Sword Worlds

David Johnson writes:

>(But don't the shipbuilding rules state that any world can build ships for
>its own navy regardless of starport class?)

Erm.  The old, old _High Guard_ rules said that was an option for planetary
navies.  I guess to allow tech-8 E-starport worlds to have rockets (and
hence explain Earth.)  It probably isn't exactly true now.  There's an
interesting discussion of shipbuilding in the RC in _Path Of Tears_ about
B-port worlds building starships with drives imported from A-port worlds.
The "One Small Step" articles in _Challenge_ also allowed some minor
shipbuilding on low port worlds, but I forget the details.  (Of course,
in old _High Guard_, you couldn't build tech-8 ships....)

I'm not sure about the current TNE ruling.

  Steve Bonneville
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