Re: Late Night Interceptor idea.

>	It's darn near 2 O'Clock in the morning...GOD I hate insomnia! 
I've 
>been tossing interceptor ideas back and forth in my head.  Here they
are:

You: no sleep
Me: just got in from hunting the comet (and a very nice comet it is,
too)

>	All the rules are going to be pretty much the same except for
one
>differnce.  Each defending system/systems (either a pluse cannon or EA
>interceptor) must be directed at a specific attack: 
>	 A Narn player is being attacked by two Centauri B batts.  It
uses 
> an A battery against the first b batt. and a pair of C on the second. 

>Orginally you would use the 5 dice for both B, now you just use 3 for
one 
>and 2 for the other.
>	For EA interceptor it works much the same way except you are 
>dealing in screen ratings.  e.g. An Omega DD is being attacked by a Hvy

>Laser and an A batt.  It has two forward interceptors.  It can use
either 
>of them in a 1 screen defense against both.  Or, it can combine the two

>in a 2 screen defense against one or the other.

Well, my feedback on this is:

1) I think you're making this more complicated than it needs be,
and
2) I think you're letting Babylon 5 Wars influence you a bit much

Instead of trying to simulate every little detail, keep it simple,
and generic as possible. That's why I decided to just use pairs of
*DAF systems for interception. Using pairs of them meant they didn't
get too overly powerful (I think I have not yet updated my rules,
but they shouldn't give you more than 2 levels of screening), and
you didn't have to suffer the unneeded complications you're trying
to introduce above. Keep it simple!  :)  Simple's a lot easier to
grasp than complicated.

>	I'm going to bed and TRY to get some sleep.  Chances are, I'll
fail. 
>(I usually do.)

Such a *positive* attitude there! I'm gonna fix breakfast now...

Mk
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which in the monotonous, materialistic existence of modern times nothing
else can approach, it also presents great dangers.  It is not the goal
of
*grand alpinisme* to face peril, but it is one of the tests one must 
undergo to deserve the joy of rising for an instant above the state of 
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