Tugs and Such

By the way, does anyone else thing FTL engines are awfully cheap in the
Tuffleyverse?

And as a result, tugs are totally uneconomical.

Take your theoretical "ideal" tug.

Mass 100
Main Drive Thrust 1 (minimum allowed)	 5 mass
Tug's FTL Drive 					    10 m
Fragile Hull (10% minimum)			    10 m

OK, so you've blown 25% of your mass in required systems.  And this is
just
barely mobile on its own and completely unarmed.

The other 75 mass is for tug engines.  Multiply by 5 to get a total
hauled
mass of 375.  And the ships costs 200 points.  This means it costs more
than
half a point per mass.	8 per 15 mass.

Now your average combat startship costs maybe 2.5 points per mass.  So
you're spending more than 20% of your budget on tugs.  And having to
escort
the silly things as well.

John