--- a/api/Objects/GameSystem.cs	Sat Oct 30 14:28:44 2010 +0000
+++ b/api/Objects/GameSystem.cs	Mon Dec 13 20:20:00 2010 +0000
@@ -17,16 +17,34 @@
 	/// </summary>
 	public class GameSystem : WarFoundryStagedLoadingObject
 	{
-		private bool warnOnError;
+        private static int SYSTEM_DEFAULT_ARMY_SIZE = 1000;
+        private bool warnOnError;
 		private bool allowAllies;
 		private Dictionary<string, Category> categories = new Dictionary<string,Category>();
 		private Dictionary<string, SystemStats> stats = new Dictionary<string,SystemStats>();
 		private string defaultStats;
+        private int defaultArmySize;
 
 		public GameSystem(string systemID, string systemName, IWarFoundryFactory creatingFactory) : base(systemID, systemName, creatingFactory)
 		{
 			stats = new Dictionary<string,SystemStats>();
 		}
+
+        public int SystemArmyDefaultSize
+        {
+            get { return  defaultArmySize; }
+            set
+            {
+                if (value == 0)
+                {
+                    defaultArmySize = SYSTEM_DEFAULT_ARMY_SIZE;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    defaultArmySize = value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 		
 		public bool AllowAllies
 		{