RE: Size of Orbital Bases

About 300-400 mass is large enough, as any larger & it gets unwieldy for
play.

eg:
MD:1 (station keeping thrust)
Hull (strong)
Screen:2
This leaves 45% for weaponry, including at least 1 class-4 in each arc.

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Commodore Alfred K Hole - RNS Indy's Folly (CB)
Fleet Admiral Alberto Doyle - NKV Vesuvius (LFI)

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Channing Faunce [SMTP:channing@glasscity.net]
>Sent:	Wednesday, June 09, 1999 9:49 AM
>To:	Full Thrust List
>Subject:	Size of Orbital Bases
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>I'm trying to decide on how big (Mass points) an orbital defense
>platform should be for a *possible* upcoming PBEM. I'm leaning towards
>2-3 times as large as a fleets SDN. Any suggestions?
>
>Chan
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