[FT] Back to battleriders

5 posts ยท Feb 17 2005 to Feb 18 2005

From: Inire <inire@y...>

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:32:19 -0800 (PST)

Subject: [FT] Back to battleriders

am trying to suss out the logistics for the battlerider concept (as realized
in my idea for bioships being shutled about by a Mamaship).

obviously using Hangar #s it gets expecnsive Real Fast, so no real joy there.

on the SS i'm using, 'FTL-Tug' is shown as an option:
where are the rules for this option? Do the levels of FTL capability imply
that FTL level over 1 = # of ships able to be towed? If so, what are the size
limitations to the ship towing/being towed?

dang me and my inability to be able to work the
archives! :-/

From: Roger Burton West <roger@f...>

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:34:44 +0000

Subject: Re: [FT] Back to battleriders

> On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 09:32:19AM -0800, Inire wrote:

> on the SS i'm using, 'FTL-Tug' is shown as an option:

What you're probably being asked to enter is a total MASS rating of ships to
be towed.

R

From: Inire <inire@y...>

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:58:12 -0800 (PST)

Subject: Re: [FT] Back to battleriders

> --- Roger Burton West <roger@firedrake.org> wrote:

> What you're probably being asked to enter is a total

exactly so! now it works out well.

and apparently _doesn't_ kill of the idea of
carriers/riders. xlnt!

From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:25:02 +0100

Subject: Re: [FT] Back to battleriders

> Inire wrote:

> on the SS i'm using, 'FTL-Tug' is shown as an option:

If you're asking what input the spreadsheet uses, it depends on which
spreadsheet it is - so far I've seen at least three different ways of
handling this, though Roger's suggestion seems the most likely one.

If you're asking for the game rules for FTL tugs, they're on FB1 p.8.

Note that the FB1 tug rules still make battleriders quite overpriced
compared to FTL-capable warships, though :-/

Regards,

From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:36:41 -0500

Subject: Re: [FT] Back to battleriders

> Note that the FB1 tug rules still make battleriders quite overpriced

To make BR/BT's worthwhile, you have to assume that each tender makes
more than one trip to the target system