Re: Just wondering

 Hey Mike C,
	How about rather than rolling for the whole of "pongo" country
in two
treshold checks, roll for each boarding party/factor? That way you can
get
results where almost the first hit of a battle gets the marines (and
spaces
them) or the home ship's a complete rightoff yet there are enough
marines
left to capture a brand new ship to go home in.
	Just a thought.

	Tony.
	twilko@ozemail.com.au

At 18:16 14/04/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>
>    I figured it probably be best to send what rules I came up with and
to
>get everyones oppinion.  As I said before I took some allready exsiting
>rules in more thrust and converted them.
>
>
>Extra boarding Parties Beta Rules.
>
>Consit of extra marine contingent specially equipped with vac-suits or
>powered armor.  Ship may purchase extra marines at the cost of 1 p.p.
per
>marine.  Remember that it takes four marines to make up one boarding
factor.
>1 marine takes up 5 c.s. of space.  You must purchase cargo space
(living
>quarters) to house the marines.  You purchase living quarters much the
same
>way you would purchaes interface craft or hanger bays.  2 marines can
occupy
>i mass of living space purchased or 10 c.s. for every 1 mass.	Cost of
>living space is 2 points for 1-6 mass bays, 3 points for mass 7-12 bay,
4
>points for mass 13-18 bay and so on, plus 2 points per mass of living
>quarters.  Thus a mass 6 living quarters would cost 12 p[oints plus 2
for
>the bay, for a total of 14 points, and could hold up to 12 marines or 3
>boarding factors.  When a threshold pont is reached each indvidual
living
>quarters would be rolled for and on the first roll, you would lose half
of
>your living quarters and marine contingent there in.  Second lose roll
would
>wipe out entire living quarters and the marine contingent there in. 
When a
>boarding attempt is made the player must state how many extra marines
he is
>sending over before any combat takes place between boarding crew and
>defending crew.  Remember it takes 4 marines to equal 1 boarding
factor.
>The player must mark off accordingly.	If boarding attempt is
successful
>then the marine contigent stays aboard captured ship and becomes part
of the
>crew for the new ship.  Other wise if unsuccessful or retreats half
return
>to ship rounded down.	Repair and reload: to repair or reload living
>quarters it cost the same ammount as if putting new ones in of the same
mass
>lost, if 3 mass of living quarters was lost it would cost 6 points plus
2 to
>repair ant take a full day to do.  To replace lost marine contingent
still
>cost the same per marine (1 p.p. per marine) and takes one day per
boarding
>factor or part there of to replace.
>
>
>Let me know how this sounds and any constructive comments are welcomed.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Mike C.
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