Re: [FT] Fighter thoughts

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> --- "Grant A. Ladue" <ladue@cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
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> >  combat endurance.	Presumably ships have some kind
> > of drive that has no fuel
> >  considerations, or such small fuel usage as to be
> > practically nil.  Fighters
> >  apparently have smaller versions of these (for
> > their primary move) that allows
> >  for cruising only.  Perhaps the limited cef
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> No, CEF represents fuel left until "Bingo" state.  
> 
> As for starships, if they fly between star systems,
> the amount of fuel expended in a few hours combat
> maneuvering is more or less trivial.
> 
> JOhn
> 
   Yeah, I think that is the same as what I just said.	Perhaps I'm
missing
 something.  
   A fighter without CEF may continue to use it's primary move,
apparently
 indefinitely.	It just can not attack, or do anything else that a CEF
would
 allow it to do.  If I'm reading the beta rules correctly, it can defend
itself
 against attacking fighters.  The way I read this is that fighters have
some
 form of essentially fuel-less engines, just like ships.  Note, that
doesn't
 mean they are entirely fuel-less, just that the endurance of these
engines is
 outside the scope of the game.  As the rules are written, a fighter can
make
 an infinite number of primary moves without ever expending a CEF.  So I
would
 argue that primary moves and CEF expending actions use two different
types of
 engines (or a "fueled" boost to the same engine).
   Now, if I've missed something that limits the primary move of a
fighter, 
 then I apologize in advance.  I can't recall seeing such a rule though. 

  grant