Re: Sandcasters

On the sandcaster issue:

Why not make 'em single-use screens?  Each "charge" is, say, 1 mass and
3
pts.  You can check off one or two boxes per turn, giving the effect of
level 1 or 2 screens, respectively, for that turn only.  The "screens"
would
also affect outgoing fire from the ship using 'em.  It doesn't give the
ability to defend another ship, but I think the PSB might have to
stretch a
bit far to fill even a 1" radius with the amount of sand one would
actually
want to carry for defensive purposes.

However, it does provide a cheap way for ships like merchies to get one
or
two turn's worth of screening (to avoid abuse on big ships where screens
are
very massive and tons of sand would be more efficient than screen
generators, the mass of each "charge" might be 1 per 100 mass of ship,
rounded up).

Keep 'Em Flying,

Kent