Re: [GZG] Monster ships

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reasonable price fer a one shot fiter (AKA MT Missle as in FT / MT)? And
the Salvoi missles have a potional of 6 Die 6 in direct impact. 

--- On Tue, 1/12/10, Oerjan Ariander <orjan.ariander1@comhem.se> wrote:

From: Oerjan Ariander <orjan.ariander1@comhem.se>
Subject: Re: [GZG] Monster ships
To: gzg-l@mail.csua.berkeley.edu
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 3:23 PM

TomB wrote:

> If you didn't put reasonable point costing on HTM/HMs (and I haven't
> heard OA or anyone say what that would be) but kept the old-school
> behaviours, then you've got a very long range, very selective weapon
> for an overly cheap price.

If you kept the old-school *manoeuvrability* for the MTMs as well (ie.
"launch straight ahead and make a single up-to-60° course change at the
mid-move point each game turn") and played on a largish or floating
table, you'd also have a system that is relatively easy for a thrust-4
Cinematic ship to outmanoeuvre - either by flat out outrunning them, or
by overflying them so your ships end their move >6mu behind where the
missiles began the turn (ie., >6mu behind where the missiles are when
you write your movement orders). In my experience MTMs were only really
lethal against targets with thrust-2 or less, or on tables small enough
for them to pin their targets against an impenetrable table edge - and
that was with the MT rules for shooting them down :-/

> I was pleasantly surprised by the idea of FTL-bombing banzai jammers.
> That's a technique I hadn't thought of. Mind you, for that matter, you
> can use this technique beyond just engaging banzai jammers... you can
> use it to actually attack big ships. [...]
> 
> Was there not a change at some point to let the ship doing so die but
> fail to damage others just to avoid this sort of thing?

Only discussed on that other mailing list AFAIR...

Regards,

Oerjan  
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