[GZG] FTverse colinies

[Enzo de Ianni <enzodeianni@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

arrived (again) on the list just in time to follow your interesting exchange.

Have been interested in FT for years (and frequented, essentially as 
a lurker, several lists on the theme) and am now "expanding" to DS 
and SG... thought this would be a good place to find ideas.

Just to add  the proverbial 2 cents on the issue:

Oerjan wrote:
>Identical weapons, with identical capabilities,
>could cost very different amounts to produce in societies with different
>tech bases and production infrastructures - but since their *capabilities*
>(and thus combat powers) are identical, their game-balance *points values*
>would be also identical regardless of who built them. Conversely a certain
>amount of money/resources/labour will buy you weapons or vehicles with a
>rather different total combat power if you spend them in the US compared to
>what you'd get if you spent them in Zimbabwe instead...

but the comparison would not always be in favor of the USA, as the 
actual global work division demonstrates... if a weapon system could 
be produced in Zimbabwe (for example) and such a thing could be made 
with a labor intensive procedure, it could be more convenient to make 
it there. You could even go for a lower quality (accepting  a loss of 
endurance if performance could remain high enough), if the price was 
low enough, with the prevision of a faster substitution or simply 
fielding far more than your enemy.

On a personal note: Hi Beth!!! It has been some time... how are the 
kids going? :)

Best wishes

                                                         Enzo de Ianni 


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