[TML] Close to the Edit #46, The Song Remains The Same

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 5/2/08 1:32 AM, "Michael Jenkins" <darvedd at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/5/2  <GDWGAMES at aol.com>:
>>>> personally I don't see why most Traveller ships aren't spheres.
>> 
>>  The main reason is that their illos all look the same, and most artists
>> can't
>>  draw a spherical ship that doesn't look dumb.
> 
> Another likely reason is that a sphere *minimises* surface area, but
> surface area is desirable because that's valuable real estate for
> mount points, airlocks and all sorts of other useful stuff.
> 
> An elongated form will also let you have a bigger spinal weapon.

So... civies should be spheres and warships long and thin?