Recently I thought up a "new" system for use in Full Thrust....As I'm new to
this list I hope this hasn't been discussed too much already.
Gravity Well Projecters (no points for guessing where the idea came from) They
come in a light and heavy variant. One arc only. The light takes 20 mass with
a 1.5x mass in point cost. The heavy takes 30 mass with a 1.5x mass in point
cost The range is approx 40% and approx 60% of the playing area respectively.
They can only be mounted on ships with a minimum mass of 100 and they have
effect within the entire area they have range to, i.e. they are effective
within their 60 degress cone up to their range. The effect is simply to make
FTL drives useless within the area. (Regardless of who's FTL drives)
I thought this would be a nice system to use in a campaign game, where forcing
your adversary to stay and fight in a bad odds battle would be very nice,
though you would have to pay around 350 points for it (a NAC Victoria without
the Torp's, class 3 and 2 batteries and 2 FC). They are supposedly easy to
make, hence the low cost but just take an awful lot of mass. I beleive this
would be an option which wouldn't in any way unbalance the game, but would
rather add an extra layer of debth (though still in campaign mode...) What
does the list think?
Check out this from my last webgame:
http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/ft/empire.htm
It's not really suitable for use in generic FT due to the physics (see FTFB)
Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
[mkw] Admiral Peter Rollins; Task Force Zulu
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:34:18 +0100
i like the idea, but what did you have in mind for a specific range for the
light and heavy versions. since folks use different size game tables, 40% and
60% means something different to everyone. how about a 30" (light) and 60"
(heavy) diameter?
how long does the system take to charge up? how long can the interdictor ship
maintain the field?
oooohh, i see lots of cool scenarios with this idea! high-tech
ship raiding, pursuit, delaying actions, "save the crippled ships", etc.... i
only hope the interdictor is well protected, 'cause it's gonna be a prime
target!
dave
> Gravity Well Projecters (no points for guessing where the idea came
Why have an arc on this system? Since the PSB of FT limits FTL by gravity
wells, why not have the system produce a similar effect?
Have the light system affect any ship within a 12" radius, and the heavy a
18" radius (those ranges are just guesses - they'll need playtesting).
This has the added effect that your interdictor ship has to get within
slugging range of the intended target.
The last one got jumped by 13 squadrons of fighters & lasted until turn
2.
The problem becomes how many defences can I still fit? An average ship has
30-35% of mass available for offensive/defencive systems. Adding in
Gravity Well Projectors cuts deeply into this available mass.
Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
[mkw] Admiral Peter Rollins; Task Force Zulu
> -----Original Message-----
> "Robertson, Brendan" wrote:
> The last one got jumped by 13 squadrons of fighters & lasted until
Well if you still want to follow my suggestion, it all depends on how big your
Interdictor is.... I made the mass requirement a fixed sum on purpose, so you
can secure your projectors if you want by sticking it to Superdreadnought Hull
though you get a rather ineffective Superdreadnought...:) About the
fighters...stick a few escort cruisers around it...:)
> Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
They did...
Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
[mkw] Admiral Peter Rollins; Task Force Zulu
> -----Original Message-----
> [quoted text omitted]
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:52:54 +1100
From: "Robertson, Brendan" <Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au>
Subject: RE: Interdictors ?
The last one got jumped by 13 squadrons of fighters & lasted until turn
2.
The problem becomes how many defences can I still fit? An average ship
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30-35% of mass available for offensive/defencive systems. Adding in
Grav= ity Well Projectors cuts deeply into this available mass.
Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
[mkw] Admiral Peter Rollins; Task Force Zulu
> -----Original Message-----
definitely! the interdictor sounds like a good candidate for escort ships if
one hopes to keep it around a while....
dave