RE: MT Missile Questions

I would imagine that Missiles (MT & Salvo) and Fighters would be the
majority of planetary defense for non-core worlds. Our group usually
limits
planetary bombardment and insertion to being launched from ships in
orbit.
This means that any invasion should have a good number of Escorts with
ADFC.
30 or so MT missiles can really ruin your day.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarrard, Jonathan (J.) [SMTP:jjarrard@ford.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:03 AM
> To:	'gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu'
> Subject:	RE: MT Missile Questions
> 
> TU?  Is that the same as MU?	Actually, having MT missiles (we've been
> calling them Drones) move more like fighters would make them a lot
more
> useful.  Even using full vector movement rules, drones that don't in
the
> first or second turn of endurance are almost never a threat in the
third.
> 
> We've been playing with the original rules, no FC requirement,
separate
> PDS
> for each drone, and a 6 required to hit.
> 
> I was curious how people were handling the FC issue because of a
design
> that
> recently made an appearance in one of our games (a very SHORT game) --
a
> converted heavy freighter loaded with 74!!! drones hiding in an
asteroid
> field.  The NSL battleship squadron that had been sent to punish the
> rebels
> didn't fare so well.
> 
> Also, the question had been raised whether MT missiles could act as
> stand-alone orbital defenses, perhaps taking their targeting
information
> from a separate space station.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Bell [mailto:bkb@beol.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 7:04 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: MT Missile Questions
> 
> We usually use the house rule that the ship that fires MT Missiles
must 
> have 1 working FCS when the MT Missiles are launched. But any number
of MT
> 
> Missiles may be fired and they may attack different targets.
> 
> I ran MT missiles in a PBeM using vector and FB:
> - Movement: 36tu in a 60 degree arc forward (i.e. may make upto a 2
point 
> turn at the begining of movement).
> - PDS: 5+ to hit MT Missile with PDS.
> - Each missile must be targeted seperatly by PDS.
> - FCS needed at launch, but may target other units during fire phase
> - No secondary movement
> - 6tu range.
> - 3 turns endurance.
> It seemed to work well, but movement is notably different than MT.
> 
> 
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