From: Bif Smith <bif@b...>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:18:52 +0100
Subject: FT-B5 minis in FT
I have some B5 minis, and was trying to figure out how to use the vorlon/shadow ships in FT. I then thought about allowing another race in FT, a race that had been discovered by the sa`vasku several centuries ago on the verge of a industreal revalution, and had been genetically engerneered by them to be their warriors in another war. At the end of this war, the sa`vasku then decided that they didn`t need their warrior race, and tried to terminate them. The race of warriors didn`t like this idea, so they rebelled and buggered off with the weapons and technology they had been given by the sa`vasku. This premice would allow another race with simular capabilities to the sa`vasku, but a nice healthy dislike for them (i.e.-attack on sight). This is the premice for me to allow shaddow ships into FT, using standard rules with minimum modifications. The only alteration I would make is for a cloaking ability, at a mass of 5% ship mass, and a power requirement of the cloaking device mass x2 to cloak/decloak. A aditional power point would be required on cloaking for every turn you wished to remain cloaked. You then plot it`s orders as for a normal ship from it`s cloaking point. Because it would decloak and fire, I would allow it to fire, and hopefully destroy/disable it`s target first. My shaddow vessils would be limited biomass, 120-150 ish mass ships, with 1x stinger node, pod launcher node, drone womb, some PDS, and a lot of power generators. The tactics would be to decloak as close to your target as possible, and hit it with a max power beem as close as possible to cause maximum dammage before he turns and kills you. For the vorlon ships, I use them as standard phalon ships. The reason for this is I`m trying to use the 4 vorlon heavy cruisers minis that I have (as well as the other vorlon minis). I don`t class these ships as heavy cruisers, because the minis are rather large and heavy. I was thinking along the lines of a 400 mass ship, with a thrust 2 drive, 4x 6arc pulser, 4x f.con, vapour shroud, 40 hull mass, 40 (10 x 4) armour layers and one cl. 40 Plasma Bolt Launcher (maybe 2 cl.20 PBL`s, or 4 cl. 10 PBL`s). I would class this as a "don`t point it at my planet" class of ship. This ship would cost 3996 (I think, anybody want to check?). I would only use these vessels with a escort carring a lot of pulsers, to guard against fighters. I`d use the smaller vorlon transports as a escort, a keraph with all 6 arc pulsers and 4 less armour points from the bottom layer to compensate. The cost would rise to 410 (maths check anyone?). Dreadplanet against Vorlon CH anyone? Any comments anyone?