---------------------------------------------------------- Size, Move Cost, and Turn Mode based on Explosion Strength ---------------------------------------------------------- This is an attempt to allow ship designers to calculate Size Class, Move Cost, and Turn Mode based on the Explosion Strength of the ship. No system will work 100% of the time here, as there are ships even in "official ADB" print whose statistics cannot logically be calculated. Even I don't use these systems all the time; this is simply meant to be a guideline. ---------------- Non-TNG version: ---------------- Calculate the ship's "Explosion Strength", which is the number of internals on the SSD, plus ExcDam, plus 1 each for the other tracks. Example: The standard Fed TCA has 99 boxes, plus 6 for ExcDam plus 3 for the other 3 tracks gives us a total of 108. Use the chart below to look up the ship's Size Class and Move Cost. For Turn Mode, find the highest number which is below the number of Impulse boxes on the ship. Example (continued): The Fed TCA, using the 100-129 line, is Size Class 3, Move Cost 1, and has (using 4 impulse) a Turn Mode of D. 0Xs Size Move Impulse needed for Turn Mode ExpStr Class Cost SW SF AA A B C D E F G H I J K 0-9 6 1/20 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 10-14 5 1/10 2 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - 15-19 5 1/9 2 2 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 20-24 4 1/8 3 2 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 25-29 4 1/7 3 2 2 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - 30-39 4 1/6 3 3 2 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - 40-49 4 1/5 4 3 2 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - 50-59 4 1/4 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - - - - 60-69 4 1/3 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - - - 70-79 4 1/2 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - - 80-89 3 2/3 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - 90-99 3 3/4 20 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - 100-129 3 1 50 20 12 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - 130-139 3 5/4 60 30 20 12 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - 140-159 3 4/3 70 40 30 20 10 7 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - 160-189 2 3/2 80 50 40 30 20 10 6 4 3 2 1 0 - - 190-199 2 7/4 90 60 50 40 30 20 8 5 4 2 1 0 - - 200-249 2 2 100 80 60 40 30 20 10 6 5 3 2 1 0 - 250-299 2 5/2 130 100 70 50 40 30 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 - 300-349 1 3 160 120 80 50 40 30 20 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 per +50 1 +1/2 shift above by 1 column to right per +50 ExpStr The chart assumes the ship's warp engines are 0Xs tech. If this is not the case, multiply the Explosion Strength by the value below before referencing the above table. Note that the type of warp (SWARP, WARP, TWARP, etc.) is irrelevant here; the tech level of the engines is what's important. Warp Tech: 0Xe 0Xs 0Xl 1X 2Xe 2Xs 2Xl ExpStr Mult.: x1.1 x1 x0.9 x0.8 x0.7 x0.6 x0.5 ------------ TNG version: ------------ Calculate the ship's Explosion Strength (in MegaBoxes) as per non-TNG rules. 3X Size Move Impulse needed for Turn Mode ExpStr Class Cost SW SF AA A B C D E F G H I J K 3 5 1/20 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 1/16 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 1/12 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 6-7 4 1/10 3 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - 8-9 3 1/8 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 10-14 3 1/6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - 15-19 3 1/4 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - - - - 20-27 2 1/3 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - - - 28-29 2 3/8 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - - 30-44 2 1/2 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - - 45-59 2 3/4 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - - 60-74 2 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - - 75-89 2 5/4 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - 90-119 1 3/2 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 120-134 1 7/4 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 135-149 1 2 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 150-179 1 5/2 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 180-209 1 3 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 210-239 1 7/2 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 240-269 1 4 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 270-299 1 9/2 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 300-399 0 5 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 per +30 0 +1/2 shift above by 1 column to right per +30 ExpStr The chart assumes 3X engines; shift upwards by the following number of columns. Thus if you have 50 internals and are 4Xs you read on the "28-29" line above. HWARP and better warp types count as impulse as well as warp, so those ships typically have Turn Modes of SW. Warp Tech: 3X 4Xe 4Xs 4Xl 5X 6Xe 6Xs 6Xl Shift: 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7