[FT] Bell Curve SMLs

Hello everybody

We recently had a discussion about salvo missiles under vector rules. 
It would be more realistic to add the launching ship's velocity vector
to 
the 24" range of the SML's. However, this is generally disliked because 
it would make SMLs from a fast-moving ship the weapons with the longest 
range in the game.

I propose to make the accuracy of placing the aiming point of teh SML 
depend on the range as follows:

- place aiming point as under present rules
- displace aiming point by the ships velocity vector
- measure range from ship to aiming point
- throw two dice, one for left deviation, one for right deviation
- divide the range by 10, and multiply by the difference between the 
two dice
- displace the aiming point according to the result of the multiplied 
dice throw to left or right, perpendicularly to the line joining it with

the launching ship

This is more complicated than the present procedure, but, I hope, not 
unacceptable. It also needs play-testing, and perhaps some adjusting of 
the numbers involved. I chose the divisor of 10 because it's a nice
round 
number. Possibly,  the 3" intercept range for SML should be increased 
for these rules. Also tactics of both sides may change with less
accurate 
SML's.

PSB: Assume the SML's are two-stage missiles, with a booster and an 
intercept stage. After the booster burns out, they fly in a straight
line 
until the intercept stage is fired. With limited boster accuracy, the 
lateral precision or the aiming point depends linearly	(in 2D) on the 
range.

Any comments ?

Greetings
Karl Heinz