>>6143400Ship classifications have always been kinda nebulous, both IRL and in fiction, but pic related will give you an idea of the size difference between Starwinds and Sally's ideals.
BTW Inertial Dampeners will cost 140 RP to research on your own and Chad will only be rolling 4 d10s at a time since it's a new tech branch for him.
You also don't necessarily need to make a huge ship to make it pricey. These mechanics have been sorta hidden but in general:
Putting more advanced tech in a ship generally increases the ratio of rare matter used in it's construction. Some particularly special tech besides the FTL drives will even use exotic matter.
Ships are nominally sold at a 20% mark up. Aside from situational modifiers, things like special features from more advanced techs can push the base mark up higher. I decide the mark up bonus on a case by case basis but generally a high end ship using more advanced technologies will be sold at a higher markup than a low tech ship of equal displacement.
