This is an old revision of the document!

Fundamentals

The first step in designing a vehicle with this system is to determine its Volume, Linear and Area factors. As a rule of thumb, you may assume that every tonne of vehicle equals about a cubic meter of Volume. Civilian vehicles tend to be a bit bulkier than military vehicles; you can multiply your tonnage by 1.5 or 2 to compensate for that.

Find your Volume on the table below, and read across to find your Area and Linear values. If the Volume you wish to work with does not appear on the table, find the smallest Volume that is larger than the Volume you wish, and use its values.

If your Volume is greater than 1,000, you can determine the Area and Linear values as follows:

Divide the Volume you want by 1,000. If your Volume is still over 1,000, divide it by 1,000 again. Keep track of how many times you have to do this until your Volume is 1,000 or under.
Find your new Volume on the table. As usual, if you don't find the exact Volume you need, pick the smallest Volume that is larger than your selected Volume.
For every time you had to divide your Volume, multiply the listed Area by 100 and the listed Linear by 10.

Volume	Area	Linear
1	1	1
1.33	1.21	1.1
1.73	1.44	1.2
2.2	1.69	1.3
2.74	1.96	1.4
3.38	2.25	1.5
4.1	2.56	1.6
4.91	2.89	1.7
5.83	3.24	1.8
6.86	3.61	1.9
8	4	2
9.26	4.41	2.1
10.65	4.84	2.2
12.17	5.29	2.3
13.82	5.76	2.4
15.63	6.25	2.5
17.58	6.76	2.6
19.68	7.29	2.7
21.95	7.84	2.8
24.39	8.41	2.9
27	9	3
29.79	9.61	3.1
32.77	10.24	3.2
35.94	10.89	3.3
39.3	11.56	3.4
42.88	12.25	3.5
46.66	12.96	3.6
50	13.57	3.68
50.65	13.69	3.7
54.87	14.44	3.8
59.32	15.21	3.9
64	16	4
68.92	16.81	4.1
74.09	17.64	4.2
79.51	18.49	4.3
85.18	19.36	4.4
91.13	20.25	4.5
97.34	21.16	4.6
100	21.54	4.64
103.82	22.09	4.7
110.59	23.04	4.8
117.65	24.01	4.9
125	25	5
132.65	26.01	5.1
140.61	27.04	5.2
148.88	28.09	5.3
150	28.23	5.31
157.46	29.16	5.4
166.37	30.25	5.5
175.62	31.36	5.6
185.19	32.49	5.7
195.11	33.64	5.8
200	34.2	5.85
205.38	34.81	5.9
216	36	6
226.98	37.21	6.1
238.33	38.44	6.2
250	39.69	6.3
262.14	40.96	6.4
274.62	42.25	6.5
287.5	43.56	6.6
300	44.81	6.69
300.76	44.89	6.7
314.43	46.24	6.8
328.51	47.61	6.9
343	49	7
350	49.66	7.05
357.91	50.41	7.1
373.25	51.84	7.2
389.02	53.29	7.3
400	54.29	7.37
405.22	54.76	7.4
421.87	56.25	7.5
438.98	57.76	7.6
450	58.72	7.66
456.53	59.29	7.7
474.55	60.84	7.8
493.04	62.41	7.9
500	63	7.94
512	64	8
531.44	65.61	8.1
550	67.13	8.19
551.37	67.24	8.2
571.79	68.89	8.3
592.7	70.56	8.4
600	71.14	8.43
614.12	72.25	8.5
636.06	73.96	8.6
650	75.04	8.66
658.5	75.69	8.7
681.47	77.44	8.8
700	78.84	8.88
704.97	79.21	8.9
729	81	9
750	82.55	9.09
753.57	82.81	9.1
778.69	84.64	9.2
800	86.18	9.28
804.36	86.49	9.3
830.58	88.36	9.4
850	89.73	9.47
857.37	90.25	9.5
884.74	92.16	9.6
900	93.22	9.65
912.67	94.09	9.7
941.19	96.04	9.8
950	96.64	9.83
970.3	98.01	9.9
1,000	100	10