FT: Fighter scrambling and ship manuevers

Question for Anyone In The Know:

In FT it states ships may not launch fighters if they have performed
any manuevers that turn (changed heading/speed).

In MT, under the scrambling of fighters rule, there is no restriction, and the
flavoring of the rules seem to allow for ships to be in the middle of moving
and still launch fighters under an emergency condition (ie, being attacked by
enemy fighters), with a chance of some fighters getting out, no fighters
getting out, or the hanger bay being damaged.

When maneuvering, can ships implement the scrambling rule?

One other thought, one I'm using in a current game: if a mishap occurs (on a
roll of '1') it states the hanger bay is too damaged to launch its brood of
fighters (until the Damage Control crew can get there and fix it up). To give
this a little bite, if a mishap occurs, the squadron associated with that
fighter bay loses 1 fighter due to the mishap. If Damage Control can get the
hanger bay back online, the squadron now consists of only 5 fighters.

If using pilot quality rules, the damaged/out-of-it fighter would belong
to a Green Pilot first, an Average Pilot next, and then an Ace Pilot. Really,
you shouldn't ever lose an Ace Pilot from the squadron due to
a mishap unless your entire squadron is composed of Aces...  ;-)

Eh, just some thoughts, and a question. We now return you to your regularly
scheduled...whatever it was you were doing before you read this.

Mk

In a message dated 96-09-12 22:43:41 EDT, you write:

> In FT it states ships may not launch fighters if they have performed

I guess one way to look at it is "MT doesn't say they CAN maneuver when
scrambling, therefore the core fighter rules apply." But since MT does say
that scrambling does not have to be in the written orders, that implies you
can scramble even if you've maneuvered.

Now that I've argued both sides, how about this: you CAN scramble while
maneuvering, but you must subtract 1 from the die roll for each 1 Thrust used.
(Could get deadly!)