Re: Vector Rules

TO: AARON T.
CC: JON T.

     IN RESPONSE TO YOUR SAT. 04OCT97 MESSAGE.

ROTATION OF ...:   I FEEL THAT THE ROTATION VECTOR SHOULD BE
     CARRIED FORWARD AS A PART OF THE MOVEMENT UNTIL 
     CANCELLED.   ANY SORT OF 'GIMME' REDUCES THE VALUE
     OF THE 'TRUE VECTOR' CONCEPT.
     THE SOLUTION TO THE ROTATION PROBLEM IS SIMPLE,
     DO AWAY WITH IT!	ALLOW ANY SHIP TO FACE AS IT DESIRES
     AND USE THE "FULL THRUST" TO ALTER THE TRAVEL VECTOR.

Status: RO

I BEG EVERYONES PARDON, THE USE OF CAPS IS A JOB RELATED 
'BAD' HABIT I HAVE PICKED UP AND I AM NOT REALLY TRYING
HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK AWAY. (THIS I TRUST IS THE SHOUTING.)

     I DIDN'T CATCH THAT THE 'SIDE SLIP' WOULD ROLL INTO
THE 'NEW' END OF TURN VECTOR.  OOPS!

     I HAVE FOUND THAT MOST GAMES I RUN HAVE A FAIR NUMBER
OF LEARNING PLAYERS.   THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SHIPS I'LL
HAND OUT IS ABOUT SIX.	 THREE OF THESE WILL BE ESCORTS AND 
I GENERALLY HAVE THESE PEOPLE USE A KIND HEARTED FORM OF
SQUADRON MOVEMENT.   MY THOUGHTS ON TIME DURATION WERE 
BASED ON MY NORMAL SITUATION.	

     I SUSPECT THAT THIS IS ALL PART OF A PLOT TO MAKE MISSILES
EFFECTIVE!   (WELL, I SELDOM DESIGN A SHIP WITH A THRUST LESS
THAN FIVE.)

BY FOR NOW, DINNER CALLS
JOHN T.