Bob Weaver
SOC-12
(Cross-posting with CT-Starships Yahoo group)
Hey all,
IMTU there is a small cluster of independent planets, locked in an
endless series of small-scale wars (largely to give me an environment
for testing HG designs) and a question came to me lately. Has anyone
ever made up guidelines or rules for how much it costs to build a
starport of a given class? Some of these little planets might want to upgrade their shipbuilding capability, or just rebuild after their neighbor slags the existing site.
I would guess a Class-E 'port', defined in Bk 3 as "Frontier
Installation. Essentially a bare spot of bedrock with no fuel,
facilities, or bases present." wouldn't set the government back more
than a few MCr for clearing the bedrock and constructing a homing
beacon. But how much would a fully loaded Class A port cost?
Millions? Billions? A trillion? Any thoughts?
Best Regards,
Bob
Hey all,
IMTU there is a small cluster of independent planets, locked in an
endless series of small-scale wars (largely to give me an environment
for testing HG designs) and a question came to me lately. Has anyone
ever made up guidelines or rules for how much it costs to build a
starport of a given class? Some of these little planets might want to upgrade their shipbuilding capability, or just rebuild after their neighbor slags the existing site.
I would guess a Class-E 'port', defined in Bk 3 as "Frontier
Installation. Essentially a bare spot of bedrock with no fuel,
facilities, or bases present." wouldn't set the government back more
than a few MCr for clearing the bedrock and constructing a homing
beacon. But how much would a fully loaded Class A port cost?
Millions? Billions? A trillion? Any thoughts?
Best Regards,
Bob