FT fighters question

Does anyone play fighters using them as individual ships? If so, are there any
rules conversions available for doing so?

Also found a copy of Michael Brown's FT scenario generator and cards from
archive.org--looks very cool!

Thanks,

> Does anyone play fighters using them as individual ships? If so, are

Not sure I understand what you mean. Each fighter as an individual instead
of squadrons? Plotted movement? Persistant thrust/vector?

I'm rather taken by the last, as it gets away from the paradox in screening.
Maybe include an assault move for attacks.

Not sure if it causes/allows problems with PDF and dogfighting...

The_Beast

Thanks, I need to get those on my site again.

IIRC there were some SDDs and rule for Star Wars/BattleStar Galactica
type fighters off of the Unofficial page a couple of years ago. I think it
worked
out to 2-3 boxes per mass.

Michael Brown

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> Mark Drake wrote:

> Does anyone play fighters using them as individual ships?

AFAIK only in fighter-vs-fighter games (where larger ships are
essentially part of the scenery, if they're present at all). Tracking
individual fighters in larger battles rapidly adds up to lots of paperwork...
particularly if each fighter starts haring off on its own instead of staying
with its squadron.

> If so, are there any rules conversions available for doing so?

I've seen Star Wars fighters translated into Full Thrust ships, but that

was long ago and I've lost the URL :-(

> 1. How do you model Q-ships in FT?

Stats-wise a Q-ship is a freighter with its cargo holds replaced by
weapons
and/or fighters; modelling-wise I just use standard freighter models.

They lose much of their purpose in solo play though, since the main idea

with Q-ships is that the enemy don't realise that they're present until
it is too late... and when the same player plays both sides, you kinda lose

the element of surprise :-/ You can get interesting games if the
attackers
use pre-programmed manoeuvres (or their course of action determined by a

die roll) and the solo player plays the Q-ship, though.

Regards,