Re: Retrograde gimmickry

>Yes, that's true... but if you're only putting a die or two of
beam fire on
>a ship every turn, how far out they start from their target
isn't going to
>matter a terrible amount.

Well, no, but it does matter how long it takes to get there.
If you start off two AU away--the FTL limit for the Honor
Harrington universe is around 3 AU for example--if one thrust =1
gee and you plan to accelerate all the way in, you'll get there
in about 72 hours.  Divide by 15 minute turns and multiply by 2
dice a turn, and you have 576 dice hitting you.  From one
battlecruiser, about 350 points worth.

If you start out at about 30 AU (Mote in God's Eye universe)
then your time to target is something like 2 weeks.

Of course, if you have no real limits on your FTL drives, then
you just pop out of FTL, launch 4000 points worth of missiles at
his starbase or planet, and pop back into FTL again.   And hope
he can't return the favor.