Re: Idle Langston thoughts (was RE: Idle Full Trek thoughts)

> I think you need a referee to do Langston fields, since it operates
as sort of a reverse cloaking field - while it's on you don't know
what's going on outside, unless you poke a sensor out, which  promptly
gets fried. (you might need a limited supply of sensors to keep things
manageable)

Sensors wouldn't necessarily get fried immediately, and if you have
sensors on the side away from the enemy, you could pick up relayed
data from other ships or your own small craft.	IMHO a referee would
not normally be needed.

You could treat the Field as armor-- stops beam fire but only part of
ptorp damage.  Make it one section per facing of the ship, and any
"damage" can be repaired based on the number of sections which don't
take fire this turn (ie those sides can radiate excess energy).  If
any section is completely burned through, half the damage coming
through that section goes to hull, half goes to Field in adjacent
sections.   When the entire Field is destroyed, so is the ship.

You could determine the ship state by how many sections are
damaged...if none are penetrated, you're in Red; if five are down and
the sixth is going you're Violet.

Oh, and if two ships pass close enough that their Fields contact, then
the total Field damage they had before contact is evenly divided
between the two ships.	This is really nice if you're the one who was
getting hit, it's not so good if your ship had escaped attention thus
far.