Re: [FT]Variable Fire Arcs...

At 06:53 AM 3/23/99 +0100, Oerjan wrote:
>Aaron wrote:
>> >No. Flipping the ship end for end is covered by expending 1 maneuver
>> >thrust point for turning 180 degrees in the Vector system, but isn't
>> >possible in the Cinematic system under the current rules.
>> 
>> Check again, Oerjan.  The rolling maneuver seems explicitly designed 
>> *for* the cinematic system, since that's the example that Jon uses.
>
>You check again too, Aaron ^_^
>
>The section you quoted above isn't about the rolling maneuver but about
>turning the *facing* of a ship 180 degrees. OK, you can do it in
>Cinematic too, but only if the ship's speed is 0 at the start of the
>turn :-/

At 06:02 PM 3/23/99 +0000, Jon (GZG) wrote:
>Yes, but the roll doesn't change the ship's facing, so it works for
>cinematic AND vector alike, as stated in the book.  An end-for-end
flip,
>like a 180 degree rotate, reverses the ship's facing - OK in vector,
but
>not in cinematic.

<Aaron digs toe in carpet>

Weeeeeelll... um... I think we'll have to leave that as one of those
"needed to be re-read a few times more before it was sent."

<blush>

					Aaron Teske
					ateske@HICom.net
LAUNCH DAY!
A totally unprovoked attack on peaceful neighbors. Must be the race 
file. Does strange things.
		--Rick Kucejko, on the War Monger PRT in Stars!