Boooring!

[Guinness]

Well military standard is SS2 price in british pounds x 10, BP is light tonnage divided by 1000, just like any other warship.

For the large example, that's $4.85 and 10 BP, vs. $7.36 and 8.643 BP, using the 1/4 the cost in weight and machinery + full cost of all the armament, armor, and misc weight formula.

For the small example, it's $3.07 and 6 BP, vs $4.25 and 4.984 BP.

So cheaper in $, but more expensive in BP. Sort of a pick your poison situation. Or am I doing something wrong?

[Sachmle]

Well military standard is SS2 price in british pounds x 10, BP is light tonnage divided by 1000, just like any other warship.

So cheaper in $, but more expensive in BP. Sort of a pick your poison situation. Or am I doing something wrong?

Well, um...yes. We switched to $=BP a few years ago...don't know if it never got posted in the rules.....So the $ cost is the same as the BP cost, except in the following: DDs are BPx1.25=$ cost, subs are BPx2=$ cost.

[P3D]

Switched back to BP=$, to be accurate.

[Guinness]

Gah! Headache. So from the rules:

Ship cost in $ equals SS2 GBP cost x10
...
Building of a ship takes up a considerable part of nations heavy industrial capacity. 1BP equals 1000t of light displacement, thus a ship of 20000t displacement requires 20BP to build.

The first statement is no longer true? Should that read instead:

Building of a ship takes up a considerable part of nations heavy industrial capacity. 1BP equals 1000t of light displacement, thus a ship of 20000t displacement requires 20BP to build.

Ship cost in $ equals the BP cost, thus a ship that requires 20BP  to build costs $20.

Followed by some language about destroyers and subs, etc.?

[Borys]

Ahoj!
Right on, Guiness!
Borys