RE: Size of Orbital Bases

It really comes down to your defensive doctrine.  1 big station might
remain combat effective for longer, but the cost in time & resources to
replace it is astronomical, but a larger number of small satellites
gives redundancy at a cost of having to replace destroyed stations on a
fairly frequent basis.
Another thing to keep in mind, in campaign games, getting a station of
that size built could take several turns, during which the construction
works are very vulnerable to a sneak attack by your enemies.

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>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Sean Bayan Schoonmaker [SMTP:schoon@aimnet.com]
>Sent:	Wednesday, June 09, 1999 2:14 PM
>
>In fact, I'd recommend a slightly different strategy for orbitral
defense.
>One larger "control" station (perhaps planetbound?) and several smaller
>satalites (say MASS 80). That way a tug could easily mover them, and
you
>can design them to take advantage of mutual support and interlocking
>fields of fire.
>
>Schoon
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