> >Comment: The 'offset arc' is a tactic for a 'one off' game and is
Then we roll our ships to bring the batteries to bear. The only problem I see
with the off center arc is when you expect to plunge in and have targets
all round, but you have the same problem with FS/F/FP as you would with
AP/FP/F--actually more, because if all your batteries face forward then
he knows he's safe in your aft arcs. With an Alarishi ship, I can always roll,
so only my A arc is uncovered. And I usually use small ships with only one or
two firecons anyway. This design wouldn't work as well for, say, the NSL
because it presumes you have at least two thruster points available--one
to
roll, one to change facing--but we don't buy Swabby ships.
In a message dated 99-01-23 21:51:41 EST, you write:
<< Then we roll our ships to bring the batteries to bear. The only problem I
see with the off center arc is when you expect to plunge in and have targets
all round, but you have the same problem with FS/F/FP as you would with
AP/FP/F--actually more, because if all your batteries face forward then
he knows he's safe in your aft arcs. With an Alarishi ship, I can always roll,
so only my A arc is uncovered. And I usually use small ships with only one or
two firecons anyway. This design wouldn't work as well for, say, the NSL
because it presumes you have at least two thruster points
available--one to
roll, one to change facing--but we don't buy Swabby ships. >>
I think this is the same as the Avalon class of BDNs
-Stephen
> Laserlight wrote:
...snip...JTL
> Then we roll our ships to bring the batteries to bear. The only
Illumination comes with the surfacing of another unspoken house rule. and I am
glade you dont use NSL, I think they would look silly mounted upside down.
:-)
Bye for now,
> Laserlight wrote:
Um, John, it's not a house rule. See FB p5 paragraph 1. NSL ships look silly
anyway, albeit not as silly as NAC ships.