system group

Thinking about how ships should be built in a game, I decided that system groups should get a tight grouping bonus, but only up to a specific size, to simulate bigger, better components. However, beyond some arbitrary size, improved efficiency encourages weird design decisions or gigantism...

To reduce spaghetti ship systems, I recommend a slight bonus with a group of system blocks grouped tightly inside a sphere containing the entire system group. The bonus should be pretty small, to avoid unnecessary restriction on ship system design. To avoid combat-lag, I recommend that the...