Re: New Fleet Book errata?

Roger Burton-West wrote:

> >>FB1 p11: example ship second sub-total is wrong. Should be 101
points,
> >>not 95.
> >
> >No, it should be 98 points. Check the FB1 section of the FT FAQ at
> >http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3565/faq-index.html . The
example
> >design only uses 84 of its 85 Mass.
>
>Ah. I evidently have a different FB1 printing (it's still copyright
>1998, but I bought it at Colours this year); the example ship design
>in mine is correct in everything except the second sub-total.

OK.

>Am I correct in my reading of the rules, that there is no _human_
>weapon which can attack a fighter group that is not itself attacking
>a ship?

Yes.

>(Certainly, scatterguns and interceptor pods seem to be able to do
this.)

Correct.

>Also: is list consensus that the maximum-thrust-of-8 restriction has
>been lifted?

It certainly was Jon's intention. ALL of the FT2 design rules (pps
29-32) 
have been replaced by the FB1/FB2 rules.

Later,

Oerjan
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