Re: Boarding combat

Roger Books wrote:
> 
> Marines should be better at this then your average squid.  I'd say
they
> would work as heavy fighters, no kills by opponents on a 4.  If you
> send a mixed force the squids die on 4's and one of the 6's, the jar
> heads die on 5's and one of the 6's.	You want DC under ship fire
> navy doods are wonderful things.  You want us to stick our heads out
> when someone is fireing up close and personal you crazy, why do you
> think we joined the navy?
> 
> It's a little fiddly, any better suggestions?

Hmmm, how about weighting the other end?  Marines score kills more often
than
normal crew, but die just as easily.

So a normal crew will score one kill on a 5, two on a 6.  A marine will
kill one
on a 4-5 and two on a 6.  Or some variation on that theme.

Tom

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Thomas Pope
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
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