Re: Ground-Based Fighters (longish)

In a message dated 7/15/99 6:44:23 PM EST, schoon@aimnet.com writes:

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 Or what happens to those facilities when the fighters are relocated.
 
 Those facilities are just as important as a carrier in battle - and
 potentially just as large a target.
  >>

Ever visit an abandoned airfield? The weeds grow up through the
taxiways, the 
glass vanishes from the buildings and it just quietly rots. In space
this 
would be even more dramatic and refitting these orbital fighter bases
would 
cost time and resources. I'd charge points equal to 25% of the baswe
cost per 
year of abandonment in a space or hostile atmosphere situation. 10-15%
for 
surface facilities in hospitable environments.