Re: Fighters and all...

On Sat, 20 Jul 1996 04:48:39 GMT JAMES BUTLER
<JAMESBUTLER@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>Fighter questions...
>
>1. Can fighters reload "endurance"? If so, how long does it take?
>
>2. Can torpedo fighters reload torpedoes? If so, how long does it 
>take?
>

We play reloading takes a full turn aboard the fighter's specific
carrier
ship.

>3. Do screen effect torpedoes?

No ... there is a specified 4+ to hit ... like submunitions packs I
guess

>4. If you aren't playing with sensors, is your opponent obligated to 
>tell you what type of specialty fighters he's playing with until they 
>attack?

I would say in all fairness (oh no! I said the "F" word) since you're
not
using scan rules at all, that yes you should tell your opponent if asked
to.

>5. If you are playing with sensors, can you scan a fighter squadron to
>see what type of fighters they are?

I would say so ...

>6. If you can reload torpedoes onto torpedo planes and the fighter bay
>holding the torpedo planes is hit, does the ship carrying them take
>extra damage? 

No, I wouldn't think so ... considering you don't take extra damage from
the remaining "fuell" stores  when the fighter bay goes ....

>7. Okay--it's happened more than a few times that enemy fighters wound 
>up on top of hostile ships (we're playing with counters right now
instead of
>miniatures). And PDAF not being able to fire on fighters right on top 
>of you is very frustrating. Does it not make sense that PDAF should be
able 
>to fire offensively on fighters within 2 inches, or even within one? I
can
>understand that letting them fire at 6" would be disbalancing but even 
>PDAF should be able to fire against enemy fighters when they're right 
>outside the window!!

The problem is in not using 3-d space are the fighters "on top of" the
ship, or are they at a good distance above or below the ship? There's no
way to tell.