On 2/24/2015 11:15 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
> I've been fiddling with T5's ship construction rules.
>
> One thing I'm really liking is the TL adjusts on things.
> It makes sense to me that you should be able to get things at a range
> of size, cost, effectiveness, etc.
>
> My question, though, is do the types "stack" ?
>
> For example:
> Power Plant-A is a TL9 thing.
> If I build it as "Modified", then it is 2 TL's higher, a little
> smaller, and half price.
> So a TL-11 power plant would be half the price of a TL9 one, a little
> smaller, a little more reliable. Makes sense.
> You can build a TL9 plant as "Ultimate" , +4 TLs, and it's got much
> more output, much smaller, more fuel efficient... and 4x normal price.
> That kinda makes sense too : "We're taking every thing we know about
> building these, and building the best we can, with cost as no object."
> Such a power plant would be TL13.....
>
> Which leads to my question:
> Can one build a TL13 "Ultimate", then apply the +2TL "Modified" on it
> to bump up to TL15?
> Which would make it even smaller, more efficient, but best of all
> change the price from x4 to x4/2 ?

E-mail Marc directly.  The two times I had questions on T5 I contacted
him because I wanted a definitive answer and had one within a day or so.

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