Re: [FT]: Base Construction

On  3-Apr-02 at 09:02, David Reeves (davidar@nortelnetworks.com) wrote:
> hi all!
> 
> I was thinking about FT construction rules for bases -- either fully
> fabricated or constructed out of asteroids (kinda from my Starfire
> experience).	these would be installations to guard worlds, important
> facilities, strategic points.
> 
> since they would need only station-keeping drives, bases should be
able to
> use a larger percentage of their total space to weapons/defenses, say
75%.
> so their advantages are more weapons, but no maneuver versus a mobile
ship.
> 
> then there is the bases smaller cousin -- a weapons platform.  maybe 1
> space is devoted to station-keeping drives, but the overall size is
> limited before it drifts into a small base category.	 no idea yet
what this
> limit might be.
> 
> anyway, this is off-the-cuff.  any ideas out there?

Just realize that even with good PDS's a small fleet with SMLs will
eat a base up.	When we did our campaign all the bases ended up
being fighter platforms.