Re: [FT] Wacky question

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 04:42:19PM -0500, Jon Davis wrote:
> Sounds like a fine idea, but you probably won't see them 
> in a backwater colony or system.  A system defense carrier 
> would be a major colony/homeworld asset.

Oh, I don't know about that, John.  It seems just the sort of thing
you /would/ give to a new colony you're courting for your space
empire.  Non-FTL, to keep costs down, relatively "low tech" so
maintainance can be done locally, high-manpower/low-tech to further
that agenda, and its a fine gift.

Further, if you have a purely solar power, one limited to one solar
system, its one of the means of force projection they'll already be
using on a regular basis.

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Alexander Williams (thantos@telocity.com)   |	 http://www.chancel.org 
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