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Originally posted by geoschmo:
I think you are reading something into the idea that isn't there. And if it is and I missed it you can certainly take it out. The idea as Pax explained it is each engine would move the ship one MP as it does in the stock game, but that as ships get larger each engine takes up more space indiviually. There is nothing that says the structure has to increase with hull size, only tonnage. So basehip engine under this system will be just as suceptible to engine damaging weapons as escort engines.

Geoschmo

That may be, but I would still prefer a system using many small engines than just a few huge engines. There is much more flexibility in such a system, allowing for more diversity in movement. With the big engines, you would get movement rates like 3, 6, 9, instead of anywhere between 1 and 9.