Re: Kinetic Shields

David Griffin wrote:

>You're quite right, interceptors aren't costed
>in the original work. There's quite a good,
>professionally done netbook which I was confusing
>in my mind:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/6990/b5.html

I know; I have it. Unfortunately it is based on FT2, not FBx, so you
can't 
import the system costs into FBx.

[Long snip]

>Given the presence of some kind of shield in many
>Science fiction genres,

There is an alternative, fairly simple solution to your dilemma: If the 
shields in your chosen genre stops all types of weapons, then don't use 
FT's screen-skipping weapons. Not all genres have all weapon types,
after all.

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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