Size of Interweave nodes

[Proginoskes]

I think the question is more like "What would the burden (power consumption, technological complexity, vulnerability to failure) be to have proper FTL be restricted to Node-Node, Node-Tower, and Tower-Tower connections, and have the Terminal-Tower and Terminal-Terminal connections be strictly sublight, despite using the Interwave network stack?" Remember, Interwave is a Fennish extension to existing Internet protocols. The Internet Protocol Suite has four layers: Application, Transport, Internet, and Link. Hardware is entirely within the Link Layer. Assuming the InterWave Protocol Suite follows the same pattern, there is absolutely nothing that prohibits entirely sublight Interwave networks.