Re: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Question to you all.....

[Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Stokes wrote:

> An idea had occurred to me which I have not seen mentioned yet. I'm not 
> convinced I think it is a good idea yet, so take it for what its worth.
> One of the things mentioned in the rotation discussion was the effect of 
> moment of inertia and big ships zipping about like fighters. But I'm used 
> to playing with mostly small ships and so I like them able to move 
> quickly. How to make the big ships move like big ships and yet have the 
> small ships able to outmaneuver them?

Using proposal "3)" and equipping your small ships with higher Thrust 
Ratings than your large ships will do the trick nicely :-/

> Maybe have different rotation rates for different sized ships. As an 
> example: taking the classes from 2nd edition, Capital ships turn 30 
> degrees per point, Cruisers turn 60 degrees, and Escorts turn as much as 
> they want.

But how do you define "capital ships", "cruisers" and "escorts"?

If an "escort" is defined as no larger than Mass X, a cruiser is anything 
between Mass X+1 and Mass Y, and a capital ship anything of Mass Y+1 or 
larger, then a Mass increase of just one single point will suddenly make 
the ship *much* clumsier... with the result that no-one ever builds ships 
of Mass X+1 or Y+1, while ships of Mass X or Y become extremely common. 
(FWIW this is exactly why the Fleet Book design system abolished the FT2 
"capital/cruiser/escort" class system.)

BTW, why should a superdreadnought with Main Drive 6 be any clumsier than a 
corvette with Main Drive 2?

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ariander@xxxxxxxxx

"Life is like a sewer.
 What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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