Re: Bigger--not always better

I don't know if this has been suggested but here goes...

Given the current ship "breakpoints" (ie escort, cruiser, capital), it
would seem appropriate to make use of them in a solution to the battery
arc problem. If, for example, the number of arcs on larger beams for the
smaller ship classes is restricted.

ie an escort could have "A" batts (restricted to 1 arc), "B" batts
(restricted to 2 arcs) and "C" batts (3 arcs), a cruiser could have "A"
batts (restricted to 2 arcs), "B" batts (3 arcs) and "C" batts (3 arcs)
and a capital could have "A" batts (3 arcs), "B" batts (3 arcs) and "C"
batts (3 arcs)

This would mean that most of the current diagrams could be used with a
minor recalc on the points.

Michael "Wargh" Rutherfurd