Re: FTIII: A Plea to End "Me Too" Firing.

At 05:59 PM 6/2/97 -0500, you wrote:
>	Now, how long in the average turn in FT in "game time?"  We
don't know,
>do we?  That area has been left completely up in the air.   If the 1
>turn equals 10 minutes, then I can understand the normal firing rules. 
>However if it's something like 10 seconds, then you have to ask
yourself
>can a fleet of starships react to incoming fire that fast and (as we in
>our playgroup call it) "return the lovin'?" 
>Later,
>Mark
I would say not very long. You are making the presumption that all this
is
done by human hand. Even now there's a degree of automation in
counterbattery fire and interception. It's reasonable to resume that in
FT
period most of the specifics of combat are handled by superfast
computers.

		TTFN
			Jon
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