> Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 18:49:11 +0200
Cinematic. Can't believe i overlooked that major point!
> * How big are the gaming tables?
Unknown. Not seen them myself until Gencon UK.
> * "Measuring the distance between ships will be
This is a rule I
> personally find rather... strange (to use a non-
It has been known for players to have rules which specify that players must
declare actual targets before measuring their distance rather than declaring
which ship is going to fire. Thats the difference i am trying to make. It
might just be worded badly.
> Fleet Action-specific questions/comments:
They were copied, with Allan's permission of course! But yes, i see about the
spelling mistakes. Incidentally, when i get home, the updated version of the
rules will be posted.
> * If Phalon fleets are used in the Fleet Action
Good point. By players at the start of the game, as it says in FB2. They may
be reconfigured in subsequent tournament rounds.
> * In the Phalon Carrier fleet, the Tuuloth-class
are closer to most
> human BCs than to their CHs, its listed "Human Class
My mistake. I must have misread it.
> * Should the abbreviation for "Phalon Conglomerate"
really be identical
> to
Errrm true. Any alternate suggestions?
> * The Kra'Vak Carrier fleet is worth 1514 points, not
I'd missed that one. Back to the drawing board for that fleet.
> * Why don't the NSL or ESU have any Carrier fleet
ESU will have, when the changes are uploaded!
NSL do not have an offical CVL i.e. in FB1. Although Dean Gundberg's is fine,
its not in FB1 and has been left out. (Sorry Dean!:()
Cheers,
> > * Why don't the NSL or ESU have any Carrier fleet
IIRC the NSL carrier plus fighters is over 750 points or half of the 1500
point fleet max, and per the rules you have to destroy half of the your
opponants points to win. This happened last year at GenCon, all other ships
were destroyed except for the NSL carrier and its fighters and the half point
mark had not been met. So this year the rules were clarified and CVLs were
used for carrier fleets and their are no 'official' stats for an NSL CVL.
> Paul Radford wrote:
> General questions/comments:
<g>
> * How big are the gaming tables?
> * "Measuring the distance between ships will be allowed after a ship
This was actually what I thought you meant :-/ Glad to see you didn't
<g>
> Thats the difference i am trying to make. It might just be worded
Could be clearer, yes.
> Fleet Action-specific questions/comments:
I know; the web page says so. It was just such an obvious case of copy'n'paste
<g>
> * If Phalon fleets are used in the Fleet Action tournament, when and
Good. Probably worth pointing this out in the tournament rules though.
I assume FSE magazine load-outs would be determined in the same manner
too?
> * In the Phalon Carrier fleet, the Tuuloth-class Warrior is listed as
Or typed too fast, or something <shrug>
> * Should the abbreviation for "Phalon Conglomerate" really be
I use PHC instead (actually PhC, but in English-speaking countries this
may annoy certain PhDs <g>). Alternatively you could make a TLA of the
name of the fleet instead (PAT, for Phey-Aaksha-Tath'a), or something
:-/
> * The Kra'Vak Carrier fleet is worth 1514 points, not
So did I during the FB2 proofreading :-(
> * Why don't the NSL or ESU have any Carrier fleet options in the
Good.
> NSL do not have an offical CVL i.e. in FB1.
No, but their full-sized CV carries as small a strike group (4
squadrons) as the CVLs of the other powers.
I see what Dean means about the victory conditions (a von Tegetthoff with all
its four squadrons costs 809 points, or 54% of the fleet composition I
suggested), but since you seem to count the fighters separately such an NSL
carrier fleet is only marginally more unbalanced than the Sa'Vasku fleet 1
where the Vas'Sa'Rosh is represents 48.6% of the total fleet points value.
(The Tegetthoff without its fighters is 49.1% of the fleet I suggested.). You
may want to reconsider the SV SDN fleet fleet to avoid this problem.
Later,