What does the CUSTOMER need to know about his ship? Freelance Traveller (11 Apr 2014 22:36 UTC)
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Re: [TML] What does the CUSTOMER need to know about his ship?
Bruce Johnson
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William Ewing
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Bruce Johnson
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Ian Wood
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Greg Chalik
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Re: [TML] What does the CUSTOMER need to know about his ship?
Marshall, C. W.
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Brad Murray
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What does the CUSTOMER need to know about his ship? Freelance Traveller 11 Apr 2014 22:36 UTC
I'm not talking about the typical Traveller, who's read the Black Books and knows the difference between a Jump Drive-B and a Jump Drive-D and when to put one or the other into a ship. I'm talking about e.g., nobles who "have people who know that stuff; I just need...". Without going into fittings and decor, just figuring basic space allocations and performance, what does the Naval Architect's sales rep need to be told by the customer about the ship? Right off the top of my head, I see the customer as needing to bring the following info to the sales desk: 1. Jump performance 2. Maneuver performance 3. Number of staterooms 4. Required cargo space 5. Additional Common space Specialty areas (e.g., the animal holding areas of the Safari ship) would be classed as Additional Common Space for this discussion; things like the Bridge and fuel storage are automatic, and not specified by the customer unless the customer specifies (e.g.) "It has to be able to make two jumps without refueling." What else is Sales Guy going to need to know before handing a spec sheet to the Naval Architect for plans to be handed to the yard? -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Fanzine and Resource editor@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com http://freelancetraveller.downport.com/ ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2014. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: CyberNET Web Hosting (http://www.cyberwebhosting.net) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)