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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 7213434" data-attributes="member: 1879">One thing that struck me about the expansion bays is that they seem to be poorly thought out. By which I mean the sizing is somewhat inconsistent and that large ships don't have nearly enough of them.For example a single bay defaults to a cargo bay which can hold about 25 tons with no single item being of greater than size "large". Ok. Seems reasonable. 4 bays together let you store huge items and 8 for gargantuan. Plausible. A single bay seems to be about room sized. A single bay will function as a workshop, or medical bay, or enchanting lab. They will sleep 6 or seat 16. At a guess a bay is a space of maybe 10x10x20. The problem is the number of bays by size of the ship. They actually do pretty well up through maybe large but here's the problem: <a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">SIDEBAR: STARSHIP SCALE</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Though the size categories of starships have the same names as the size categories of creatures, they operate on completely different scales. Even within a size category, a starships’s exact measurements might differ between base frames and manufacturers. The size of a starships also modifies its Armor Class and Target Lock as indicated.</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Size    Length    Weight    AC and TL Modifier</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Tiny    20–60 ft.    3–20 tons    +2</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Small    60–120 ft.    20–40 tons    +1</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Medium    120–300 ft.    40–150 tons    +0</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Large    300–800 ft.    150–420 tons    –1</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Huge    800–2,000 ft.    420–1,200 tons    –2</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Gargantuan    2,000–15,000 ft.    1,200–8,000 tons    –4</a><a href="http://www.starfindersrd.com/equipment/starships/" target="_blank">Colossal    Over 15,000 ft.    Over 8,000 tons    –8</a>The number of bays don't keep up with the volume of the ships. A large ship is bigger than any aircraft ever flown but holds fewer passengers than a small airliner. A colossal ship is literally miles long but only has 20 bays to the large freighters 8. It's the David Weber thing again. Cube-square law boys, look it up.</blockquote>

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