RE: Turn Order

By the same token, you never know what type of counter-measures were
installed on the computers to prevent operation when a ship's captured
and they don't know the proper start up sequences.  The liklihood of
getting the engines online is better than getting the weapons online.
Then again, its all moot if the ship is captured intact during a
boarding raid and the GM rules that the Ship's captain hasn't had time
to deactivate the ship.

Gil

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>From:	Oerjan Ohlson[SMTP:oerjan.ohlson@nacka.mail.telia.com]
>Sent:	Tuesday, January 06, 1998 8:04 AM
>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Subject:	Re: Turn Order
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>> Fran: Michael Sandy <mehawk@cnnw.net>
>> Till: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>> Amne: Turn Order
>> Datum:  den 2 januari 1998 22:00
>> 
>> When exactly do ramming attempts and boarding actions
>> take place during the turn?	
>
>Either at the end of the movement phase or during the combat phase. The
>only restrictions stated in the rules apply at the end of the movement
>phase. Choose whichever you like.
>
>> Once a ship is captured,
>> how soon are its systems put under control of the
>> capturing player?  I'd presume the Drive is controlled
>> first, but how long would it take to get control of
>> the weapons systems?
>
>The rules say nothing; I haven't seen it mentioned on the list before
>either. My suggestion is that unless you happen to have a lot of
surplus
>crew (not marines!) on your ships, your prize crew won't be big enough
to
>man the weapons of the captured vessel - if it was, your own ship would
be
>mostly stripped of its crew! Call it 2-3 turns (half an hour or so,
using
>15-minute turns) to get the engines under control.
>
>If the ship is built by another race than your own, I doubt if you'd be
>able to bring even the engines under control within the scope of the
game -
>controls made for tentacles won't work too well with pincers <g>
>
>Regards,
>
>Oerjan Ohlson
>
>"Life is like a sewer.
>What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
>- Hen3ry
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