Re: [GZG] FT but off the wall and a little OT]

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http://lists.csua.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lDoug Evans wrote:

>has space fighters that can be taken out with hand-operated weapons,
>
    I don't recall a single Imperial fighter being destroyed by a weapon

without a computer assisted targeting system.

> and a fighter-in-the-flying-bridge making a major warship crash into
another,
>
    We do see a fighter impact an ISD in ROTJ, but we can hardly assume 
that the impact of a single fighter was the cause of the collision that 
followed shortly thereafter.  The ISD had already taken tremendous 
damage, enough to lose shields.  We even see the destruction of a sensor

array on screen.  So to name the cause as a single fighter craft impact 
is simply ignoring so much else.

>I use PSB to justify limitations of rules;
>
    The discussion on the site isn't about rules or PSB.  It's about 
analysis of what is seen on screen and extrapolating from there.  It's 
not about explaining the inner workings of the technology, but taking a 
careful look at what is present on screen and placing that information 
within a certain context.
    Now, where this discussion could intersect a discussion on rules is 
of great interest to me.  If one wants to run a game with the flavor of 
a certain background, one must understand the parameters of the
background.

> every time somebody takes the PSB serious, and argues counter
examples, my eyes roll up into my head.
>
    Well, if you're GMing a capital ship scenario set in the ST 
universe, ships should maneuver in wide sweeping arcs and gain some 
benefit from flying in formation, range should matter, and shields 
should be of supreme importance.  If they're not, I'm going to roll my 
eyes and walk away from the game.  Similarly, in a game set in the SW 
universe, capital ships shouldn't have to bother with maneuver, range 
shouldn't matter much, and target selection should be of supreme 
importance.

-Mike

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