Morning Christopher,

In my opinion the answer is yes you can install a lower TL item on a higher TL vehicle. IIRC spinal mounts form the keel of the vessel making upgrading or downgrading more difficult.

I would think that the higher TL is capable of building anything from a lower TL.

Tom Rux

> On 01/31/2023 2:23 PM Christopher Sean Hilton - chris at vindaloo.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have two questions about designing ships with spinal mount weapons
> against Book 5 / High Guard. The questions are:
>
> * *Are lower tech spinal mounts available when building at higher tech levels?*
>   Specifically, if I'm designing a ship at TL10 and I want a spinal mount particle
>   accelerator, Can I install a factor "A" or factor "B" weapon. _Please ignore the gorilla in
>   the room for the moment._
>
> * *Should I decide to upgrade factors and if so, what are the criteria?* In my example
>    above, the best choice is actually a factor "C" weapon. It costs less, takes up less
>    space, uses the same energy, and packs a little more punch. In this case the answer is
>    obvious, install the factor "C" weapon. Should the decision always be based on EP
>    consumption?
>
> Assuming that factor "A" weapons are available an any tech above their introduction, the
> second question is actually pretty simple to answer but can you procure a factor "A" meson
> gun when you are building at TL14?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
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> Chris
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