LBB 2 '81 Subsidzed Merchant (Type R)

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Because I don't remember if I posted this anywhere I'm going to stick it here.
I spent a decent bit of time trying to replicate the math behind the LBB 2 Ships, and I finally figured it out.
The impetus for this was to re-design some LBB2 designs that had "foibles"
One of those was the Type R Subsidized Merchant.
It had alot of potential, but also a few flaws.
Chief among those (IMHO) was the inclusion of a 20 ton Launch costing 14 MCr.
But it also had C/C/C drives which really ran the cost up, +22MCr.
So with the math in hand I re-fitted the Ship in a few different variants,

• OG
• No Launch
• B/B/B with Launch
• B/B/B no launch.

So, here are 4 LBB2 '81 compliant Subsidized Merchant variants.

 

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I wasn't going to include them,
But since I have them,
Here is the "clean sheet merchant" which uses a custom hull to "reclaim" the space lost to drive in the standard hull, and the "Planetoid Merchant" which trade cargo space for an even cheaper hull.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

It had alot of potential, but also a few flaws.
Chief among those (IMHO) was the inclusion of a 20 ton Launch costing 14 MCr.

Agreed.

But it also had C/C/C drives which really ran the cost up, +22MCr.

Unchanged from LBB2'77. The Drive Potential Table was different, and it needed C drives in LBB2'77.