The game has been designed to work at its best in a scale between 1:600 and 1:800. We (Warlord Games) have gone for 1:700 as at this scale we can obtain a significant amount of detail on the models whilst still retaining the capability of deploying big fleets. It also allowed us to focus the starter set on frigate and brig action (in plastic too!)
(Quelle: Warlordgames.com)