[FT] Fighter descriptions
From: Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrathwiz@c...>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:03:04 -0400
Subject: [FT] Fighter descriptions
For no good reason, I'm trying to make ship control sheets
the size of collectible cards for Star Ranger's
marvelous SF Crossover games.
( http://www.star-ranger.com/SRStuff.htm )
( I'm using the card toolbox from http://www.exodusproject.com/ )
( You can see what I have so far at http://www.projectrho.com/xover/ )
However, I have a minor problem. Star Ranger has a few
special rules for the various fighters (e.g.,
Battlestar Galactica Viper fighters have a secondary move
of 24 due to their turbos, B5 Thunderbolt fighters act
like normal fighters equipped with a torpedo, etc.)
While his ship sheets have plenty of room to print
such rules, cards are a bit more cramped.
I wanted to adapt Jared Noble's modular fighter
rules,
( http://www.homegame.org/siefert/uftwwwp/files/fighters.htm )
but with a terse nomenclature (with all
due respect to Mr. Noble, his rules are fascinating but
the proposed graphics are a bit intimidating).
Here's what I have so far. Perhaps it can be the
basis for something useful with some editing from
the minds of gzg-l.
Write the initial move I, secondary move S, and
endurance as I/S-E. So a standard fighter would
be 24/12-6 (by FT2.5 rules). A Fast fighter
would be 36/12-6. A Long-range fighter would be
24/12-9.
Append codes for various modifications:
H: Heavy frame, fighter takes damage as if it has
level 1 screens.
X: Cannot attack ships
W: When attacking ships, a roll of 6 will destroy
one armor or hull, all other rolls have no effect.
A: When attacking ships, add one to the roll.
T: Ship has a single shot torpedo. 4+ to hit, does 1d6 damage.
L: When attacking a fighter group, a roll of 6 will
destroy one fighter, all other rolls have no effect.
I: When attacking a fighter group, add one to the roll.
So the FT fighters would be coded thusly:
Standard: 24/12-6
Heavy: 24/12-6H
Fast: 36/12-6
Long-range: 24/12-9
Attack: 24/12-6AL
Interceptor: 24/12-6IX
Torpedo: 24/12-6TXL
Star Ranger's fighters would be:
BG Viper 24/24-6 (turbos)
B5 Thunderbolt 24/12-6T (normal fighter w/torpedo)
TIE fighter 24/12-6W
TIE bomber 20/12-6AL (slow attack)
TIE interceptor 30/12-6IW (interceptor w/limited anti-ship)
X-wing 24/12-6HI (heavy interceptor)
Y-wing 24/12-6H
A-wing 36/12-6H (fast heavy)