Re: Vectored Thrust (a fairly long post)

> >EXAMPLES
> 
> >STARFURY
> >
> >Thrust = 6
> >Weapons = 4 C bats, forward arc only
> 
> THey really only have 2 weapons, like the Narn ftr.

OK I havn't seen a lot of B5 recently, but from what I remember the 
'Furies seemed to fire quickly.  In addition and I'm incredibly biased 
toward the EA 'cos I think thier ships look the best.

> >NARN FIGHTER
> >
> >Thrust = 8
> >Weapons = 2 C bats, forward arc only
> >Abilities = Fast (hence 8 thrust)
> 
> My take on them is that they're heavy, and not any faster than
'Furies.

Again these were from what I remembered, although thinking about it I 
have mostly seen Furies stooging around one volume and not zipping
across 
the screen so I guess I unconsiously (sp?) thought that most of the
other 
races fighters were faster.

> 
> Centuari fighters, on the other hand... (too bad Galoob didn't make
> any micros of them, too...I won't lament about Galoob not making any
> more B5 figs at all...hey, wait...maybe when the movies come out..??)

I'm toying with the idea of chopping my MM Centauri ship up to make a 
fighter, more fun fighting Narn vs Centauri than Narn vs EA !

> >VORLON FIGHTER
> 
> >Thrust = 8
> >Weapons = 2 A bats, forward arc, extra Fire Con
> >Abilities = Fast, Agile
> >( the micro machines vorlon ship looks sort of like the fighter).
> 
> 
> You might consider either making them heavy, or giving them
> some 'armor' (I'd go with the 'armor'). Q: why do you give
> it an extra FC?

The A bats shred other fighters, I guess that I wanted to represent the 
faster target aquisition/designation that the superior tech would 
confer.  I must say that I don't use these myself, I prefer 
dog-fighting with the Fury rather than standing off and blasting.

Thanks for the input on B5 ships.

Stuart.