GURPS Spaceships, upscaling sizes

[weby]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

(Though steerage trade-in is a bit odd, in that except at SM +6 you get back ~2/3 of the total system tonnage, but nothing seems consistent with the rest having any particular use.)

It is a bit odd, but I guess it is meant to represent the fact that steerage cargo is pressurized and climate controlled, though the spaceships entry for carrying things like livestock does not sound like it would work due to running out of lifesupport fast that way..

In my games I assume that steerage cargo does indeed contain long term lifesupport for four or short term for 15/5 ton chuck as the designer wants and that accounts for the extra mass...

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by weby

It is a bit odd, but I guess it is meant to represent the fact that steerage cargo is pressurized and climate controlled, though the spaceships entry for carrying things like livestock does not sound like it would work due to running out of lifesupport fast that way..

In my games I assume that steerage cargo does indeed contain long term lifesupport for four or short term for 15/5 ton chuck as the designer wants and that accounts for the extra mass...

Given the difference between life support and non life support habitats, that doesn't seem to add up.

TBH I'd guess it doesn't really represent anything except that 5 tons per cabin was the most they could give without the SM+5 habitat turning into a bag of holding...