RE: [FT]Needle damage

That triggered some fond memories. When I first started playing Full
Thrust
we gave every system 4 levels or repair: New, Damaged, Fixed, Destroyed.
When a system was damaged by a threshold check, it became Damaged
(marked a
single line through it). If the system was Repaired, we marked 'OK' next
to
the icon. If a Damaged or Repaired system took damage from a threshold
again, it became Destroyed (unable to be repaired, crossed off). Needle
Beams took a system directly to the Destroyed level. It made a quick
game
even quicker (and more deadly).

I would, however, stay away from having a weapon function differently at
different ranges.

I agree that Needle Beams (NB) are not a main line weapon (and IMHO,
they
should stay that way). They are a little too weak. However, I would
prefer
not to see an arms race that will negate the value of the current NB, or
make an NB fleet mandatory if you expect to win a pick-up game. Giving a
NB
either additional arcs or extra range should be provided at a HEAVY
PENALTY.
The value of a NB should be adjusted so that it's cost/mass still makes
a
Beam weapon preferable in most situations, but allows the NB to still be
useful in specific situations (piracy, specific ship-capture missions,
etc.).

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://www.ftsr.org/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bif Smith [SMTP:bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 2:32 AM
> To:	full thrust
> Subject:	Re:[FT]Needle dammage
> 
> >>Needlebeam damage is *unrepairable* using damage control.
> >>You need to bring in a repairship after the game.
> >>
> 
> >Really?!  That was not explicit in my reading of FT/2nd.  Whoa,
Nelly,
> >that makes those FireCon hits deadly!  Three firecon hits and a SDN
> >(assuming no extra firecons) is just a hard to kill freighter!!
> 
> Yep, this is what needle beams are useful for (target the enemies
f.cons,
> drive etc and leave him a sitting duck). Of course, this opens up the
> posibilities of the long ranged needle beams being repairable, and
close
> range needle beams not being repairable. Or you could say that two
> suscessful repair rolls are needed to repair needle/long range needle
> dammage.
> 
> Just a idea.
> 
> BIF
>  "yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
>  strong in arms, thick in head"
> 
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