Re: Cannibalism (and yes it is on topic)

And don't forget the laws of Thermodynamics.  Eating another ship
would not be 100% efficient.  There would be some waste.  So, eating
a mass 12 ship might only give you 6 mass toward a new ship.
(I'm pulling numbers out to the air here, but you get the general idea.)

--Greg

>Imre A. Szabo wrote:
>
> >Why can't Sa'Vasku ships eat each other for Bio Mass?
>
>They most likely can, at least on the strategic scale. In order to do
>so during a battle however (which is the only situation the FB2 rules
>handle), the "eating" ship would need a "mouth" (or "womb") using up at
>least 50% the Mass of the entire smaller ship; ie., in order to "eat" a
>Sa'An'Tha or Sa'Kess'Tha (3 biomass each, TMF 11 and 12 respectively)
>the "eating" ship would need a 6-mass "womb".
>
>Growing a new ship in such a "womb" would only be possible on the
>strategic scale, though.
>
>Regards,
>
>Oerjan Ohlson
>oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
>
>"Life is like a sewer.
>  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
>- Hen3ry