
AFAIK, they're first mentioned in the CT supplement titled 'Fighting Ships of the Spinward Marches' <sic>.
Seems to me that they would be also avail for other official government business, not just the IN's.
Also, remember that early entries of the CT TNS declared that the 3I was just about to embark on a program to upgrade Xboats to J6. The route out to Regina was to be given priority & the saving in transit time from Capital to Regina was even specified.
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On Thu, 10/9/14, Jeffrey Schwartz <schwartz.jeffrey@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Naval Scout/Couriers Re: [TML] Why do those big ships carry so many fighters?
To: "tml" <tml@simplelists.com>
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014, 6:23 AM
I've often wondered why it seemed the IN got ship upgrades
every
decade or three, but the IISS was using basically the same
ship for
the last thousand years.
I've had this mental image now and then of a poker game
amoung the
3I's Joint Chiefs, where the Admiral complains about having
to detach
escorts to carry mail at Jump-4 so they have any chance of
catching up
with the fleet, since the Type-S's are only Jump-2.
The IISS Administrator replies,"Well , if the Navy didn't
suck up all
the credits, maybe we'd get an upgraded design..."
The Admiral responds,"I know the commanders on scene hate
losing the
firepower of the escort in an anti-missile role, and it'd
almost be
worth it for the IN to fund a new 100 ton design..."
The Marine General adds,"If it had some way to deploy
commando troops,
for behind the lines raids, we'd kick in on the funding"
The Army General nods, "And the ability to carry the mail
quicker for
us would be a good thing..."
The IISS Admin ponders it, and then says,"The sensible thing
would be
to accept that it's going to be _another_ thousand years
before I hear
something like this, and design something really cutting
edge under
the idea that in 250-500 years it'll be the common place
technology. I
mean, Jump-2 was cutting edge when the Type-S first was
thought up."
The others agree,and the research project begins...
.... So, if you were doing a ground-up redesign, what would
you do ?
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