Re: [FT] squadron suggestions

On 6/27/05, John Leary <john_t_leary@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Roger,
>     My suggested modifiers deal only with size
> (Paragraph 2, small ships are smaller and thus
> harder to hit.  This does bring up the personal
> viewpoint of the sender about how a 'beam' functions,
> I.E. is a beam a broad 'flashlight' or a spot 'lazer
> pointer'.), thrust rating was not considered.
> The comments in paragraph one refer to the
> 'unused thrust' as a shooting/lock on modifier
> during combat.

Compared to the distances involved, its a laser pointer.  

I'm sure OA can demonstrate the math, but microspcopic adjustments in
angle end up, tens of thousands of kilometers later, as being tens of
meters off.  Or more.  And a miss is as good as a mile.

John Atkinson
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani