On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz
<schwartz.jeffrey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've often wondered why it seemed the IN got ship upgrades every
> decade or three, but the IISS was using basically the same ship for
> the last thousand years.

> .... So, if you were doing a ground-up redesign, what would you do ?

Back of the envelope, under high guard, at tl15, with a  100dton hull,
you can go J4, M4,  and have room for 2 staterooms, and a turret, and
that's about it.

 J4, 2G, 2 staterooms, and a turret, leaves you maybe 6 dtons.

Dan

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