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

[Evyn MacDude]

On  May02 08, at 00:00, Jerry W Barrington wrote:

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

Sounds like a good rule of thumb by me.....

Evyn MacDude
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