Re: WotW #5 AFHAWKS

On 26-Mar-01 at 09:26, Izenberg, Noam (Noam.Izenberg@jhuapl.edu) wrote:
> From BIF:
> 
> >PS-The ignore heavy fighters bonus is because I don`t care how heavly
> >armoured a fighter is, when hit by a big enough warhead, it will go
bang
> >just like any other <G>.
> 
> Problem is "heavy" is a PSB term to describe the mechanic. You could
use
> exaclty the same mechanic and call the fighter "agile" or "stealthy"
or
> "blinking" rather than armored. Because of that I don't agree with the
lack
> of bonus.
> 
> FYI, a 9 MU range restricted to 3 arcs is almost the same _size_ area
of
> effect (127 MU^2 as a 6 MU range all-arc fire(113 MU^2). In
antifighter
> considerations, the 6" all arc is much easier to manage in game terms.
I'd
> vote for it on KISS grounds.

It even works on the "missiles get within 6 MU of their target they
hit" which says AFHAWKS are launched on the ship.  :)