Re: Vector movement

On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Christopher Weuve wrote:

> > Heavier ships already hold the edge in weapon range. If they can
spin 
> > around as nimbly as lighter vessels, it's going to be very difficult
to 
> > exploit the blind rear arc. 
> 
> These are the Minbari, Shadows, and Vorlons -- I think that's the
idea.  
> <grin>

Exactly. That's why THEY should be more nimble, not the low tech
Earth ships. Figure this: An Earth dreddie and Minbari War Cruiser
both have a small destroyer on their tails. 

Minbari follows FT rules and does a painful 2-pt. turn. The DD easily 
follows and stays in the rear arc.
The Earth dreddie just spins 180 and blast the little critter.

And the argument holds for general backgrounds as well. Free spinning 
makes bigger ships more powerful, since the little fish are coming to 
them anyway, they just have to bring weapons to bear.

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