[Spaceships] Are spaceships unrealistically cheap?

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by LordMunchkin

What bothers me is that when I DO come up with a TL based population per acre of vertical arming scale, the masses don't make sense. Like say, 1 acre=1000 pop at TL 10. With that, a SM +14 Open Space feeds 5000 people. Bump the mass up by a factor of 10 (SM +16) and you only feed 25,000 people if I'm understanding the scaling properly. Somehow, 10x the mass doesn't equal 10x the production...

Hmmm . . . use lots of Smaller System Open Spaces stacked on top of one another? Open Space seems to indicate area but not mention the higher 'ceilings' on larger SMs.