Re: [VV] Agility

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 06:57:41PM -0500, Laserlight wrote:
>I want agile ships to be able to dodge, but high maneuverability in FT
>doesn't help a ship evade shots.  So let's use Noam's stealth
>mechanism (http://nift.firedrake.org/defences/WDA-ECM.htm ) and call
>it "agility".
>
>Not decided yet whether to follow Noam's proposal of 0mass / 2pts per
>hull + armor, or to treat it as an extra level of Main Drive.

I have often felt that there should be an evasion level based on thrust
from the main drive that isn't otherwise used for manoeuvres - so you
can dodge about a lot, _or_ race for where you want to be...

R