Posted by: waresky
« on: August 02, 2011, 08:11:06 AM »In case some new players are wondering where the 20HS number came from: Ships of size 20 or less do NOT require a bridge. This saves you 1HS (5%) that can be used for payload. This is true both for FAC and for "normal" ships. So 1000 ton corvettes are often a good design decision - with 2 engines they're the same speed as a FAC and still have 6-7 HS that can be devoted to payload.
John
+1
A nasty Fleet doctrine:)