GURPS Spaceships Design Spreadsheet

[DaltonS]

I need a little clarification on “Modular Sections” (RC10). I know there is something about modular systems in the Spaceships books, and I can using these rules for Small or Tiny modular sections, but the larger sizes might have different rules.

Many times these modules are designed to be used on their own, independent of a ship, allowing a modular ship to take a module to a planet and drop it off for use there.

This implies that the ship can function without the modules. After dropping a Standard or Large modular section, the ship's mass is reduced one or two thirds. Does this affect the ship's STL and FTL space performance? Does the reduced volume affect shield dDR?

Each module should be designed as a ship of the appropriate SM.

Does this mean the module can actually be a ship? Could it be streamlined when the ship it's attached to isn't? Are these modular sockets customized for a particular class of module like Vehicle Docks are? What are the rules for attaching/detaching modules?

Dalton “Expiring minds need to kn....” Spence