More needle beam stuff etc

Glenn M Wilson wrote-

> Bottom line, most people find it unbalancing to use Needle Beams for
I
> will keep it specific to certain scenarios in my "Starguard Conversion

A problem with allowing needle beams to target core systems is that your ships
will go down 1 of 2 routes (or both) in respect of their ship designs. The
first will be a light ship, fast with only a needle beam fitted, that tries to
use overwhelming numbers to get within range to use the needle beam
(like the ash-shaulah stingboats of the IF by Laserlight), or a larger
ship,
with more protection/suvivablity to allow it to get within range. These
two designs would still have to get past the escorts to hit the main targets
(troop transports, planet nuke ships, etc). If you allow the needle beams to
hit core systems, the escort will also have them, making getting past them
even more difficult. Just a suggestion as to which way I can see problems with
allowing core hits with needle beams.