Capital vs. others Debate

Jim Bell Jnbell Christine Hartig writes (edited):

@:) What if we take page from the Starfleet Wars with reguard to
@:) screens and say they are projected out around the ships.
@:) 
@:) If this is true then you can get under the screen.

  This is a cool idea but I have no idea how to make it work.  Ok,
fine, I do have an idea.

  Extensible Screen
  Mass 5?  Cost 35?

  This device operates like a normal screen except that it can be
projected much further from the ship.  For each device, the screened
protection may be extended an additional 3" from the projecting ship.
However, the protection afforded by the screens decreases by one level
with every 6" range increment.	Thus a ship with level-3 extensible
screens can provide level-3 screening to any ship within 3", OR
level-2 screening to any ship within 6", OR level-1 screening to any
ship within 9".  The radius of the screen must be recorded with
movement orders for the turn and the screen must remain at that radius
for the entire turn.  The screen provides no protection from any
weapon fired from within its radius.  No more than three extensible
screens may be active on any given ship during any given turn.

-joachim