Re: Wave Gun Faqs.......

Noam,

Our group has been playing with wave guns........  And what we have soo 
far is as follows:

1.  After all missles, ftrs, and ships move but before missle and ftr 
combat is resolved..... we place and move the wave/nova gun/cannon 
templates

(We felt that the original template sizes were too small... that the 
costs in mass and disadvantages of both the wave and nova gun were too 
high... no one really liked them... so we tried (2) avenues

1.  Double the size of the templates and keep the damage the same
-or
2.  Double the damage and keep the template the same.

Personally I liked the double the template deal... it makes the wave gun

good for cleaning up small ships/ftrs/missles .... however I have to 
admit that I prefer the nova cannon to be really nasty (I liked the 
double damage on the nova).  Our group is fractured too... we can't seem

to decide weither we prefer the double damage/same template or the
double 
template same damage route....	Try both and see what you like... I'd 
like to hear on what others percieve... I guess I'm biased... I keep 
thinking of Star Blazer's nova cannon wiping out 1/2 the enemy fleet 
everytime it fires....;) .
[end my aside]

So this way the template moves after everyone has moved for that turn...

it allows you to use these weapons to sweep ftrs/missles (usually the 
ftrs catch on though... and with end burn its hard to really wipe out
the 
fighters once your opponent has caught on).

2.  We play that you must have a firecon on a ship to fire any weapon.	
Basically our "house/interpreted rule" is that no firecon or pds means 
that you can't see squat other then navigational hazards and the base 
level ecm/eccm that warships (aka ships with firecon or pds) can exert 
makes them effectively invisable.  However we do rule that you can lay 
mines without a firecon.  We rule that pds is defensive only and
provides 
short range (we ~ 12" detection + normal navigation hazards... so you're

blind... aka military ships can sneak up on freighters with out them 
really having a clue.... ).  And a fire con represents basic warship 
sensors ect... and is the only item that can allow you to fire a weapon 
(other then mines, or pds which have their own limited firecon built 
in... ).  Anyway...... that's our interpretation of the firecon deal.  I

think that we rationalize that without a firecon you can't see squat so 
why would you be shooting?

So am I clear.... or is my sleep depreivation state causing serious 
miscommunication?

Chuck