Re: FT:kamikaze effects?

I don't seem to recall any rules for ramming.  Then again, I'm not a FT 
expert by any stretch of the imagination.

One thought that this did cause to trigger in my sadly overtaxed brain, 
however, is how one might represent something like the aliens (forgot 
their name) in the Star Trek Voyager series who had "ram ships".  They
had 
ships with infantry/marines on board that would literally ram into the 
target vessel, penetrating the hull, and then storm the inside of the
ship 
with troops.  This might make an interesting addition for an alien race.

I'd likely use some kind of fighter as the model (preferabley a pointy 
one!) and have each of them do marginal damage to the ship if they can
get 
through the defenses (PDS, etc.), then have them attack "internally"
each 
turn.

Haven't thought it through very much yet, but I think it would be a cool

addition for nasty aliens. :)

J

John K. Lerchey
Computer and Network Security Coordinator
Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Mark & Staci Drake wrote:

> How is a kamikaze attack resolved for fighters ramming capital ships?
>
> And how is it resolved for capital ship vs. another capital ship?
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> I have only used it in my solo gaming so far with fighters only,either
by
> SSR (to reflect particularly desperate situation,such as last stand or
> homeworld defense),or by having the fighter attempting the kamikaze
attack
> successfully passing fighter morale check(using MT fighter morale
rules here
> for attempts)--successful kamikaze attempt causes 1d6 damage to struck
> ship;have not used it with capital ship attacker so far.
>
> Just not sure if I am doing this correctly or not,and can't seem to
find the
> answer in the rulebook or the beta fighter rules--any advice,please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Drake
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