Fighter and Cargo Bays ( Ship )

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Cargo Bays and Fighter Bays

Fighter Bays:
Some ships have fighters bays. A ship can have between 0 and 20 fighter bays. Fighter bays hold fighter wings, if a wing is so large that it will not fit in a single fighter bay the wing will try to use more than a single bay if there are more than one empty bays available. The number of fighters that will fit on a ship are determined by the hull design.

For example: A fighter wing with 95 fighters docks with a ship with 5 empty fighter bays all 40 units in size. The wing fits into 3 ship bays, leaving 2 bays empty. Another wing with up to 80 fighters can still dock with this ship filling the remaining 2 empty bays.

Cargo Bays: Ships have from 0 to 20 cargo bays. Cargo bays hold cargo pods. The size of cargo pod that will fit in a single cargo bay depends on the ship hull design. If a cargo pod is too large to fit in a single cargo bay multiple cargo bays can be used to hold the cargo pod. The above screen is showing a native pod that is being stored in 3 cargo bays on the USS Dully. The USS Dully happens to have 20 cargo bays all 2kt in size. The native pod has a mass of 5kt, so it requires 3 cargo bays to store the pod.