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So in StratOps, page 183, they have the rules for replacements to aerospace assets.  I'm concerned with really only a few categories from that.  Everything else...mechs, vehicles, etc, those times make a lot of sense.  Aerospace...not so much.

So I'm going to assume that you use the replace rules for add additional as well.  So say I wanted to ad a ton of armor to my dropship, that I would use the replace rules, not the repair rules.  And it would take me 15 minutes per dot of armor replaced, meaning I could get 32 dots replaced in a 8 hour maintenance cycle.

My main issues is understanding the nature and timing of replacements/modifications made to cargo and transportation bays.  Here's the rules:

Cargo Bay / -3 to roll / no partial / 1 month
Transport Bay / -1 to roll / no partial / 7 days per cubical

So lets use the Intruder Upgrade as an example.  It comes with 850 tons of cargo space as well as 2 fighter cubicals.  Let's say I wanted to make some re-adjustments to the ASF bays and the cargo to support a company of light tanks as well as 2 'Mechs.  I'm just wondering how this should all work out.

So I start with converting the 2 ASF bays to 'Mech bays.  Since this is a transportation bay replacing a transportation bay, I would assume it takes 7 days (56 hrs) to convert each cubicle, totaling 14 days or 112 hours.

Now say I want to take 600 tons of the 850 tons of cargo space and convert that into 12 light vehicle bays.  Is it going to take a straight month per the replace cargo bay rules or is it going to take 84 days (or 3 months / 672 hours) to make the conversion? 

Needless to say, making these kinds of adjustments takes a lot of time.  Unfortunately, it could be a lot longer.  Just trying to get down so I can assess the reasonableness of my modification requests to some of the dropships I'm going to purchase.