Re: when do fighters move

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> From: Marshall Grover <mgrover@mint.net>
> To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: when do fighters move
> Date: Friday, May 09, 1997 3:30 AM
> 
> At 12:04 AM 5/9/97 GMT, you wrote:
> >If the SWAC is just a distributed firecon, then why is it limited to
> >one type of weapon? A normal (non distributed) firecon can control
> >both pulse torps and beam batteries.
> >
> >>My main insperation (other than the AWACS) was the Imperial
Constellation
> >>targetting ships from Space Fleet.	That is what I invision a SpWACS
ship
> >>looking like (covered with sensor domes and various other targiting
> >>apparatus)
> >
> >It's OK but the constellation targeting ship and the castellan shield
> >ship were quite badly broken from a game mechanics point of view.
> 
> are the range limits a measure of sensors or beam cohesion? It would
make
> sense to me to have your SWAC close with the enemy and send target
data
to
> the main fleet, if it survives.
> 
> ex: swac is 12" away from target, transmit data to fleet 36" away,
fleet
> fires as if from 12" range.

The limits are the sensor range.  The actual range would be measured
from
the ships firing.  The only thing the SWAC does is allow ships within 6"
of
the ship to borrow a FireCon.

Enjoy,
     Nezach (Nezach@theonramp.net)