Re: FT: FB2 Preview - Obi Wan Tuffley

Ground Zero Games wrote:

> >  This is to avoid events such as: a Thrust 6 ship uses a Main Drive
6 burn
> >in direction 12; rotates to heading 3; and uses its two remaining
Thruster
> >points to Push to port; its total movement in direction 12 has
therefore
> >been 8 instead of 6.  Next turn it could perform the same steps in
reverse
> >order, to end facing direction 12 again.
>
> Hmmm, an interesting thought, and one that I can see the rationale
> behind... what does anyone else think?
>
> Jon (GZG)

I agree. I always thought that Pushes were too powerful. I would be in
favor of
limiting Pushes to 1". The thrusters are designed for attitude
adjustment or
docking maneuvers, Anything more than 1" seems that it would be beyond
the
capabilities of the thrusters.

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