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Hi,
my players just got their first starship and have quite some space free (4 modules = 100 tons cargo). Since they want to prepare for "off-world incidents" they plan to fill some cargo with UPBs.
Unfortunately the cargo space is given in tons, while the UPBs weight is given in Bulk. Does anyone found a rough rule how to convert these into each other?
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From the description of UPB: Each UPB is a tiny multifunction component, not much larger than a grain of rice, capable of being configured to act as a brace, capacitor, circuit, diode, fastener, insulator, lens, modulator, pipe, resistor, and dozens of other constituent parts.
So 100 tons of UPB would equal 100 tons of rice grains.
A single long grain of rice weighs an average of 0.029 grams.
This puts 1 bulk of UPB at a weight of 29 grams. With 100.000.000 grams of space, you won't have enough credits to fill it up.
Edit: When using the bulk to weight from estimating bulk, 1 bulk around 5-10 lbs. I'm going with 10 lbs just for the sake of the calculation, which makes it 4.5 kg per bulk. So you have 100.000 kg of space: 22.222 bulk worth, or 22.222.000 credits needed to fill it up with UPBs.
It's too warm to properly math, so if I messed up something, my apologies.