RE: [FT] Enabling "Defense" Scenarios: Eclipsing ships

I did something similar, but far more simply...I like simple.

If an escort is assigned to a ship, write orders for the pair as though
they
are a single vessel, and move them accordingly.

Whenever the defended ship is the target of incoming fire, the escort
may
attempt to interpose itself between the two and take the fire itself.

In order to do so, the escort must roll less than or equal to its
current thrust
factor on 1d6 -- so if a ship has done a lot of maneuvering on a given
turn, it
is going to have a more difficult time intercepting oncoming fire.

An escort can protect against any number of attacks, but only from a
single
attacker in any given turn.  Area effect weapons cannot be defended
against.

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