On 2 Sep 2019, at 23:51, Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
>
> Back in 2003, Mr Kimball wrote an article for Freelance Traveller, "Missile
> Magazines for High Guard". This week, I received the below inquiry from a
> reader questioning some possibly anomalous figures from this article. Does
> anyone have contact information for Mr Kimball that I may forward on this
> inquiry?
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Concerning the article Missile Magazines For High Guard, why do the TLs in
>> the article break TL 12 out from 10, 11, 13?  Why do the sizes appear to be
>> inverted - making lower TL versions hold more missile?  Why are the number
>> of launchers highest for TL 12?
>>
>>                       Launchers   Hardware Tons   Ready Missiles  Ready Missile Tons  Waste Tons  Battery Rounds
>> 100-t bay (TL 7,8,9)    5           20.5            130             78                  1.5         27
>> 100-t bay (TL 10,11,13) 7           28.5            119             71.4                0.1         18
>> 100-t bay (TL 12)       9           36.5            99              59.4                4.1         12
>> 50-t bay (TL 10,11,13)  5           20.5            45              27                  2.5         10
>> 50-t bay (TL 12,14,15)  7           28.5            35              21                  0.5         6
>>
>> All of the table appear to have this breakdown.

The values appear to be correct.

TL-12 bays, both 50 and 100 ton, have a higher factor than TL-11, so need more missiles because the factor per missile is the same (see turrets).

TL-13 bays have the same factor as TL-12 but TL-13+ has a technology jump (the TL Modifier +1 for turret weapons) so you need fewer TL-13 missiles per bay.

TL-14/15 then increase factor compared to TL-13 and need more launchers.

Phil Kitching