Re: [OFFICIAL] Freighters/Merchants question....

Personally, I think that freighters should be massive;	they have to be
to make them economically feasible.  Today's freighters outmass military
ships by enormous factors;  a fully loaded container ship has twice the
displacement as a fully loaded Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, and a
single Hapag-Lloyd freighter could carry *ten* Ticonderoga-class
cruisers in its holds (going by weight alone, of course).  So I think
freighter minis should be big mothers.

I also like the modular look, so long as it's done right.  I don't think
a freighter would look anything like the Valley Forge from Silent
Running;  too much wasted space.  Instead, I think it would be a big
boxy affair with as much cargo space crammed onto its hull as possible,
kind of a gigantic gypsy wagon.  
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