RE: [FT] OU & IC & FB3

Incorrect. MD 5 gives only a turn of 2.
FB1, pg 5: "Odd-Numbered Thrust Factors:
It is permitted to design ships with odd-numbered
Thrust Factors; such drives operate just as for
even-numbered ones except that to determine the
thrust available for course change the thrust 
rating is halved (as normal) but is rounded
DOWN, so that a ship with Thrust-5 is only
capible of 2 points of course change."

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Brian Bell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan and Carmel Brain [SMTP:aebrain@dynamite.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 1:50 AM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: [FT] OU & IC & FB3
> 
> From: "Oerjan Ohlson" <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com>
> 
> > >Good Question. Not as far as I know. No entry in the Unofficial GZG
> > >pedia either. I have some ideas re designs - things which are
> > >specifically anti-KV - thrust 5 forex - but that's about all.
> > 
> > Why would thrust-5 be "specifically anti-KV"...?
> > 
> > Curious,
> > 
> > Oerjan Ohlson
> 
> Play a few games with a Vandenburg as opposed to the more
> normal Vandenburg-T using cinematic movement vs a KV ship,
> and you'll see the effect. Basically Thrust-5 gives a turn rate of
> 3, greatly increasing the opportunities for effective range fire
> for human non-forward-arc-beams in a turning duel, and decreasing
> the opportunities the KV have of a forward-arc shot.
> 
> Thrust-6 has the same effect, but costs more for little benefit. The
> extra 5% is better spent on more beams (or hull...)
> 
> Against Human opponents, Thrust-6 is more useful, as in this case
> acceleration is at least as important as turning ability.
> 
> The "specifically anti-KV" effect is subtle - less obvious than the
> complete lack of screens and slightly-less-than-1-row for armour,