Re: Background questions

	An alternative would be say that each jumps is say a lightyear
and that
each ship has fuel for so many jumps. You could then get real tricky and
say that the amount of fuel for each jump is dependent on the mass of
the
ships thus you need those escorts to raid and patrol. Just a thought.

	Tony.
	twilko@ozemail.com.au

At 04:09 18/01/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I've been considering the idea of setting up a 'background assumptions'
>page for my NRE, discussing the assumptions I make when considering my
>universe (I like the ring of that, "My Universe").  Anyway, I think
I've
>more or less decided to use the 'offical' FTL drive, I guess I could
>call it the "hop drive" which makes a number of short hops rather than
>one long jump from starsystem to starsystem (a la Traveller).	Anyway,
>to limit these guys somewhat, I wanted to introduce an arbitrary fuel
>requirement.  I was considering 3-4 parsecs for military ships, and
>probably 2-3 parsecs for civillian ships.  This wouldn't show up as a
>factor of mass in Full Thrust ship design, but would force space combat
>to follow logical lines of advance, with a requirement to secure
fueling
>spots (any gas giant will do, as will an inhabitated planet with
>hydrogen refining equipment).	Just a playability issue.  But anyway,
>what I was asking the Star Gurus on the list is, Is that enough
>distance?  I mean, if I say "2 parsecs for civillian ships" will I be
>cutting off a lot of stars from commerce?  Do I need three?  Or even
>four?
>
>John M. Atkinson
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