Re: [FT] Filling in a Gap...with PSB

The only objection I can see to the proposal and it's PSB is that it's
been 
pointed out to me by authoritative sources that fighters are NOT
currently 1 
mass each (despite the 9 mass for them and their bay), but somewhat LESS

than 1 mass each.  However, it is a place to start in working out some 
numbers.

One thing I've been working on is some conversion numbers that are 
background specific.  They assume the same mass rate as the
Tuffleyverse, ie 
1 mass = 100 metric tons.  They then assume that 1 Dirtside size class, 
while more concerned with volume than mass, is equal to roughly 12.5
metric 
tons.  This means that a fighter of ANY class 1-7 will not QUITE reach
the 
mass 1 benchmark.

3B^2

>From: Noam Izenberg <noam.izenberg@jhuapl.edu>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: Re: [FT] Filling in a Gap...with PSB
>Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 07:31:59 -0400
>
>Kirk's Idea of massing individual fighters as >1 mass can be done
>without any rule changes (and in fact can make using fighter minis
>easier, since you can put 1, 2, or 3 to a base and have it be 1:1
>representational instead of cramming 6). A given Fighter group can be
>PSB's as 6x1mass fighters, 3x2Mass, 2x3 mass or 1x6 mass "ultra heavy"
>fighter. The mechanics would be identical to normal fighter combat,
only
>2 mass fighters require 2 hits to take out, 3 take 3 hits, etc, and
each
>hit damages a fighter's offensive capability (so that e.g. a Mass 2
>fighter with one hit attacks with only 1 die). There's no need for
>additional bookkeeping either, until the game is over and you want to
>see how many fighters made it through intact. Conversely, a fighter
>could also be a half-mass Powersuit or Drone 12/group), where each pair
>of fighters gets one die attack and each damage point knocks out two of
>them. Or a 1/3 or 1/4-Mass space insect (where a swarm is 18 or 24
>individuals, or a 1/10000 Mass Nannite as part of a Nannite Cloud....)
>
>I tend to like this approach. It can make fighters feel more like space
>systems (for those like Kirk who want them bigger), and open up the
>mechanic for a variety of other flavors/genres. 3-fighter FG's feel
like
>"heavy fighters" - think Star Wars B-wings, or B5 Starfuries. the
>2-fighter FG feels like a lead/wingman pair (Or B5 Minbari fighters).
>The 1 fighter FG feels something like the "Last Starfighter" Gunstar
>(not the death-blossom special edition). 6-fighter groups feel like
>X-wings; 12-fighter groups like Tie Fighters (a la Dean, I think). You
>can capture different genres without messing with the mechanics.
>
>Begin Ram Zone   (Noam Izenberg   - Go Rams!)
>

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