Re: [GZG] (FT) Tugs

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not sure this is covered in the rules, Matt. It could be a
campaign-level decision, depending on how the participants decide jump
drives and maneuver drives work in practice.

* It could be that a "limbered" battle rider moves only at the speed of
the tug ("the dockin' clamps willna take the strain, Cap'n").

* It may be that the clamps won't stand the strain of normal-space
movement _at all._

* Or something less restrictive may apply.

* Another option would be to say that the tug & riders must not change
from the vector and velocity in which they dropped out of jump space,
which might be limited to, say, 4, until the riders undock. This would
posit a situation in which the rider can dock to the moving tug at a
fairly low speed and predictable, steady course (seems reasonable given
extrapolation from current 20th/21st Century technology), but the clamps
cannot take much in the way of lateral or acceleration stress.

Just a couple of suggestions to consider.

Best,
Ken

--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Doc <docagren@aol.com> wrote:
From: Doc <docagren@aol.com>
Subject: [GZG] (FT) Tugs
To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 5:13 PM

 Okay It Came up in a game, if you have a ship with FTL Tug capability,
which means Lets say a 60 Mass ship can move say 100 Mass extra in a
Jump.  When U drop out of FTL, and start moving in the system and not
unhook/untug/or whatever you do to disengage your rider, do U:

    A: Move the whole unit, now at thrust of the Tug

    B: Do U need to recalculate the thrust based off new total Mass?

    C: Use the engines off the rider to supplement the Tug engines,
but only to Tug Max speed?

DOC AGREN

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