Re: [FT] Size of "Countries" in FT

Thomas spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

As an aside, 8 not so hot worlds might not be worth 5 good ones. 
Quality might well factor in. 

> On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Nyrath the nearly wise wrote:
> > This is my hypothetical list of stars
> > for the Full Thrust empires.
> 
> > NEW SWABIAN LEAGUE
> > BD-05°1844 	    9.1827   -1.974   +8.931   -0.818 
> > 1 PI(3)Orionis	   7.5131   +2.332   +7.085   +0.899 
> > BD-05°1123 	    9.0334   +2.389   +8.664   -0.914 
> > Gamma Leporis	   8.0064   +0.568   +7.377   -3.059 
> > Chi(1)Orionis	   9.6993   +0.341   +9.092   +3.360 
> > 
> > OCEANIC UNION
> > BD+35°2270 	    8.6207   -7.074   +0.668   +4.881 
> > BD+38°2285 	    8.6207   -6.780   +0.293   +5.317 
> > FK 2978		   6.7797   -6.658   -0.316   +1.240 
> > Beta Canum Venaticorum 8.7184   -6.456   -0.889   +5.792 
> > Beta Comae Berenices   8.3472   -7.025   -2.199   +3.936 
> > BS 5072		   8.9286   -8.059   -3.174   +2.167  
> > Xi Boötis		    6.7069   -4.684   -4.258   +2.217 
> > Eta Boötis 	    9.5511   -7.985   -4.259   +3.054 
> 
> erm... the NSL has 5 worlds and the OU has 8? did someone promote the
OU
> whilst i wasn't looking?
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
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