Re: Rant Warning below
From: Hugh Fisher <laranzu@o...>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:03:22 +1100
Subject: Re: Rant Warning below
>IMDNSHO, The One Thing that I find in FT (otherwise a fine and
excellent
>generic spaceship battle game for small to medium fleets/task forces)
in
>the 'fact' that it plays out as a WW1/early PTO WW2 naval game without
>fighters and as a WW2/Modern naval game with fighters. Hence the
>"..capital ships have a couple of fighter groups.." thing. It fits
that
>model well. But the model seems... 'wrong' to me.
>
>I think all of you know that the 'space navy' aspect is one of the
>assumptions I personally question as 'best' much less 'most likely'
>possible future but then I was 'tainted' while in the USAF in my mid to
>late 20's.
>
>The whole 'naval class names' thing really rankles each time I think
>about it. YMMV, and for most of you it does. Which is fine. I just
>don't like it very much. A minor quibble at best. Except to me.
You might enjoy the GURPS Transhuman Space setting then.
"In 2022 the USAF secured a hard-fought victory over its most
dangerous opponent and achieved control of deep space. The
battlefield was Washington; the enemy was the United States
Navy and its powerful congressional lobby."
Cheers,
Hugh