RE: Full Thrust 3 rules

At 01:50 PM 6/23/1998 -0500, Thomas Barclay  wrote:
>Glover, spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
>> Well, it states pretty plainly in the rules that the SML missiles
have
>> to target the NEAREST enemy ship. Hence the shield like formation one
>> can form with your midge/scouts. They take all teh damage from the
salvo
>> missiles leaving your cruisers/capitals healthy. There is a small
chance
>> that the salvo missiles will be closer to the larger ships but not
much
>> if you plot your moves carefully.
>
>Of course, my sense of humanity is offended by the lack of morale in 
>this situation. Something tells me when the big wave of SMLs 
>appeared, many of your light ship captains would beat feet (or 
>thrusters) to avoid certain death - if they didn't refuse this 
>suicidal order in the firstplace. But then I just love morale rules!

	Frigates today already have the order to take the torpedo hit
for a
capital ship...  Of course the best solution is to shoot the archer and
not
the arrows...

Gort, Klaatu barada nikto!