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On Tue, 10/21/14, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Naval Scout/Couriers Re: [TML] Why do those big ships carry so many fighters?
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 9:31 AM

 On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at
 10:08 AM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list)
 <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 wrote:
 > Which explains why the standard
 Scout Ship is only J2M2.
 >
 > Still, since the IN has been using larger
 couriers (TL15/J6 tech came in
 >w/i the
 last century but there were undoubtedly TL14/J5 ones before
 then)
 >for who knows how long, I
 don't see why there can't be larger,
 >special purpose, Scout Ships.

 There are.

 Donoseve survey scouts at 400 dtons
 x-boat tender at 1000dtons

 and at least one AHL frontier crusier at 60,000
 dtons
    (which presumably lets
 you scout some rough neighborhoods)
 at least
 one Kokirrak dreadnaught at 200,000 dtons
  
   (I don't know what they scout with that, either.)

 >Surely the existing Scout Bases aren't
 limited to only 100dT vessels?

 Not at all.

 Not limited, but if you want to replace the
 J2/M2 100 dton scout ship
 with a direct
 replacement, you need to keep the external hull
 dimensions the same (or very close to the same)
 so that all the
 various existing add-ons and
 all the various existing hull mounts,
 cradles, etc. on other ships that were designed
 for the J2/M2 hulls
 will still work with the
 new ships.

 Crewing, and
 maintenance requirements, etc should also stay about the
 same.  If you have to double the number of
 people to operate the ship,
 that is a huge
 ongoing expense.  (And remember, the crew of a
 scout/courier is ONE.  Any increase will at
 least double the crew
 requirement, if not
 more.)

 If you have to
 increase the number of mechanics necessary to support
 the fleet, or increase the time it takes to
 cycle ships through annual
 maintenance,
 you're going to have some substantial logicical
 bottlenecks.

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A Scout Service 'Kokirrak'?
Geeez, I didn't know/must've forgot about that?
I also can't imagine what it's used for but it would seem to me that it would have to primarily use IN naval bases.
But, then, there is the fact that the 'Kokirrak's were originally equipped w/ Black Globes altho the CT supp that details it does state that they have not been replaced as they broke down. I don't remember what the % is that still have one functioning but the 5thFW board game *did* have an optional rule where a certain class of BatRon could be played w/ special 'BlackGlobe' rules.
Maybe the B'Globe is the reason the ScoutService has it?

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