One thing I forgot and didn't remember until I saw mention of it this evening, was that currently many of the super/mega/ultra yachts have what's known as a "shadow boat" that accompanies them wherever they go. Often, this is designed and built when the yacht is, or sometimes modified from an existing design (how gauche!), and it carries the helicopters, larger tender boats, submersibles, cars, SUVs, ATVs, and all the other assorted extras that the owner might want or need (having their own ground transportation would be, IMO, a big plus because you'd know it wasn't messed with). Some have a rather extensive medical suite aboard, equipment stores, even extra fuel for the subordinate craft, helos, seaplanes, etc. In Traveller, you could do the same thing, though given that there really isn't a cost discount when you design a freighter/utility ship as compared to a yacht (other than fittings), it might be better in the long run to take that 5k dton yacht and push it to 8k dton or 9k dton and add the shadow boat features into one hull. -- Kurt Feltenberger xxxxxx@thepaw.org/xxxxxx@yahoo.com “Before today, I was scared to live, after today, I'm scared I'm not living enough." - Me
