Re: Fighter Groups

In message <961213052523_103311.1205_IHH14-1@CompuServe.COM> Brian Bell
writes:
> Some ideas & questions about Fighter Groups.
> 
> Question 1) After a fighter group expends its endurance and returns to

> the carrier, how long before it can launch again? I would assume the 
> minimim time would be 3 rounds (same as endurance) possibly much
longer.

Personally, I imagine fuel can be loaded much faster that it will be
expended although I am open to the converse viewpoint.

You might also consider some kind of maintainence burden. Rules for
this could be jigged to make things faster on a dedicated carrier:
say it takes 6 work-points to turn around a fighter group. The group's 
own bay contributes 2 points per turn and 1 point is contributed by 
each empty fighter bay per turn. If a carrier can stagger the return 
of its fighter groups, then the empty bays contribute to the full bays 
and acheive a swifter turn around. If you have only one fighter bay on 
the ship it takes the full three turns (or whatever is adjudged a fair 
time: re-jig the numbers to suit).

-- 
David Brewer