RE: Those darned B1's

It was part of the discussion of shortrange vs longrange firepower and
the
best use of weapon mass.
JL was advocating lots of C1 & C2 beams due their damage/mass efficiency
&
the rest of us were advocating a balance of ranged weapons was of more
use,
allowing you to reach out and touch someone ;-)

In the end you challenged each other and I volunteered to run a fast
game.
Extremely fast for a webgame too, as we ran 4 turns on the first day
alone.

Neath Southern Skies -http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernskies/
[Pirates] Dame Captain Washalot
[NPJB] Absorbent Sponge Sheesh'Ka'Baab
[MKW2] Admiral Peter Rollins - Task Force Zulu-Beta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indy [SMTP:kochte@stsci.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 3:21 AM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: Those darned B1's
> 
> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
> > 
> > Brendan Robertson wrote:
> > 
> > > Got it:
> > > http://home1.pacific.net.au/~southernskies/webgames/guns1/
> [...]
> > I found the speeds *extremely* slow - not very surprising of course,
> > since the TbC wanted to stay close to the Sov, and the Sov didn't
want
> > to move fast since moving fast would've guaranteed the TbC a
permanent
> > position in the Sov's (A) arc :-/
> 
> Yeah, MD 2 really is a handicap. :-/	But IIRC part of the challenge
> involved using an FB1 ship, or that is, an FB1 ship with C4s (B4s is
> the new terminology, eh? ;-). I don't remember the full details on
> how it all came about. 
> 
> Mk