[GZG] Re: Ful lThrust Playtest? (SimonWhite) [SEC=UNCLASSIFIE D]

Phew! Took a bit of reading to get through all of that.

I liked the way fleets were organised to limit force sizes.

Possible suggestion for trade routes, taking into account your FTL range.
Simply run a link between two systems that are less than the optimum FTL jump
range. RPs move the full distance each turn (less the distance penalty). If
any enemy ship stops on the trade route, that route is
interdicted and RPs are lost/fought over at the interdicted location by
convoy escorts. This should cut down your paperwork a bit.

Ship fatigue: have you considered simply placing a break line at the maximum
hull damage point? When repairing systems, increase the repair cost by
fatigue/max hull%.  After a while the increased repair costs will start
to
accumulate more than the ship is worth.  Eg: 4/10 hull fatigue = +40%
cost to repair any destroyed systems (round down). So a PDS would cost
(3+40%= 4
pts) to repair and a hanger bay would cost (27+40%= 37 pts) to repair.
(For ease, just add all the damage together and increase by 40% for in this
case, gives a rounding advantage of a few points).

Brendan 'Neath Southern Skies
http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/

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