Re: Those annoying aliens...

> 
> A quick thought on railguns;	how about simulating their much greater
> transit time between firer and target by letting beams fire first.  If
a
> railgun-armed ship announces that it's firing on a beam-armed ship,
the
> latter is permitted a "reaction fire" on the railgun-ship, provided it
hasnt
> already fired.
> Rob Paul

Not a bad idea. But then this reaction should also be possible against 
missile-firing ships. (I really can't too deeply involved in a rule 
discussion, since the last time I actually played FT was over a year
ago...)