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Originally Posted by johndallman
Low-tech shipping is a chancy business, both in terms of shipwrecks and voyage times. More ships can be built, however, fairly cheaply. What prevents merchants from having ships built that they own themselves?
Land, in contrast, does not go away easily, and it's very hard to make more.
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It would have to assume that only grandees can afford to back certain classes of ships. I was thinking more in a space opera universe than in a low-tech one. Where one can adjust the characteristics of ships however.