Re: [GZG] FTquestionStreamlining [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

["Samuel Penn" <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, September 27, 2007 00:34, Robertson, Brendan wrote:
> I actually think the streamlining costs in FT2.5 are too high.  For the
> mass involved, its just not viable to build warships.  If it was 5%/10%
> I would actually consider "losing" that mass.

So very few warships are built with streamlining. It forces
the role of landing transports to dedicated troopships, which
fits a lot of SF.

Alternatively, a ship with enough thrust wouldn't need any
streamlining to land on a planet (ignoring any possible
structural limitations).

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