Re: FT3, details of needed changes

johnjmedway wrote:
>> And from the physics I know, economy of scale should make the larger
>> ships _faster_ since they can use more efficient drives. This dread-
>> naughts can only have a 2 thrust while escourts can have 6 is total
>> bullshit.

then Alexander Williams wrote:
>Maybe its just me, but I'm a hesitant fellow to make `how fast it can
>go' cost determined by the `mass' of vehicle its mounted on, for this
>and a handfull of other reasons.  How much the /drive/ masses is
>related, and that much mass will cost different amount for larger
ships,
>but adding in some kind of sliding scale starts getting just a bit too
>points niggly for me.
>
>I might build a 6 Thrust dreadnaught, but it should be
points-intensive,
>I think.

AFAIK all ships are capable of a max thrust of 8, if designed that way. 
It
is more costly to build a thrust 6 capable DN than a thrust 2 for
obvious
reasons(namely more energy required to push a larger body of mass,
increasing as acceleration needs increase).

Mike Miserendino