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Re: [FT][OT] Ship Classification Grid

From: Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrathwiz@c...>
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:33:04 -0500
Subject: Re: [FT][OT] Ship Classification Grid

Donald Hosford wrote:
> What if you turned the table into a 4-side die?
> Then you could follow a chosen line around the thing.
> 
> 
> The present table could be the "bottom" side.
> Make new panels for the other three sides.

	There would be some points near the
	center of the tetrahedron that
	would not be displayed on any side.

	To do this properly one would need
	a set of "slices" through the tetrahedron,
	preferably ten of them. Each slice would
	be a smaller triangle than the one below.

	A brute force approach would be to
	have a family of triangular graphs.
	These would be a set of slices through
	a prism shape instead of a tetrahedron
	(i.e., the vertical sides do not
	converge to a point like a tetrahedron,
	but remain parallel).  Each of these slices
	would be the same sized triangle. This would allow
	a set of graphs fewer than ten.

	Say a set of three for low range/endurance,
	medium range/endurance and long range/endurance.

	Or a set for missile-sized, small sized,
	medium sized, and gigantic sized.

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