Re: Super High Velocities in Full Thrust

[jatkins6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (John Atkinson)]

You wrote: 

>your hands to logistics issues, I think it is quite reasonable to 
limit >ships to two turns worth of maximum acceleration for the intial 
speed upon >entering the board.  Furthermore, ships can be counted as 
holding the field >of battle if their speed is below four times their 
maximum acceleration at >the end of the engagment.

The rule I always use for starting speeds is player may select, up to 
2x the thrust of his slowest ship.  Entire fleet must start at same 
speed unless there is a logical explanation for otherwise.  Holding the 
field is not usually an option, so I base victory on the ability of the 
two forces to continue a mission.  IOW, if I loose two or three 
destroyers, I can continue mission.  If you didn't loose any ships, but 
your carrier task force that took down my three destroyers now has 
three fighters left out of 72, you can't continue mission.  You loose.

John M. Atkinson