FTL Capable Fighters

2 posts ยท Jul 14 1997 to Jul 16 1997

From: Phillip E. Pournelle <pepourne@n...>

Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 15:24:28 -0400

Subject: FTL Capable Fighters

As an ammendment to my last discussion on FTL fighters, the FTL capability
should be purchased at the cost of a vehicle with 2 Mass, because a carrier
would have to transport 2 mass per fighter. So even if the fighter is between
0.5 and 1 Mass each the point balance requires costing for 2 Mass.
Additionally I would require that each FTL fighter be required to have high
endurance. This not only makes sense, since it cannot reload, but also makes
the FTL fighter a little expensive to compensate for the fact that a carrier
has to pay for its thrust rating as a capital ship. This combined with the
fact the FTL fighter has to have a hangar bay somewhere within 1 jump distance
will compensate.

From: Thomas Heaney <Thomas@k...>

Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:46:13 -0400

Subject: Re: FTL Capable Fighters

In article <199707141924.MAA17068@maildude.nps.navy.mil>, "Phillip E.
Pournelle" <pepourne@nps.navy.mil> writes
> As an ammendment to my last discussion on FTL fighters, the FTL

I don't use the endurance rules, but I do only alow heavy fighters to have
FTL.