[email removed] quotes the HIWG document:
>HIWG doc HD 44.01 DATE: 3-May-90
>by Tim Koors
[...]
>Starport ship capacity is given in millions of displacement tons.
>Shipyard Capacity formula: capacity = total pop * (GM = 1) / 1000
Maybe its because my TCS is not at hand, but I am having trouble interpreting
the (GM=1) term in that equation. Help, please.
I presume "Early" "Average" and "High" technologies correspond to TL 13, 14
and 15?
>Spinward 439 25 514470 4483.79 9 69 118 14 55 0
>Deneb 387 19 692856 7963.25 3 10 1 155 25 10
>Corridor 267 11 290279 3135.64 0 7 6 16 29 34
Overall 1497605 15582.68
*3% 467.48 TCr/yr military spending!
(Striker formula)
> Plus RCEs and Regency ship classifications will differ because of the
>big buiding gap. (Which also brings up building capacity... looking
>at Oriflamme[?] as an example of sorts might be wortwhile).
Please xpand on this point.
BTW, how can I get at more documentation of this sort?
Les Howie
Prograph International