Broadsword Class Mercenary Cruiser

[someguy]

I went to the COTI board for help and Dan 'Far Trader' Burns referred me to Brooke's deckplans, which are simply beautiful.

I already linked to them in a previous post. I have taken the time to look at the materials you have posted and I find all of it to be excellently done.

Dan agrees that the radius of the sphere should be around 13.5m to get a volume of 800 dt.

That is actually faulty thinking. Dan's mistake is that he isn't thing in proportions. This design is not one ship, it is three ships. One ship is 700 dTons, the two others are 50 dtons each.

Imagine a sphere of water. Its volume is 14 ounces (representing the 700 dTons of the main ship). Now you place two one ounce (representing the 50 dTon cutters) cylindrical glass objects into the sphere of water.

The sphere of water is displaced by the introduction of the two glass cylinders.

I will check with some of my math buddies are "Reed College" and see what numbers they come up with.

I feel totally unworthy ....

Rubbish. Absolute Rubbish!

[someguy]

OK, after talking With Will, he came up with this.

1 dTon is 14 m^3, so a volume of 10990 m^3 and a radius of 13.8 m.

This assumes:

The main ship is 700 dTons, with two 42.5 dTon cylinders within the hull.

Only 85% of the cutters are with in the ships hull. the other 7.5 dTons are outside the hull.

This has an end hull dtons of 800. (700+(42.5*2)+(7.5*2) = 800.

But anyway, I don't need exact, just close.

[ravells]

Gotcha. I'll rework the design.

Cheers and thanks for the compliments!

Ravi

[ravells]

So something more along these lines then?

[someguy]

So something more along these lines then?

Hmm. I was doing some fiddling around and I was thinking that this version didn't need the Cutters at all.

Rather it could have a drop ship that's a saucer shaped that attaches to the underbelly of the ship.

I attached the work sheet of the new design. Hopefully this one is easier to draw.

[ravells]

Hmm. I was doing some fiddling around and I was thinking that this version didn't need the Cutters at all.

Rather it could have a drop ship that's a saucer shaped that attaches to the underbelly of the ship.

I attached the work sheet of the new design. Hopefully this one is easier to draw.

Hey stop changing them!!

Have to change the position of the main thrusters unless you want hole in your saucer (plumbers hissed intake of breath) going to cost you a few mega credits that will, mate!

I'll get onto it soon and hopefully more time next week to seriously spend in putting something decent together.

Ravs

[someguy]

Hey stop changing them!!

It was just a suggestion...

Have to change the position of the main thrusters unless you want hole in your saucer (plumbers hissed intake of breath) going to cost you a few mega credits that will, mate!

Here is a very crude illustration of what I though was the maneuver drive setup.