GURPS Spaceships Design Spreadsheet

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by DaltonS

[*]What is the purpose of the "Auxiliary Craft" sheet, and how do I use it? I tried to load a cargo lighter I designed there from my "Saved Ships 1" sheet, but nothing showed up on the ships list for that sheet.

Two things you can do with Auxiliary Craft:
1) Create ships that are smaller SM than can be designed using the Spaceships rules. The three canonical examples in the existing ships are the Life Pod, Drop Capsule, and Stealth Capsule from the Designers Notes.
2) Create "dummy" ships to fill your Hangar Bays and Vehicle Docks without having to fully stat them up using the Spaceship rules. Especially useful for creating a Carrier and then fleshing out the small craft later.

Originally Posted by DaltonS

[*]I noticed that a non-superscience ship can't have TL^ auxiliary craft. Is that filter really necessary? Shouldn't size be the only qualifying factor?

Superscience ships also can't have Superscience Force Screens and Reactionless Engines. Auxiliary Craft are just another accessory, and if you install one on a non-superscience ship you are essentially stating that the ship is Superscience. So, yes, I like the filter. If you don't then either make the ship Superscience or click the checkbox "Don't filter systems by TL" in the upper-left corner of the design table sheet.