From PoT and RCEG there were mentions of clipper modules being constructed at lower tech levels than the clipper, and also Vixtrix Sloops being jumped to other RC Member Worlds for fitting out - so as to develop shipbuilding skills throughout the RC.
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On 18 Feb 2015, at 09:40, " [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
> I don't know if this was clear in the published materials, but RC ships
> were definitely intended to be built the way you describe, big hulls built
> as economically and at the lowest TLs possible, with key force-multiplying
> systems (jump drives, power plants, computers, sensors, weapons, etc.)
> dropped in from higher TLs so the higher-tech worlds could focus their
> labor force on manufacturing key technologies that would be used
> elsewhere. If that wasn't clear it was probably because we had to publish
> ships that followed the "classic" approach of an entire ship being
> manufactured at a single tech level as examples of the normal approach.
> There were also limitations on plug-and-play, as you can't drop a TL 15
> computer onto a TL 10 network with a TL 12 databus and expect to get full
> TL 15 performance out of it
>
>
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On 18 Feb 2015, at 09:40, " [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
> I don't know if this was clear in the published materials, but RC ships
> were definitely intended to be built the way you describe, big hulls built
> as economically and at the lowest TLs possible, with key force-multiplying
> systems (jump drives, power plants, computers, sensors, weapons, etc.)
> dropped in from higher TLs so the higher-tech worlds could focus their
> labor force on manufacturing key technologies that would be used
> elsewhere. If that wasn't clear it was probably because we had to publish
> ships that followed the "classic" approach of an entire ship being
> manufactured at a single tech level as examples of the normal approach.
> There were also limitations on plug-and-play, as you can't drop a TL 15
> computer onto a TL 10 network with a TL 12 databus and expect to get full
> TL 15 performance out of it
>
>