Re: (FT) Point Value for Hulls

Michael Robert Blair wrote:

>If you are going to vary point cost based on mass them
>the bigger the ship is the LESS you should pay per
>point of mass.
> 
>Smaller hulls are more expensive to build per tonne
>than larger hulls - economies of scale.

This completely misses what points values are for.

The point value represents the *combat power* of the unit. It is a tool
intended to help design reasonably even battles. 

Big ships have more combat power per Mass than small ships do;
therefore they need to cost more points per Mass as well in order to
allow reasonably even equal-points battles against small ships.

The point value does NOT represent the procurement or construction cost
of the unit. FB1 creates background fluff by translating the points
costs into construction costs, but that's background fluff *only* - it
has no significance to the *game* whatsoever.

Oerjan Ohlson
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