Re: Fleet Control System

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Norman <thurvin@yahoo.com>
To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk <FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk>
Date: 02 November 1998 01:28
Subject: Re: Fleet Control System

>I thought of giving "advanced" ships or ship with "Kaptain Kirks" the
>ability to adjust their position or speed up to 2"-3" after ships had
>completed to simiuate their superoity manoverable. I think, something
>like this could work for FCS.
>
We have something similar in our camapign system. One of the ratings you
can
increase for each vessel is a Manouever rating. This starts at 2 for
escorts, 1 for cruisers and 0 for Dreadnoughts but can increase as
vessels
gain experiance. If you roll below your current rating for Manouevre you
can
increase/decrease the final position along the line of flight by 2" .
The
maximum ratings are 6,4 and 2 for the classes respectively!

>
>
>
>---John Bennett <johnbenn@globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> I like the idea of some vessels holding back their movement;
>>
>> You could try and use the system as in the WWI board game Aces High
>where
>> the better pilots can hold back a part of their move depending on
>how good
>> they are.
>>
>> In my campaign system, where ship crews develop skills and
>experiance, the
>> top ships could become Ace vessels. I will have to work on this but
>it may
>> be that they move the first part of their move up to half way and
>can then
>> write the second part of their move, (which must comply with the
>normal
>> restrictions) once all other vessels have completed their moves.
>>
>> This would simulate the tactically aware captain being able to stay
>on the
>> six of an enemy vessel!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Thomas Barclay <Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca>
>> To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk <FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk>
>> Date: 31 October 1998 18:03
>> Subject: Re: Fleet Control System
>>
>>
>> Samuel spake thusly upon matters weighty:
>>
>> Maybe that is the high-tech advantage. :)
>>
>> >
>> > Just a few thoughts how a Fleet Control System might give an
>> > advantage:
>> >
>> > Each point gained from a FCS allows you to hold back movement
>> > of one ship. Movement for all other ships is plotted for both
>> > players, and these ships then move. Then, both players get to
>> > plot and move ships designated by the FCS.
>> >
>> > This allows you to see how most of the enemies ships are moving,
>> > but only allows a rewrite (effectively) of a few orders. Of
>> > course, this gives an advantage to the player with a small
>> > number of expensive ships, since you may be able to hold off
>> > moving your entire fleet to the second movement phase.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Be seeing you,
>http://www.bifrost.demon.co.uk/Gaming/Gaming.html
>> > Sam.		  ----------------------- Roleplaying and
>Wargaming
>> >
>> >
>> /************************************************
>> Thomas Barclay
>> Voice: (613) 831-2018 x 4009
>> Fax: (613) 831-8255
>>
>> "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot.  C++ makes
>> it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
>> -Bjarne Stroustrup
>> **************************************************/
>>
>>
>>
>
>_________________________________________________________
>DO YOU YAHOO!?
>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>