Re: FT-Fighters and launch bays

The Babylon Project (RPG) Earthforce Sourcebook
already converted all the ships over to full thrust.

The interceptor battery can fire as a PDS. I can't
remember offhand if normal pulse batteries can as
well, but I can look it up.

If you can find a copy of the Earthforce Sourcebook
your worries are over.

--- Chan Faunce <chanfaunce@toast.net> wrote:
> This brings up something I've been playing with,
> specifically in a B5
> setting where most weapons are able to fire on
> fighters as well as
> ships. It comes out of trying to re-convert B5W to
> FT. Since most B5W
> ships don't have a dedicated fighter defense weapon
> I was thinking of
> allowing all pulse-type weapons to fire as PDS with
> 1 die and rolling as
> normal PDS but subtracting the class of the weapon
> from the damage done.
> This way if you really wanted to use class 4 weapons
> you could but would
> have to roll a 6, reroll a 6, and then roll 4 or
> better to do any
> damage. 
> 
> Comments?
> 
> David Griffin wrote:
> > 
> > --- stranger <stranger@cvn.net> wrote:
> > ...
> > > For the Kzinti, fighters are critical in SFB, as
> > > well as the Hydrans.
> > >
> > 
> > True, but the actual numbers of fighters were
> > relatively small, and normal weapons could
> > fire at them, so regular ships didn't feel so
> > naked as far as defense.
> > 
> 
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> 
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