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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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University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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