Re: Launching non fighters (FTL drive)

> > > The character of the game can be radically changed if the mass
> > > requirements for the FTL drive were changed (via a house rule)
> > > to 30% or 50%.
> > 
> > Or points cost increased.
> 
> I personally don't like this idea, as the FTL really has little
> effect on most FT games, so paying such high costs for it seems
strange,
> the increased mass seems to be more representative of different tech
> levels to me. 
> In a campaign, of course, FTL provides much more significant
advantages
> and point cost changes are appropriate.

Well, for a one-off, you are right. For any campaign, the FTL tech 
(if you take the larger view) makes a lot of difference. Just like 
the FTL speed of comms discussion shapes the universe a lot (does 
comms go faster than transit speeds - old thread well hashed in the 
archives), so does the FTL tech weight and cost. If FTL is expensive, 
loses of FTL ships are punishing. If FTL is big and bulky, attacking 
systems against non FTL ships will be painful as (mass for mass) they 
are better armed and armoured since they don't have to shell out a 
lot of space and weight for FTL gear. So I think such distinctions 
actually make a world of difference in a lot of campaign style games. 

Tom.