Re: NIFT Stealth II Trial AAR

--- Charles Taylor <charles.taylor@cableol.co.uk>
wrote:
> In message
> <20010707001149.9641.qmail@web4601.mail.yahoo.com>
>	    John Leary <john_t_leary@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
> > > I can see Stealth being a threshold-able item,
> but I
> > > can't quite see
> > > repairing it--at least, not on a tactical time
> > > scale.
> > > 
> > I would agree if the 'stealth' were a system
> > (or 2), much like thrust is handled.
> > 
> > I would prefer to see the 'stealth' as a 
> > attribute of construction/materials and have
> > it 'worn way'/reduced due to the damage
> accumulation
> > (at thresholds).   (I.E. a stealth ship looses the
> > first level at the end of the second row of 
> > damage, and the second level at the end of
> > the third row of damage.)
> > 
> > Bye for now,
> > John L.
> 
> I agree, and a similar methodology could be applied
> to aerodynamic hulls.
> Hmm..  what about combined Stealth/Aerodynamics?

Charles,
     While I had not considered that concept, I do 
think the two can be combined thru PSB.
If the aerodynamic material is sensor transparent
the concept is very easy to model using the 
current rules.

Bye for now,
John L.