Re: FT Carriers

>I'm back!
>
>Our group has started using the following system, which has reduced the
need
>for an arbitrary definition of a carrier.  A carrier is now simply a
ship
>which the designer has maximized for fighter operations.
>
>Launch Control:  Launch Control may replace one of a ships free fire
controls
>or may be purchased separately for the same mass and cost as an
additional
>fire control.	A ship with no launch control may launch only one
fighter
>squadron each turn.  Each launch control allows the ship to launch an
>additional fighter squadron each turn.  A ship may recover half as many
>fighters as it can launch (rounded up).  Launch control and fire
control both
>count toward the limit on additional control systems.
>
>So a carrier with minimal weaponry may choose to convert two fire
controls to
>launch controls, allowing more efficient fighter operations.

Hey, I like this!  That's a great way of simplifying things!  How do you
mark it on the record sheets?  Just change the fire-cons a little?

-Kelvin.....

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