Re: [FT] JTLs Genre fighters. Incomplete.

I would like to point out that the movies implied
that the INCOM X-Wing was a superior fighter to
the regular imperials at least, and probably 
superior to all but the "advanced Darth Vader"
tie fighter. So, that at least the rebels have 
going for them. X-Wings have a navigator (droid),
a repair capability (that ties lack) and have
an FTL drive.  They also seem to be more maneuverable
when they're not setting up for an attack run.
I'm guessing that TIES are non-atmospheric as 
well while we saw X-wings land in atmospheres.

However, the imperials aren't the Cylons (who
seem to have to attack at a 3:1 margin before they
are actually dangerous).

--- Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
> 
> 
> John Leary wrote:
> 
> > Greetings all,
> >	I have been thinking of doing a cross genre
> > game, using FT, Bab 5, Startrek, and Starwars.
> > To try to deal with the fighters in a way that
> > is (reasonably) consistent with the 'on screen'
> > results does require one to bend/fudge, and if
> > necessary mangle/break the FT rules to reach the
> > desired result.
> >
> > (Note: I stated this some time ago and life
> > has caught up with me.   Not much time for
> > games right now.   The star wars fighters
> > were numerically tested in the death star
> > combat and worked out almost perfectly.
> > I did not work out point values yet.)
> >
> > What follows are a collection of UNTESTED
> > concepts designed to make the combats
> > 'come out right', fair has nothing to do
> > with this effort.
> > (Note: Endurance is stated in FT2 terms,
> > double stated number for FTFB.)
> >
> > STARWARS:
> 
> [terrible aspersions against imperial fighters and
> pilots deleted]
> 
> You have made the terrible mistake of confusing the
> imperials inability
> to hit and kill named characters with an inabilty to
> hit anything at
> all.	If you think back, you will realize that
> except for cute fuzzy
> things, non-imperial units suffer mercifully quick
> deaths when they
> encounter imperials; unless, they included major
> characters.  The
> boarding of Leia's ship, the assault on the Death
> Star (except Luke's
> one small, but admittedly crucial part), the battle
> on the ice planet
> Hoth, the fight to control the cloud city of Bespin,
> and the initial
> stages of the assault on the second Death Star were
> all unmitigated
> ratfucks for the rebels; until, the major characters
> manage to do
> something that pulled everyone's ass out of the
> fire.
> 
> Proper modelling of Star Wars is as follows:
> 
> The rebel player is allowed to designate an
> pre-agreed number of units
> as crewed by major characters.  These units may not
> be destroyed, but do
> suffer threshold checks, or run out of endurance, as
> appropriate.	All
> imperial units, and all rebel units with "named
> characters" are
> considered to have the best possible crew grade. 
> Until such time as
> crew quality is added, all this means is that
> "named" rebel pilots and
> all imperial pilots are aces.  The rebel player
> loses if only units with
> major characters survive the battle.
> 

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