On 29Apr2020 0142, Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk (via tml list) wrote: > Yes, I think the Grand Survey/World Builders' Handbook (and possibly > Book 6: Scouts but I can't be bothered to cross the room and pluck the > book off the shelf) is "S" for smaller than 1600km. > > I quite like the idea of "X" for artificial though. Although I > immediately start to wonder how you represent really *big* artificial > constructs that might ordinarily be size "8" say. The Magrathean > planet builders come to mind. If it's big enough that a normal 1-A size fits it, it gets that size rating. That's how I'd do it. The real question is what do you give a ringworld? -- Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>