RE: [ft] simple campaign system

To answer a few questions:

1.	I wanted planets to be able to turn out 1 ship per turn, as
maintainance still puts an upper limit on building.  The largest fleet a
starting player can get is 20000 pts with no production available to
replace
losses.
2.	Maybe higher odds would be better, but getting that many marines
together would be difficult under the limitations.  To attack a
homeworld
(500 marines/production), you need a minimum of 180 mass of marines to
even
have a chance.	If you want to increase your shipbuilding, then you HAVE
to
capture those worlds (or capture them back).
3.	The shipyards can be attacked as a spacestation.  It's hits are
equal to it's production capacity (ie: 200 pt shipyard = 200 hits).  If
the
planet is captured, the shipyards are also captured.  So, do you capture
the
yards or stage a raid to destroy them?
4.	Supplies are created at shipyards using normal FTFB costs (ie
SML
std ammo costs 6pts, std fighter costs 3pts/ea.)  Materials are
abstracted
into the production of the planet.

I was originally going to include the following:
Freighters can be used to increase a shipyards production.  A freighter
can
load 'spare' production from a system & transfer it to a shipyard.  Each
production point takes up 1 mass of cargo & adds to the building limit
on
the turn it is unloaded.

Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
[mkw] Admiral Peter Rollins; Task Force Zulu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bell, Brian K [SMTP:Brian_Bell@dscc.dla.mil]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 2:11 AM
> 
> [Bri] I would double the starting costs, but make production quarterly
> (every 4th turn). This makes a slightly longer game, but turning out a
> Battleship each month on each homeworld seems like a lot. As Mr.
Robertson
> suggested make prototypes cost 5x normal cost for the first ship. Be
sure
> to
> include the costs of expendables (fighters, missiles, etc.) in the
ship
> cost.
> [Bri] This seems a little in favor of the attacker. It is fairly
accepted
> that 3:1 odds are the minimum odds required to take a defended
objective.
> 3:1 odds for the attacker should yield a 1:1 chance of success. I
would
> suggest opposed rolls with the following modifier to the attacker's
roll:
> Attacker/Defender
> 6:1	    5:1       4:1     3:1     2:1     1:1     1:2
>  +4	     +2        +1      -       -1      -2      -4  
> This will make those transports the target of the space battles. And
it
> increases the need for strategy (do I send them in now, later
unescorted,
> or
> build both an attacking and escorting force).
> [Bri] You did not describe the method of destroying the shipyards. Are
> they
> automatically destroyed when the planet is conquered?
> [Bri] Is resupply created at the shipyards? How are the shipyards
supplied
> with materials from the planets? If materials needed to be
transported, it
> would provide more targets and make it more important to decentralize
> construction.