Johannes replied to me: > If there is a few jump points yes. If the entries move all over the place, > the forecasts only cover the immediate future and the entry points move at > a speed that makes stations chasing them unfeasable, but not so fast that > shuttles can't, you can have shuttles chasing expected entry points.
Hello Johannes, the station should be able to move just as well as a shuttle. Size doesn't matter in this regard. The dividing line between an orbital transfer vehicle and an orbital transfer station can get blurry. A combination of STL shuttles to the edge of the system and FTL ships from system to system works best if the FTL drive takes a substantial bite out of the payload capacity of the ship, and if the FTL ships stay far from the planet. The latter suggests big, comfortable shuttles and stations in the outer system -- a combination of insystem _ships_ and interstellar ships. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
