A couple of friedns and I ended up playing B5-FT with a couple of
Narn cruisers against a couple of Centari cruisers, with victory going,
naturally, to the Centauri. We had, as we put it, a "good hair day".
Anyway, we looked over a couple of the B5 adaptations of FT and noticed the
bigger than normal weaponry and the bigger than normal ships, and wondered at
the reason to scale both, rather than leave
the ships in a more standard FT-size realm, and the weapons likewise.
We found it more satisfactory to use A as the absolute maximum that the more
primitive cultures (Narn, Human, Cantauri) could muster, with perhaps the
Mimbari having AA batteries. So why then the BREW, BGEW, Heavy Beam, etc.? If
the ships were not scaled to almost double the FT sizes, the weaponry would't
need upgrading.
Is there something we're missing?
BTW: I would have rathered played a Narn, but you've gotta admit that
the pooftah Centauri can be fun - if reprehensible.
Date sent: 16-SEP-1996 08:31:43
> A couple of friedns and I ended up playing B5-FT with a couple of
Long live Catargia. Emperor of the Stars (>8-)
> Anyway, we looked over a couple of the B5 adaptations of FT and
> We found it more satisfactory to use A as the absolute maximum that
> Is there something we're missing?
No. You are spot on. I think the main problem is the number of fighters
carried (As beams can represent multiple weapons firing together, they are not
a major factor), so if you relax the space taken by a hanger deck, you can
make more 'fragile' ships. Note however that when compared to the fighters,
most B5 ships are massive. (Although Drazi Sunhawks are only cruisers at
best.)
The capital Ship weaponry needs to be sufficiently powerful, and the ships
sufficiently large such that fighters do not compleatly dominate the game. In
practice, fighters can 'anoy' a capital ship, but don't appear to be much of a
real threat.
And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
> BTW: I would have rathered played a Narn, but you've gotta admit that
The Centauri just can't loose. (>8-)
> Adam Delafield wrote:
> And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
Yep, you REALLY want to watch this one, and tape it, and get friends in
different parts of the country to
tape it - don't miss it!
:-)
> From: "I don't mean to pry, but you don't by chance have 6 fingers on
'fraid I didn't tape it (but I've warned you, so you've got no excuse).
Would've been PAL anyway
:-(
> >And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
The things we have to endure with our favorite television show....
Waiting three or four months is painful.
> The capital Ship weaponry needs to be sufficiently powerful, and the
I don't wanna know! I don't wanna know! (he shouts, kicking Warner
Bros. as hard and often as he can) :-(
Mk
> And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
Send me a copy! Send me a copy!! ;-)
But if it's in PAL format, I can't view it, so doan worry. <sigh>
Mk
> >> And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
Yeah, just got two months to wait... :-/
> Would've been PAL anyway
S'okay, I understand (he says grumbling about the inconsistent formats of
video tapes in the world...)
Mk
> On 16 Sep 96 at 8:28, I don't mean to pry, but you wrote:
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**********(TH)RED ALERT************
This thread is out of control and drifting towards spoiler space!
Change course now, or engage spoiler shields!
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;-)
> On 16 Sep 96 at 8:28, I don't mean to pry, but you wrote:
> >And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
Look, you know how we said 'Severed Dreams' was Full Thrust the movie? Well,
you could do that one in Full Thrust easily. For 'Shadow Dancing' you'd need a
lot of people and a heck of a big table..
Z minus 'Oh get on with it for Christ's sake..'
TTFN
Jon
> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 08:28:02 -0500 (EST)
> >And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
Thank the stars for channel 4 (but now we'll be waiting till next april for
season 4).
Ho well, swings and roundabouts.
Damn but it was good.
> >And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
I'll trade ya tapes! ;-)
> Look, you know how we said 'Severed Dreams' was Full Thrust the
My head hurts...
Mk
You can get Video players that play both systems.
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From: FTGZG-L[SMTP:FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk]
Sent: 16 September 1996 09:42
To: FTGZG-L
Subject: Re: A, AA, BREW, ...
> >> And boy, was Shadow Dancing good.
Yeah, just got two months to wait... :-/
> Would've been PAL anyway
S'okay, I understand (he says grumbling about the inconsistent formats of
video tapes in the world...)
Mk
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The things we have to endure with our favorite television show....
Waiting three or four months is painful.
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It gets worse for some of us. I went out of town, and set the VCR to tape B5.
My local broadcaster decided to replace it with another SF show; "Homeboys in
Outer Space". I didn't watch it. I just couldn't.
Tom
> On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Jonathan Davis wrote:
> Waiting three or four months is painful.
[whining mode on]
You lucky bastards...
[whining mode off]
I'm in the middle of a re-run of season _ONE_ >:(
> On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Absolutely Barking Stars wrote:
> 'Shadow Dancing' you'd need a lot of people and a heck of a big
Thanks. Either put "spoiler alert" to the subject line, or don't
write these spoilers on this list. I'm such a nice guy I won't say anything
very ugly right now, although I really would like to...