Re: railguns

On 16-Sep-99 at 18:03, bbrush@rev.state.ne.us (bbrush@rev.state.ne.us)
wrote:
 
> I must say I find it interesting just how big a range of velocities
you see
> people talk about on this list.  Oerjan says his capitals move at V,
of 18
> and his escorts of 36.  I would think this would take a VERY large
table,
> otherwise everything would just go screaming off the other side of the
table
> and that would be the end of the game.  Most games I've watched on
standard
> 4x6 or 4x8 tables have velocities of around 8-18, depending heavily on
the
> nationality and maneuverability of the ship.
> 

My speed depends more on what my opponent expects me to do.  As soon as
the tactics showed up for dealing with my high speeds I dropped to
lower speeds.  Last game I spent 1/2 the battle stopped, of course I
was playing an SDN against 3 hvy cruisers.

Oh, I lost, two alpha strikes (total of 25 dice rolled) did 3 points
damage against lvl 1 screens, two unopposed SM hits did another 4 more.
My opponent managed to do 11 damage at one point with 3 class 1s, and
this was the norm for the game.

Roger