Re: [GZG] FT but off the wall and a little OT]

[Michael Sarno <msarno@xxxxxxxx>]

Doug Evans wrote:

has space fighters that can be taken out with hand-operated weapons,

    I don't recall a single Imperial fighter being destroyed by a weapon without a computer assisted targeting system.

 and a fighter-in-the-flying-bridge making a major warship crash into another,

    We do see a fighter impact an ISD in ROTJ, but we can hardly assume that the impact of a single fighter was the cause of the collision that followed shortly thereafter.  The ISD had already taken tremendous damage, enough to lose shields.  We even see the destruction of a sensor array on screen.  So to name the cause as a single fighter craft impact is simply ignoring so much else.

I use PSB to justify limitations of rules;

    The discussion on the site isn't about rules or PSB.  It's about analysis of what is seen on screen and extrapolating from there.  It's not about explaining the inner workings of the technology, but taking a careful look at what is present on screen and placing that information within a certain context.
    Now, where this discussion could intersect a discussion on rules is of great interest to me.  If one wants to run a game with the flavor of a certain background, one must understand the parameters of the background.

 every time somebody takes the PSB serious, and argues counter examples, my eyes roll up into my head.

    Well, if you're GMing a capital ship scenario set in the ST universe, ships should maneuver in wide sweeping arcs and gain some benefit from flying in formation, range should matter, and shields should be of supreme importance.  If they're not, I'm going to roll my eyes and walk away from the game.  Similarly, in a game set in the SW universe, capital ships shouldn't have to bother with maneuver, range shouldn't matter much, and target selection should be of supreme importance.

-Mike

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Michael Sarno

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