On 29 October 2014 08:19, <tmr0195@comcast.net> wrote:

Afternoon Kenneth,

Houston we have a failure to communicate.

To me the discount price calculated in HG makes the ship a standard design. Building a single unit is a custom design.

Book 2 on the other hand indicated that a standard hull was divided into two parts the engineering section that could only mount the drives and power plant and the main compartment got everything else stuffed into it. A custom hull for Book 2 allows you to get rid of the two sections and just stuff the components anywhere in the hull.

Ah - got you!

Which means using LBB2v2 to fill a "custom hull" with "standard (A-Z) drives", or using HGv2 to fill a "custom hull" with either "standard" or "custom" drives, can still result in a "standard design". And a "standard design" is any mass-produced design that qualifies for a discounted price and/or does not need an architect's fee.