Re: [GZG] Cruisers ... in the FT world [and] John's Shipbuilding/Campaign Rules-VC

[Michael Llaneza <maserati@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug Evans wrote:

> On the other, other hand...
>
>  
That's the gripping hand, see the sequel to "The Mote in God's Eye" for 
particulars.

> On one side,  you can have tactical versus operational or interstellar
> warp, the former being a sort of stutter warp? Also, if I recall correctly,
> David Gerrold's voyages of the Star Wolf(?) had a back ground where the
> larger the hull, the larger the warp bubble, though it was used for
> sensing, still in the If-I-recall-correctly mode.
>
> However, it could as easily be for warp TRAVEL as well.
>
>  

You are correct. It was the Star Wolf series and he did use the size of 
the bubble as a factor in top speed. Bigger ships could see farther and 
move faster. The biggest ship in space was truly feared, by the time you 
saw it it was on its attack run already. I did get the sense that the 
cost of the bigger ships went up exponentially, although Gerrold never 
actually said so. Huge ships are rare and powerful, the more common 
"clipper ships" were never hinted at being small or outclassed amongst 
their weight class.

These are excellent books btw, most (if not all) of the people on this 
list would greatly enjoy them.

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