Re: The Ft FAQ!/Odd Thrust

>@:) >	       Has this really been a subjuect for debate?  We've
>@:) > always simply split the move in half, like the 2.5 & 2.5 split
>@:) > you mention above.  No offense, I'm just curious, but why would
>@:) > you do it any other way?  Why complicate things?
>@:) 
>@:) Because the rules do cover this (ie, odd thrust point goes to the
>@:) second 'half' of the move, both for turning and acceleration)? I'm
>@:) almost certain that's in the FT basic rules...
>
>  I was going to make exactly the same point a few days ago and I
>pulled out my FT book just so I could toss in a page number and - LO!
>- the rule was not there!  Maybe I just missed it.  They do seem to
>always round numbers down, so that may be where everyone got the idea.

I've looked for this rule before, but have *never* found it in the
books (then again, there are a couple other rules I've looked for,
missed totally, and someone else found them for me :-} ). So with
that in mind I always tried to avoid odd-thrust ships so I wouldn't
have to deal with this.  ;-)

Mk
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