[Suicide Junkie]

From my observations, the trade calculation determines the base rate of production before trade.

Oh, MY! If the trade profits INCLUDED trade from others too, you'd be instantly filty rich!

Trading with 5 equally sized empires gets you 100% more resources (20% from each).
But since you trade after trade income, you should be giving twice as much as we originally thought.
Everybody gets 200% more resources instead.
But since you trade after trade income, should be giving three times as much as originally thought.
Everybody gets 300%...
Infinite resources, get your infinite resources here!

You could do an average of the hit rate over all the ranges (from 0-20) to get a number to compare range and accuracy. But seekers would probably come out looking better than they are. Also it doesn't account for the first-shot-kill, firing strategies, etc.

Also, it will be totally thrown out of whack by combat sensors, ECM and other accuracy modifiers...

[ December 26, 2002, 15:38: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]