Re: (FT) Point Value for Hulls

Laserlight wrote:

>>It seems to me that the size vs. point cost issue could be solved by
>>making the cost more realistic.  What I propose is that the mass cost
be
>>squared (if not cubed), because bigger means bigger in proportion.
> 
>Unfortunately it doesn't work that way.  Volume is a function of
>radius cubed, surface is only a function of radius squared.  Therefore
>bigger ships will be able to pack in more stuff per square meter of
>hull.	That hurts escorts rather than helping them.

Do the Alarishi measure hull volume in *square* meters? Ah well, I
always thought their warship designs were a bit two-dimensional ;-)

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
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