Re: house rules/offline

Todd Mason wrote:
Status: RO

> 
> Ref house rules. Someone commented on the limited survivability of
small
> ships. We have the HR that ships with a thrust > 6 (ie 7 or 8) can
only be
> engaged with C beams, needle beams, submunitions and missiles. This
has two
> effects, it forces the bigger ships to spend some mass on the lighter
> weapons, and it allows the smaller craft an opportunity to close with
the
> enemy and get a few shots off before they are vapourised.
> 
> Todd Mason

Does this apply to escorts or simply to all ships with Thrust of 7 and
8?

If you allow these ships to mount B and A batteries, they will be able
to engage enemy targets with impunity.	If you restricted escorts to B
batteries and also allowed B batteries to engage these ships, it would
raise the value of the underrated B battery.

Jon Davis
davis@albany.net