Re: Prospective Novice
From: Jaime Tiampo <fugu@s...>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 21:55:03 -0800
Subject: Re: Prospective Novice
Derek Fulton wrote:
> >I'd like to see your reasoning on this. The only changes to vector
was
> >limiting the amout of thrust in pushes.
>
> I believe it may be like this.
>
> Under FB1 a MD6 ship could expend all it's thrust on burns and
rotations
> and then a further half of the MD rating on pushes..
>
> Under FB2 pushes are now restricted to 1 point of thrust per turn from
any
> one set of thrusters (bow, port, starboard and aft) and the thrust
points
> for pushes come from the main drive along with the burns and
rotations.
> There isn't an exclusive pool just for pushes, this makes a big
difference
> on a ship's ability to maneuver.
Oh right... I forgot there was two pools. We always played where they
came out of the same pool as our house rule.
Jaime