Re: [OFFICIAL] new ideas!

At 11:48 PM 3/2/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>The above may be a little too much. You could use the following engine 
>cost:
>Tons x (Tons/10[round up]) x Thrust
>
>Ship cost for a size 10, thrust 4 escort would   = 10*1*4   or  40
>Ship cost for a size 20, thrust 4 cruiser would  = 20*2*4   or 160
>Ship cost for a size 50, thrust 4 capital would  = 50*5*4   or 1000
>Ship cost for a size 100, thrust 4 capital would = 100*10*4 or 4000
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Yeah, on the excel spreasheet I use, Its ((Mass*mass)*thrust)/20. I also
mass out the drives at ((mass*mass)/500)* spd. for base hull cost i use
(mass*mass)/20

this is what i get for a speed 5 ship with 10% of mass given to FTL
drives:

mass:	Hull+ drive cost	Drive/FTL weight:
10		33			2
20		126			6
30		279			12
40		492			20
50		765			30
60		1098			42
70		1491			56
80		1944			72
90		2457			90
100		3030			110

This system give a very practical limit of a ship: in this case Mass 40.
and building a mass 100 ship is impossible, the drive systems would
weigh
more than the ship itself!
 Marshall Grover

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