RE: Start For Sa'Vasku "Fix"

In talking with Noam, I proposed the following. One of
our goals was to keep all current Sa'Vasku designs
legal.

1) Ships of 100+ mass must have a shield node. 
   Ships of 200+ mass must have 2 shield nodes. Etc.
2) Range band be based on 9mu, but give the first 3mu free. 
   Range       Power per die
      0-12	     1
   12.x-21	     2
   21.x-30	     4
   30.x-39	     8
   39.x-48	    16
   48.x-57	    32
   This puts a better average in the mid range compaired
   with beam-heavy fleets like NAC or ESU. The SV would
   still be disadvantaged, but not as much as a straight
   9mu range band. Plus easier to figure on the fly than
   Noam's 13mu -1/range band.
3) Power Pool Change: Pods draw from Repair, Spicules draw from Defense.
4) Limit % of total mass devoted to power generation:
   Ship Mass	% of total to power generation
   <51		30
   50-150	25
   >151 	20
   I would have suggested just a 2 tier of 25% and 20%, 
   but there is one ship (corvette) that is at 27%.

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Noam Izenberg
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 13:59
To: gzg-l@scotch.csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Start For Sa'Vasku "Fix" 

I'm generating a few cents of input based on some PBeM experience in 
Brian's Sentient Strife game.

So far:

The Pool shuffling (Pods from R, Spicuels from D) seems to work.
9" range bands overcompensate any erstwhile SV advantage in vector. I'm 
beginning to think they're bad all around, but reserve judgement for 
Cinematic. (One solution I like is 13" - 1" per range band (0-12, 12-23,

23-33, 33-42, 42-50)
Unless there FB3 gets a "Torp Pod" that works like a pulse torp 
(including range bands) Pods are almost exclusively useful as defense 
only.

As for custom designs, I think that requiring Screen nodes and Pod 
Launchers to be grown when a construct reaches a certain size 
(biological rules - One node/lancher per X mass) would help prevent 
abuse. Further, not letting Power generator mass exceed 30% of total SV 
mass would  also help (No FB2 SV Violates this rule, if I recall).