Re: Emergency Thrust and Emergency Turns

At 08:53 21/08/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Jon(top cat) wrote:
>
> > Well this looks good ,will have to try it out.
> > You might want to limit it , say depending on the size of the 
> > ship eg escort 1 attempt
> > cruiser 2 attempts
> > capital 3 attempts
> > to represent the fact that much larger engines mass wise can take
more 
> > punishment, and to stop destroyers behaving like 'fighters' on lucky
die 
> > rolls.
> 
> That is a good option but I had forgotten to include another modifier
I 
> had thought of to limit its use.  For each attempt (for either
Emergency 
> Thrust or Emergency Turns) after the first in the same battle, there
is an 
> additional +1 (cumulative) chance of engine damage AND the result of 
> engine damage without any additional thrust or turning ability.
> 
> Example: 3rd turn attempting either Emergency Thrust or Turns, thrust
4 
> ship, both prior rolls have been successful, trying for an additional
2 
> points of thrust. On a roll of 1 - extra thrust no engine damage, 2-3
- 
> extra thrust but engine damage, 4-6 - no extra thrust and engine
damage.
> 
I'm not sure you need any more modifiers. A simple mark to show attempt
on a
ship diagram would be better, besides if you roll lucky you still get
the
bonus for quite a while . _7 turns_! thats too much!

Jon (t.c.)
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