In the course of fiddling with the Cepheus Engine ship construction rules (in preparation for a possible play-by-post game), I realized that the metric ton is *defined* as a cubic meter of water at the temperature and pressure of it's maximum volume. So if I use the metric system (as CE does), then my "decaton" comes out to be an even 10 cubic meters. In other words, a square 2 meters on a side and 2.5 meters tall.

I think I'm going to go with that. :)

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 7:31 AM Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 3:30 AM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

For what it's worth, the traditional Traveller DTon of 14 or 13.5 cubic
metres, is roughly 500 cubic feet. A traditional 'ton' in the shipping
trade is 100 cubic feet, or about the volume a ton of mixed loose cargo
uses in a cargo hold. Thus a DTon is about 5 'tons' in the old sense.
Your decaton is a little over 3 of these volumetric tons.

Thanks, Rupert!

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Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident." Robert A. Heinlein

"I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as Muhammed." Alexis de Tocqueville

"We know a little about a lot of things; just enough to make us dangerous." Dean Winchester (fictional monster hunter portrayed by Jensen Ackles)

"It has been my experience that a gun doesn't care who pulls its trigger." Newton Knight (as portrayed by Matthew McConaughey), to a scoffing Confederate tax collector facing the weapons held by Knight's young children and wife.