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On Fri, 8/22/14, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

 Subject: [TML] expected ship traffic
 To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 Date: Friday, August 22, 2014, 9:53 AM

 Hi there,

 Am I reading
 this correctly?  
 page 435 of the T5 core
 rules give a figure for 'expected ship traffic' -
 the expected interstellar ship traffic for a
 starport.

 S = 10^Ix /
 H
 where:S = total
 ships per week

 Ix = Importance H = Average Cargo Hold Capacity = 100 for most
 worlds
 OK, so I'm looking at
 Neala in Ilelish Sector whose importance = 1

 So I make that a total of 1
 ship every 10 weeks.  And a B class
 starport!
 Is that right or am I
 missing something?

 Nearby Gypsy has an
 Importance of 2 so it manages 1 ship per week.  (And again
 a B class starport).
 Is traffic really this
 low?

 cheers
 tc
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If that's NOT a typo then it so long to MT's interpretation of what 'maritime' (post-container cargo 20th century Earth) means.

However, even under the original CT definition (17th century Earth), it seems a little 'light'.

BTW, how much cargo can the CT Free,Far, & 'Fat'Trader carry?

p.s. I would argue that whether not not a world is on a J1 'Main' should also factor in as otherwise the ubiquitous FreeTrader can't go there.

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