Re: [FT] Fleet design (Was Re: Alarishi Home Page)

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>John L. wrote:
>
>> Question: Do all/most of the people doing nations on the GZGpedia use
>>	     house rules (for weapons/systems) in the design of the
>fleets
>>	     being considered as standard for the nation/power?  
>
>As you know, I'm making the New Israel fleet with stealth hulls (and
>therefore house rules). However, I have been thinking about making
>_another_ NI fleet using only FB systems, for situations where house
>rules are different or dis-allowed. For NI, a purely canon fleet would
>also dictate a doctrine change from long range sniping to close-in
>armored knife fighting, mainly because that's what I'd rather do if I
>didn't have stealth ships to play with.
>
>Noam

Well, all Illuminati ships have stealth too--I'm modelling it after the 
Mimbari ECM system from the EFSB*--but I was reluctant to include it in 
the designs on my fleet page.  I wanted to create a strictly "legal" 
force, so that everything would fit (more or less) into the standard 
universe and allow me to play as-is against a new opponent.  What I've 
decided to do when I redo the page (soon, honestly) is include the stats

for the Illuminati stealth system, and add a note to each ship; 
something like "To include stealth system, remove one Class 2 Battery 
and three point of armor."  Of course, this means that I have to work 
out Point/Mass costs for Illuminati stealth first....

*It's not going to be a world beater--opponent must make a roll to 
lock-on, and cannot fire at the stealthed ship if he fails the roll.  If

the stealthed ship fires any weapon, or applies more than 2 points of 
thrust, stealth is negated for the turn.

John Crimmins
john1x@hotmail.com 

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