Re: Spinal Mounts

>I played FT last night, and EFSB a couple of weeks ago, which got me
thinking
>about Spinal mounts ala Traveller.  I am starting to think along the
lines
of
>the Beam weapons in EFSB, or high number FB Beam batteries.  My first
take
is
>20% of total mass and cost 3xMass used and only allowed the Front arc..
Effect
>is 1 die per mass as Beams or ?  My goal is to make them cost effective
only on
>the larger ships i.e. mass 100+.
>
>Thoughts? Flames?
>
If you've ever played the game Starmada, that kinda how the Spinal
Mounts
work on their ships, though they have a more restricted firing arc.

Chris