FB2:Advanced Drives

One question i have so far, from FB2, is since advanced drives arn't
limited to main
drive thrust out the rear only. What about the rule that you can't fire
out of the rear
arc when you use the engines.

Did the playtesters use the rule or just go with the idea that since the
advanced
drives don't use thrusters/rockets then there is nothing to obscure the
targeting
computers/cortexs.

The reason why i ask, is that Sa'Vasku can bring their full beam
firepower in
whatever direction they have a stinger node pointing. So high speed
passes aren't
as risky as with human tech since overshoots don't cut much firepower
(only pod
launchers can't fire) but greatly reduce the amount of firepower facing
you.

Cheers
Graeme

ps. I gather from the example that stinger nodes are 2 mass and pod
launchers
are 3 mass and costs is massx3 for the both. Since the rules don't give
a mass
or cost for these weapons in their section in the rules.