Starship Electronics Packages

[robject]

While browsing the starship design tables, I couldn't help but think that there must be a handful of common-sense "electronics packages" that represents what most designers would choose for a handful of situations.

My thought is that starship design could therefore be streamlined by adding this list of packages, so that I could choose a package in lieu of browsing a dozen separate electronics tables. Vehicle design could plow through the tables in order to conserve space, but at the starship level, a quarter-ton here or there just doesn't matter.

Anyone done something like this?

 

[far-trader]

Yep, long time back.

And not just electronics as I recall but also weapon+power packages and other standard modules. Also did the same for vehicles to speed up the design process. Huge time saver. That is what standard design discounts should be based on in my opinion. If you want to go through the design with a fine caliper then it's custom, one-off or prototype, and costs a lot more.

Can't recall if the idea was my own or simply expanded on from an article that suggested the same.

 

[robject]

Examples

Here are five packages and two add-on options that describe all of the basic vehicles, smallcraft, and starships in the MT Imperial Encyclopedia. The exception is the Safari Ship, which has a survey package without the neutrino sensor. I suggest that it might as well have the full package.

For spacecraft packages, I'll round to the nearest half-ton, and ignore fractions of Cr100,000, and even tend to round to the nearest Cr500,000, assuming that this is for craft 10 tons and larger.

Basic Spacecraft Electronics Package (0t, Cr500,000)
System Radio commo
Interplanetary PEMS, Planetary AEMS
- Diff ActObjScan
- Diff ActObjPin
- Rout PasEngScan

Commercial Spacecraft Electronics Package (0t, MCr1)
System Radio commo
Interstellar PEMS, FarOrbit AEMS
- Rout ActObjScan
- Rout ActObjPin
- Rout PasEngScan

Survey Spacecraft Electronics Package (0.5t, MCr2.5)
System Radio commo
Interstellar PEMS, FarOrbit AEMS
Densitometer High Pen/1km
Neutrino 10kw
- Rout ActObjScan
- Rout ActObjPin
- Rout PasObjScan
- Rout PasObjPin
- Simp PasEngScan
- Rout PasEngPin

Jammer Option: FarOrbit EMSJammer, +MCr1
ECM Option: EMMask -- depends on hull volume (see table).

Basic Vehicle Electronics Package (0.0134kl, KCr150)
Planetary radio
VDistant PEMS, VDistant AEMS
- ActObjScan = Diff
- ActObjPin = Diff,
- PasEngScan = Form

Depending on where the typo is, it seems that all vehicles which have more than just a radio have this basic package, with the radio upgraded in the GCarrier and Speeder. I suspect that the GCarrier and Speeder have continental PEMS + a 10kw neutrino sensor:

Advanced Vehicle Electronics Package (0.234kl, KCr460)
System radio commo
Continental PEMS
VDistant AEMS
Neutrino Sensor, 10kw
- ActObjScan = Diff
- ActObjPin = Diff,
- PasEngScan = Rout


The itemized list of equipment is here. I'll assume TL14-15 for all equipment (even though the Close Escort is TL14).

</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">Component Volume(kl) Cost (Cr)
--------------------- --------- ----------
Regional radio 0.0002 500
Planetary radio 0.0014 30,000
System radio commo 0.014 KCr 150

VDistant PEMS 0.002 20,000
Continental PEMS 0.01 KCr 100
Interplanetary PEMS 0.014 KCr 140
Interstellar PEMS 0.032 KCr 320

VDistant AEMS 0.01 KCr 100
Planetary AEMS 0.028 KCr 280
FarOrbit AEMS 0.06 KCr 600

HP Densitometer, 1km 7.0 MCr 1.5
Neutrino Sensor, 10kw 0.2 KCr 110
FarOrbit EMS Jammer 0.12 MCr 1.2
EMMask 2% 7.0/t</pre>[/QUOTE]