RE: FT3?

>>  From: tsmccart@ewd.dreo.dnd.ca
>>  Subject: RE: FT3?
>>  Date: Tue, 24 Sep 96 08:31:10 EDT
>>  
>>  Of course, the biggest thing in any Full Thrust game is your ships'
velocity
>>  relative to fighters and missiles.	If your capital ships can safely
go faster
>>  than the fighters and missiles, and you use the optional rule where
fighters
>>  move after orders and before ships move, then a one-point turn can
fool the 
>>  fighters and make them nearly useless.

The Right Thing <TM> to do is to make fighters and missiles move 
in a fashion similar to the rest of the ships, perhaps allowing 
some small fudging at the end to keep them from getting thoroughly 
screwed.

As a rough draft, I'd play fighters as having a thrust of 6 maximum, 
using the nimble maneuver rules (like the kravak or whatever they're 
called), and allow them a 2" or 2 clock position fudge after their 
move to make dogfights and being able to get into reasonable attack 
position more likely.

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