Re: Babylon 5 Wars (LONG)

On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Tom Granvold wrote:

> > a) You can turn as much as you like per turn
> 
>	It would be easy to put in a rule that limits the amount a
> ship could turn, ie. rotate, in one game turn.
> 
> > b) Turning does not affect thrust.
> 
>	 This depends on how you see the ship's engines work.  

[Chopety chop]

I thought this was a sample of Triplanetary rules...  In any case,
ofcourse you can place additional restrictions, but "free" spinning
makes
the movement a lot easier, since you can always apply maximum thrust in
the optimal direction. 

Depending on the game's time scale and other background factors, it may 
or may not be realistic.

I must admit that when I think of Newtonian movement, I think of the
horror that is real-time thrust application. You need differential
math to solve anything with that. 

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