From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 08:24:22 -0500
Subject: RE: Launching fighters
Replies marked by [Bri] Additional Fighters/Missiles comments with how our group plays: Screening fighters with the ship in the Move Ship phase. Fighters may enter/leave screening mode ONLY in the Move Fighter Groups phase. MT missiles move in the Launch Salvo Missile Phase. ----- Brian Bell bkb@beol.net http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ft/ ----- > -----Original Message----- [Bri] We use the fairly common house rule that fighters can move 1/2 normal at launch. > Can fighters engage in combat on the turn they are launched? [Bri] Our group allows fighters to engage in combat on the turn they are launched. In FB fighter launches are moved to the Fighter Movement phase (FB p.8 states that launching fighters must be moved before other fighters). We also allow launching fighters to immediatly go into screening mode. > As a final question, I'm trying to get my fighters on bases so that I [Bri] At GZG-ECC last year a gentleman used 6 earing posts through or on a washer. Then each fighter had the earing clamp (receptical) on it. Fighters could be removed and it seemed to work well. I don't remember his name, but he is the person closest to the camera in this picture: http://people.canoe.ca/jhan/ft/gzgecc/gzgecc2/images/SatAft/ECC2_BYOF3.j pg You can see pictures of the entire event at http://people.canoe.ca/jhan/ft/gzgecc/gzgecc2/home.html > Cheers in advance for any help.