Re: [GZG] Re: Ship Roles & Classes Part Deux

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In a message dated 5/17/2007 3:42:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
jon@gzg.com 
writes:

Yes,  we've been rather inconsistent about this in the past, I admit; 
maybe we  ought to tie it down, and say that a StrikeSHIP (as we've 
used for the  new-NSL FT522) is FTL-capable, while a StrikeBOAT is 
non-FTL. Aside from  that difference, both are the equivalents of WW2 
MTBs or current fast  attack boats - little craft capable of 
delivering a single-shot (or at  best a couple of shots) punch that 
can seriously hurt a bigger ship.  Crewed by very brave (or very 
expendable) men and women, as they go "pop"  if anyone so much as 
points a weapon at them.....

Jon  (GZG)

Submariners call their crafts "boats" despite the fact they qualify as 
ships 
in size because historically the first ones were boats. Strikeship crews
 may 
well follow the same tradition. Aside from that, which would  have no
game 
effect, I like the ship = FTL /boat = non-FTL  nomenclature rule.
 
By the way, despite the WWII movie title, those of us who have crewed 
modern 
"strikeboat" equivalents find the word
"expendable"...........unsettling.  :-)
 
John Rebori  ETN2 (Discharged)
USN 1976 - 1982
ex-USS Pegasus PHM-1 

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