Re: FT Novels (not directly FT Related)

> I've given some thought to the Honor Harrington series and a Full
> Thrust rules conversion.  Some of the complexities of the Manitcore-
> Haven universe would have to be modeled using a Newtonian movement
> system as opposed to the Full Thrust movement system.....

I've been thinking on this line too.  My feelings are to mold FT to
resemble 
the Harrington universe, but not so much to make FT a complex game.  My 
thoughts are....

Movement be done in vectors.  Basically, if you have a starting speed of
8 
units, and you want to turn 3 units and accelerate 6 units, what you
would do 
is this:  Move your ship 8 units in the direction it was going.  Turn
your 
ship 3 clicks.	Accel 6 units.	From your starting point, measure to
your 
ending point to derive new velocity (in this case 10 units), and the 
direction of the ship's movement would fall on this line.  Notice that
your 
ship is NOT facing the same way as it is now moving.  For simplicity
sake, 
round new velocity to the nearest unit, and vector to the closest
heading.

Ships' gravity wall defences....  I'd say that all escorts have level
one 
shields, all cruisers level two, and all caps. level three.  When doing 
threshold checks, loss of a shield means a sidewall collapses (and in
bigger 
ships, partial sidewall collapse); loss of a engine thrust spells
disaster.  
The first hit to engines means that particular ship is hit at say, 3 or 
better. If the engine is hit again, automatic hit; goes to DSII idea of 
lasers: if you can see it, you can hit it.

ECM: replaces PDAF and ADAF.  Basically, shoots at incoming missiles and
acts 
just like *DAF against fighters.

Missiles:  obviously needs to be rethought.  I am thinking along the
lines of 
making them less massive in FT so that ships can carry more.  How many 
volleys are usually shot off in the books, four, five?	Maybe have a
damage 
modifier to reflect ship size instead; escorts to 1D6 damage, cruisers
2D6, 
caps 3-4D6.  What do you think?

Ship Rolling:  Now this is a tricky one.  Best I could think of is treat
the 
ships' movement rate as being used to flip.  Again, to make things
simple, 
have it where the ship is either right-side up, or inverted; no
sideways.  
Yes, I know this is a key defence to missiles in the book, but I'm
saying the 
shield levels should account for this.	Besides, as I recall, the
missiles 
could still arc up and come down at a ship even if it was on its side. 
The 
benefit of flipping would be in bringing undamaged guns and missile
tubes to 
bear.

Fighters: Obviously gone, as are carriers.  Maybe use them as pinnaces,
but 
pinnaces were never used in battle.

Well, what do you think?  I wanted someone to bounce this off for a
while 
anyway; I like the Harrington universe, but wasn't sure if these rules 
modifiers would make it seem like Honor's world.

Jeff Shoffner