Re: Fw: Weapons for Newtonian based FTIII

At 11:26 AM 5/6/97 -0400, joachim wrote:
>Phillip E. Pournelle writes:
>
>@:)	     For those who want to track number of burns per missile, I
>@:) really don't want to start moving in the direction of SFB.  So the
>@:) Standard Newtonian Missiles can thrust for 3 turns, the Mini
>@:) Missile for 2 Turns.
>
>  Actually, that is the direction of SFB.  Drones (missiles) in SFB
>remain on the board for a certain number of turns (usually 3) after
>they've been launched, regardless of any manouvering they may perform
>in the interim.  For my money, I'd say each missile gets three thrust
>actions because it's far more realistic and actually not much harder
>to keep track of than turn of launch.

	Remeber the original context, the missiles conduct their burn,
then
remain on the board until their momentum takes them off the board or
into a
target.  By Joachim's reconing the original MT rules for missiles is SFB
like...