Fighters and EMP Bombs

1. EMP Bombs/Arty: Not bad. But I'd say a 
LINE infantry unit could be affected (just 
needing a higher total?). They have lots of 
electronics and could be like the NSL or NI 
partially-powered hardshell. Also, a significant 
enough EMP could cause some rather sick 
people, no? And you know I like the idea of the 
EMP Limpet mine or the EMP Claymore.

2. Fighters: This much I will say - Most of what 
has been discussed as problematic has already 
appeared (perhaps all of it) in playtest list 
ruminations (this applies to the large/small ship 
issue and other things too). The solutions (one 
hopes) should address the concerns raised 
while addressing a few others that most people, 
as normal players, aren't directly concerned 
with (things like not wanting to reprint all the 
SSDs or change the rules such that this is 
required and keeping the game reasonably 
simple). Of course, the obvious things like the 
uselessness of small groups of fighters and the 
dominance of large ones (relative to the 
defence... before Stiltman gets his axe out 
*grin*) and the overly attractive nature of soap 
bubbles are major targets. And if, in cleaning 
these things up, FB designs appear more 
optimal than they do today, that's all to the 
good. :) 

>From what I've seen, and I'm constantly being 
educated (I think I'm there to contribute more 
on the SG/DS side.... OO and Alan are constantly 
educating me on the FT side), I suspect that the 
final product will be worth the patience. The nice 
thing about having the people who worked on 
the original point system working on the 
revisions is a vast depth of history and 
accumulated experience. And of course, we all 
troll the main list for grist for the mill too. :)

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Mr. Thomas Barclay
Software Developer & Systems Analyst
thomas.barclay@stargrunt.ca
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