Re: B5 BREWs update.

Date sent:  23-AUG-1996 09:20:25 

>Adam Delafield wrote:
 
>> Date sent:  22-AUG-1996 10:30:12
 
>> After messing about last night, I've decided that the idea I came up
with
>> is too complex. I'm going to revert to Mark's idea of using Railguns
>> to represent the beams.

>	Does that mean that we go back to individual cannons?  (Like on
the
>Omegas:  Two in front, 4 in the aft.) 

We are down to separate systems for the BREWs, but we don't need a
number
of BREWs equal to the number of barrels. (Two fore and Two aft would be
sufficient on an Omega Carrier)

>> I'm still adamant (gedit?) that the pulse cannons can block beam
fire,
>> (I know this doesn't sit well with some people. Tough.) and the idea
of
>> charging should stay.

>	O.K.  We'll assume that the "forward interceptor are down" qoute
 in
>the begining secene in "Severed Dreams" during the battle between the
>Clarkstown and the Alexander was not a technical gaffe.

It's also the only explanation as to the Agamenmons short engagement
range
later on in the ep.

>	As for charging rules are we charging all avaiable BREWS in one
roll,
>or are do we have to charge each cannon? 

Charge is stored centrally (In the Jump Drive System. So only Jump
capable
ships can use BREWs)

>Later,
>Mark

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