Re: {FT} Off center firing arcs was Re: [FT-AAR] NAC/NI

Laserlight wrote:
...snip...JTL
> Then we roll our ships to bring the batteries to bear.  The only
problem I
> see with the off center arc is when you expect to plunge in and have
targets
> all round, but you have the same problem with FS/F/FP as you would
with
> AP/FP/F--actually more, because if all your batteries face forward
then he
> knows he's safe in your aft arcs.  With an Alarishi ship, I can always
roll,
> so only my A arc is uncovered.  And I usually use small ships with
only one
> or two firecons anyway.  This design wouldn't work as well for, say,
the NSL
> because it presumes you have at least two thruster points
available--one to
> roll, one to change facing--but we don't buy Swabby ships.

     Illumination comes with the surfacing of another unspoken
house rule. and I am glade you dont use NSL, I think they would 
look silly mounted upside down.

:-)

Bye for now,
John L.