Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:52 AM
Ignatz,
Wow, that's a lot of drones! Between the ones on the magnetic pads up top, and a full compliment down below, a Tottenberg could carry...what? Thirty-six mixed dronecraft? Assuming you have two of these ships working a particular cruise, I don't see how a cargo box or two (or even three) would need more than seventy-two drones!
Maybe the rental/maintenance drone services would be available in some star systems, but not all of them, requiring a smaller freight company to be more self-sufficient. This also would mean that ships of this type would only need a full flight of dronecraft if they did runs out to systems where they might not have them available from an outside source.
-David
Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:59 AM
David,
Another possibility is that the Cargo Hauler is carrying all these extra drones for sale or smuggling (ha! ha!).
But seriously, yes, the cargo hauler could potentially carry lots of drones if need be. I'm not sure they would all need access to charging sockets at the same time, so perhaps something like ten to twelve sockets would serve.
- Ignatz