General Does a Detached Scout/Courier come stocked?

[Black Vulmea]

Because TL=F is ... not ubiquitous/everywhere.

I didn't suggest it was - I'm talking specifically about a detached duty Scout.

TL=F is fine for the Imperial Navy and Imperial Marines ... but is logistically problematic for the Imperial Scouts.

The Imperial service that literally and specifically is charged with moving the mail around the entire Imperium can't buy and stockpile TL F gear? That makes no sense to me.

 

[Condottiere]

Assuming standardization was a mix of technological level eleven and twelve equipment, at the start of the Imperium.

Express boats need technological level thirteen jump drives.

Could be minimum technological level equipment, exceptional being mission critical, such as spying on the Zhodani.

 

[Spinward Flow]

I'm talking specifically about a detached duty Scout.

So was I.

The Imperial service that literally and specifically is charged with moving the mail around the entire Imperium can't buy and stockpile TL F gear? That makes no sense to me.

Apparently, you've never seen an Express Boat or even an Express Boat Tender before.
Guess what tech level those are?

Spoiler:

TL=A

If you don't believe me, I have LBB S7, p46 on my side of the argument as evidence.

Spoiler:

Express boats need technological level thirteen jump drives.

If they were using LBB5.80 custom drives ... sure!
But they're NOT.

Spoiler:

The Express Boats use a LBB2.77 Jump-B (TL=9) standard drive (no power plant or maneuver drive required!) and a model/4 computer (TL=A).
The Express Boat Tenders use LBB2.77/81 Jump-H/Maneuver-H/Power Plant-H (TL=A) standard drives and a model/3 computer (TL=9).

 

[Black Vulmea]

Apparently, you've never seen an Express Boat or even an Express Boat Tender before.

The Donosev survey scout in Supplement 9 is TL F and they operate a few TL E Azhanti High Lightnings per Supplement 5. The IISS fleet is not a crapsack.

The TL F standard Scout vacc suit comes from Grand Survey. It's not something I just dreamed up.