[FT] ORC Beta Test Ship Designs

Hello,

Jon has given the OK now, so following up Noam's post about the NI ships

and with the same caveats about being a beta release and subject to
potentially substantial revision etc., here are the preliminary stats for the
ORC ships:

<http://www.star-ranger.com/ORCpreview.htm>

As with the other alpha- and beta-test designs, please try them out and
tell us what you think!

A couple of notes regarding the EMP beams:

* Remember that EMP beams can *cripple* ships (and usually only temporarily),
but not *destroy* them. For this reason it is often a good

idea to fire the EMPs at a different target than the standard beams, to keep
the EMP targets "suppressed" while you destroy the rest of the enemy ships
with standard beam fire.

* Make sure that you play *both* sides before evaluating the EMP beams -

the EMP player can often feel that his EMP fire is ineffective since it
doesn't inflict any lasting damage, but his opponent (whose formation breaks
up due to temporary engine damage or who can't fire because the EMPs
temporarily knocked out his FCSs) may have a rather different opinion
:-/

Later,