Our choice of factions and model

As somebody pointed out, navy ships look all the same... 

The look of 
FT starships is (rightly) quite varied, instead... Jon pointed to the 
commercial aspect, we could even add that space should be a less 
constricting medium than water (unless you want to land and need an 
aerodinamic profile) so could permit some aesthetic fredom (but really 
I am not good enough to elaborate on that).

I simply say that I choose 
the ships exclusively for their look, and that's it :)

If we talk 
about weapon systems and/or propulsion, any difference could only come 
from doctrine, as written before, as the canonic powers have been 
living in the same context for so many years that any breakthrough 
(diffused enough to equip a large part of a fleet) would probalby have 
spilled over, earlier or later (the only chance would be something so 
revolutionary that some powers would be unable to understand it and 
replicate it, even at a lower efficiency level), so, ok, in games ships 
could be very similar, after all.

A different thing is the 
introduction of alien (or anyway extra-Solar) civilization: they could 
have persecuted different thought trains and developed very different 
systems (in fact, the KraVak brought their own weapons to the party, 
and I appreciate this choice). That's where I see the better place for 
differences.

As they say, my 2 

Best wishes

Enzo

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