RE: NAC units, was Odd FT Idea

You wrote: 

>It is rather satisfying to smash up or capture enemy supplies.  

Yeah--so much so that I have to impose a break-off limit for the 
attacking force (50% of points and they go home) AND define victory be 
comparing percentage of cargo destroyed and percentage of raiders, 
under the premise that fragging a battleship is likely to be worth more 
than a couple light freighter-loads of whatever's in the convoy.

>As to the FT universe I would have presumed a lot of trade takes place 
but >between larger colony worlds mainly.  Until they built up a 
reasonable >manufacturing base on new colonies I doubt it would be 
worthwhile to make >the trip out to these new worlds for most traders.

Well, trade per se, you'r right.  However newly established colonies 
will see immigration (how many colonists can we stuff in a heavy 
freighter?  I dunno, but we've reinvented steerage [Leonardo daCaprio 
not included]), colonial sponsor's supply runs (which in my background 
includes pre-fab industrial facilities--there's a nasty war going on 
and the Empire needs all the help it can get), and other reasons to go 
there.

John M. Atkinson