Re: Fleet Book Rules Q

In a message dated 99-01-06 05:07:58 EST, you write:

<< >Well, before making an [OFFICIAL] ruling I'd like other list
members'
 >opinions on this - there are two ways to argue it:
 >
 >1) take Mark's suggestion above, assuming that Heavy Fighters' armour
gives
 >them the same kind of protection as when fired at by PDS, or
 >
 >2) leave the rule as written - Heavy fighters take damage from class-1
 >beams just as normal fighters, and gain no extra benefit. The argument
for
 >this is that the beam, pulse, (whatever) fired by a class-1 beam is
MUCH
 >more powerful than that fired by a PDS battery, and if it hits at all
it
 >will cut through any armour that a fighter can carry with equal ease -
the
 >reduced hit chance represents the relative difficulty of tracking a
fighter
 >with an antiship mount compared to a dedicated PDS, but if it hits it
will
 >kill.
 >
 >Opinions?
 >
 >Jon (GZG)
 
 Personally, I actually prefer #2, even though we SWAG'd #1 for our FFA
 game. :) >>
If anything it would go the other way, that would represent that the
heavy
fighters are less maneuveritable than the normal fighters, unless they
are
kra'vak..
just an idea
Stephen (AKA SRKOALA@AOL.COM and IntrpdDDX@AOL.COM)