Re: [FT] Ship morale
From: John Leary <john_t_leary@p...>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:29:05 -0700
Subject: Re: [FT] Ship morale
Roger Books wrote:
>
...Snip...JTL
> > I guess my motivation for this is that I have a philosophical
problem with
> > a ship ALWAYS staying in the fight until it's dead.
>
> I agree with this also, I just don't like the particular mechanic
> that is being proposed. I think a better one would be any ship
> completely destroyed counts as double it's NPV for victory conditions.
...Snip...JTL
> Roger Books (Who had a destroyer surrender in my last battle rather
> than see the crew die.)
It ir rather unlikely that a ship that has taken enough damage
to render it unable to continue combat will be able to withdraw.
If either thrust or FTL is destroyed the ship cannot leave, reguardless
of the captains desires.
Bye for now,
John L.