[ft] CowleyCon '99

well, this event went down a storm. the Cranmer Street auditorium was
packed out with a capacity crowd of two (me + rob paul - hey, rob's
house
isn't so big).

a game of FT2 saw rob's noble scots beat my dastardly english, but then
we
were playing with cinematic rules, so this is to be expected :-). a
trial
game of FT2.5 saw the NAC take another heroic defeat at the hands of the
NSL; vector movement was found to be great fun, SMLs were found to be
pretty scary (especially in small battles), and the NSL were found to be
far too slow.

the teske field made a brief appearance on two subsequent turns: a
single
NAC fighter group wiped out two of NSL fighters with a number of rerolls
coming up 6. the kochte field was sadly absent, as the scots pulse
torpedoes eviscerated an escort cruiser and battered a battlecruiser.

one question did come up, concerning FTL. FTL drives are used as
follows:
orders are written specifying drive warmup. the ship continues on its
existing course that turn, and cannot use any offensive weapons. the
following turn, the orders specify jumping, and the ship moves half its
existing course and then vanishes. now, what happens if, in the firing
phase of the first turn, after warmup but before jump, the ship takes a
threshold check and loses the ftl drive? this didn't actually happen but
is was close.

Tom