Re: Beam Batteries

On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, David Kendall Lewis wrote:

> This is my first message to the Full Thrust mail group, so forgive me
if I
> am covering already hashed over ground.  I just bought the game and
it's
> More Thrust last night and I am having a problem with Beam Batteries.
> 
> Unless you only have 1-2 mass left on your ship, I can't see a time
where
> you would want to buy anything *but* A batteries.  A Batteries are
clearly
> superior in a cost/benefit analysis which I show below using the
lowest
> common denominator for mass (6):

	There have been multiple solutions to the problem.  Some of the 
most common are 1) increase the mass of A batteries to 4 without 
increaseing cost.  2) as you mentioned increase the cost of the 
batteries. 3) do both 1 and 2.	4) make A batteries a higher "tech" 
level and thus only available to more advanced races.

There are probably several other ways to deal with this but these are 
probably the most common.

--Binhan