[FT] S'V new systems

Well, I've been away, but a few comments:

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* Seekers: Interesting idea - ATM they are

Requires 2 biomass + 4 power from repair pool to grow

Grown in drone womb as fighters (capacity 3 seekers/womb)

Function as MT missile (2d6 damage or as needle missile)

an alternative would be to treat them as S'V torpedo fighters: Function
exactly like torpedo fighters, but are destroyed when they
attack (they ram, rather than launching a short-range missile).

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General Note on Pods

This is very much IMHO, but personally, I'd limit pods to those that require 1
biomass, if you want larger pods, invent a larger pod launcher.

* EMP Pods

IIRC these are already mentioned in the WDA, as well as my own take on the
idea, the Gunge Pod (works by gluing stuff up, rather than zapping it)

* Plasma/Burst Pods

I agree that these should be limited to a 1-dice version.

A further pod type, that would require some kind of sensor rules is the recce
pod

It is launched from a pod launcher, flys like a fighter (maybe a
long-range fighter), it has no weapons, but carries a small sensor node
on board - it flys around and looks at things :-)

Any comments?

> Charles Taylor wrote:

Having done some calcs with human ships with MT missiles, 2 biomass and 2
energy still puts them well below the MT missile treshold. I'd personlly go
with that.

> Grown in drone womb as fighters (capacity 3 seekers/womb)

Correct.

> * EMP Pods

Slightly different workings. The EMP I set forward had the same game effect as
an MT missile EMP warhead. 1 biomass 5 energy

> * Plasma/Burst Pods

1 biomass 5 energy

> A further pod type, that would require some kind of sensor rules is

You could make a fighter group of 1 in a womb.

In message <3C4F7DAD.1A4EA93C@spikyfishthing.com>
> Jaime Tiampo <fugu@spikyfishthing.com> wrote:

> Charles Taylor wrote:
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> > * EMP Pods
Well, I came up with the Gunge Pods as they seemed to sufficiently messy
to represent a 'bio-tech' system immobalising weapon :-)

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> Jaime