FTL rate of movement for GURPS SPACESHIPS

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Originally Posted by Rupert

If you use Spaceships there's already incentive to use many small ships over few large ones, even for civilian use - the cost per ton is the same, the payload per ton is the same, and the 'small ship fleet' is more flexible.

On the other hand, the larger ships don't need engine rooms and can be automated more cheaply. I recently did a cost study for a particular set of assumptions, and found that a highly-automated SM+12 ship came in 30% cheaper per ton-lightyear than an SM+9 ship with an engine room.