FMA Thrust 0.5

How about this for mechanics.  Minimal changes.
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Quality Die: 2 x (Turning ability + 1/2 thrust) ???

Firepower Die: (Points Cost of Direct Fire Weapons / 40)
Each damage type (Beam, Pulsetorp/Railgun) is a separate weapon system.
1: d4
2: d6
3: d8
4: d10
5: d12

Impact Die:
Beams: d8
Pulsetorps/Railguns: d10
Salvo Missiles/Plasmabolts: d12

Range Die

0-6":	d4
7-12":	d6
13-18": d8
19-24": d10
25-36": d12

Screen Die

None:	None
Level 1:	d6
Level 2:	d8
Vapour Shroud:	d8

Terrain:
Dust Cloud:	+1 shift to Screen Die
Blocking Cover: +2 shift to Screen Die

Combat Method:
Q + FP vs Range + Screen
Highest roll wins; determine hits based on higher of Range or Screen die
type.
Roll Impact vs Hull

Missile Guidance Die: (Points Cost of Ordinance Weapons / 20)
1: d4
2: d6
3: d8
4: d10
5: d12

ECM Die: (Mass of PDS / 3) or (Mass of Scatterpacks expended)
1: d4
2: d6
3: d8
4: d10
5: d12

Combat Method:
Q + FP vs ECM
otherwise as per direct fire.

Hull Blocks: [ (Hull+Armour) / 20 ]
1: d4
2: d6
3: d8
4: d10
5: d12

Wounded: 1 hull block of damage
Killed: 2 hull blocks of damage
Damage causes a permanent die shift downwards on the hull die; if hull
die
becomes 0, ship is destroyed.

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Example battleship "Nasr ed Din"
Mass 120, MD4, beams 30 mass, SMLs 14 mass/42 pts, pds 5 mass, Hull 37
mass,
Screen-2.
QD = d8
Hull = d6
Screen = d8
ECM = d6
Beam FP = d8
Ordinance FP = d6

Brendan
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http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernskies/