Re: Fighters and Hangers

[Laserlight <laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The main complaints are that we would like a treatment where there can
> be (minimum options): a large, multi-group, variable-size (# of groups)
> "hanger area" in the interior of the ship treated as a protected system
> and an exposed "launch and recovery area" of variable size. 

Two parts to this -- variable size and protected system.

For variable size, you could try Fighter Bay = 3 Mass + 1 Mass per 
fighter.  The base 3 mass could be construed as separate tracking and 
control facilities, combat air traffic controllers, etc.  This is 
totally un-playtested, but at least it would discourage 
1-fighter-per-group cheese.

Not sure what the "protected system" is worth.  Normally I'd guess it's 
worth about 25% of the points cost, but that's not necessarily 
applicable for fighters--ie if 50% of my fighters die, how much is it 
worth to have rearm/refuel cpacity for 100% of them instead of, say, 86% 
after a threshold?

And you should also have some kind of discount to reflect the chance 
that your landing/launching tube works but your hangers are dead, or 
vice versa.