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Mainly depends on which 'model' of the 3I you prefer.

There's the CT 'classic' model w/ the various, but not gigantic, sized merchant ships where systems are largely self-sufficient (at least at a subsistence level), & then there's the 'humongous' model, introduced with MT, where you just might find an entire system that only produces left-footed shoes, while all necessities come in on gigantic freighters that then carry out all those shoes.

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On Wed, 6/14/17, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Long Route Merchants
 To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 4:47 PM

 On Jun 14, 2017, at 4:33 PM, C.
 Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
 wrote:

 Fast
  long-haul shipping would be handled by modular freighters.
 The arriving ship would decouple from its freight and head
 off for refueling and maintenance. Meanwhile, a jump-ready
 modular freighter would couple with the freight and jump
 out. You could easily
  get the turnaround time to a couple of hours, most of that
 being taken up with moving the freighters around, docking,
 and doing safety checks to make sure the load is coupled
 properly before jumping.

 really really BIG long-haul freighters. <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/Majesta.html>

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 Bruce Johnson

 University of Arizona

 College of Pharmacy

 Information Technology Group

 Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

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