Hi all,
As a new "vachead"--meaning I just got hold of all 4 Full Thrust
books--I am currently reading over the basic weapons sections of FT
book. Reading about some of the ship's weapons jarred my memory,as follows.
I remember one of my favorite cartoons as a kid was the Star Trek
cartoons on Saturday mornings,which I saw in re-runs briefly @ 8 years
ago. One unique weapon I remember seeing was a Klingon stasis field
projector,carried/used by a standard Klingon D7 cruiser.When fired,any
ship
hit by the stasis field projector stopped instantly--the only
drawback,IIRC, was the power drain was so enormous that the Klingon ship was
virtually immobilized also.Anyone else remember this?
My question is how would this be modelled in FT?
Checked Noam's Weapons and Defences Archives and closest thing I could find
was the Bobbler/Stasis Projector--is this the same thing?
Thanks,
I do not remember the cartoon, but I play Star Fleet Battles (is it a sin to
type those words here?), and it has the system.
The way SFB models it,
-The ship generating the stasis field has to be stationary
-The weapon is short range (roughly the equivalent of class 1 beam)
-Arc is 120 degree (centerline +/- 60)
-Size is roughly 3 Phaser I's (translation to Full Thrust is roughly
1/2 beam weapon complement of a heavy cruiser)
-Point value cost is very expensive. Probably determined by playtest.
-The system can generate 3 beams
-Each beam requires alot of power. The power requirement to keep a beam
active increases every turn. Roughly 3 turns on one beam is the practical
upper limit, presuming a heavy cruiser power system.
-Weapon cannot be used on objects larger than ships
Weapon effects are
-Time stops for the target ship, Cannot be hit by anything, cannot
shoot at anything, and it cannot move
-Time does not stop for the firing ship (however it must be stationary)
-When the beam is removed, the ship has a disorientation period where
it cannot fire offensively and has limited defensive fire (may want to limit
maneuver also).
Offensive tactics usually involve isolating a ship and sending missiles
and/or fighters timed to arrive during the disorientation period. Can
be used defensively also.
It is tough to employ, but when it is employed, it rocks.