Re: FTL Capable Fighters

In article <199707141924.MAA17068@maildude.nps.navy.mil>, "Phillip E.
Pournelle" <pepourne@nps.navy.mil> writes
>As an ammendment to my last discussion on FTL fighters, the FTL
capability
>should be purchased at the cost of a vehicle with 2 Mass, because a
carrier
>would have to transport 2 mass per fighter.  So even if the fighter is
between
>0.5 and 1 Mass each the point balance requires costing for 2 Mass.
>  Additionally I would require that each FTL fighter be required to
have
>high endurance.  This not only makes sense, since it cannot reload, but
also
> makes the FTL fighter a little expensive to compensate for the fact
that a
>carrier has to pay for its thrust rating as a capital ship.  This
combined with
>the fact the FTL fighter has to have a hangar bay somewhere within 1
jump
> distance will compensate.

I don't use the endurance rules, but I do only alow heavy fighters to
have FTL.
-- 

Thomas Heaney
Thomas@kontos.demon.co.uk