"Official B5 specifications?" [was: TBP B5 Olympus Class Corvette - Confused...]

3 posts ยท Apr 15 1999 to Apr 15 1999

From: Mycenius <mycenius@i...>

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:37:35 +1200

Subject: "Official B5 specifications?" [was: TBP B5 Olympus Class Corvette - Confused...]

Hi all,

> I actually wouldn't read TOO much into the "WB stamp of approval" -

Right - Let me get things inperspective and say that I'm not some freak
obsessed with having "official" specs all the time... 8-)  But if there
was a set of supposedly sanctioned ship plans and stuff, I'd be keen to get
them.

> Whether JMS ever sees any of this stuff personally I don't know, but I

This is where I was coming from - I would have assumed JMS would of had
draft notes and ideas on the various space fleets and the vessels that
appeared on the show, and I would have thought these would have been used to
create the initial stuff. Crusade and such would have added a few more, then
presumably someone, like B5W or TBP would fill in the gaps... But as you
suspect WB probably haven't got a clue anyway!

Anyway our group has a couple of guy's with genuine FT fleets (1 NAC & 1 ESU),
me with B5 (EF and Minbari), another B5 guy and about 4 more B5 guy's who'll
get into it once they see a game in progress at our club! We've messed around
with the 2 FT fleets but haven't done the 'crossover' thing
yet...

Has anyone played FT vs B5 Fleets? We are gonna use the FTFB rules (obviously)
and at present Richard Bax's B5 ship data, although I've found some more
elsewhere, and of course I'm keen to see Michael Llaneza versions too! The FT
version in EFSB emphasises fighters (for movement at least), but
FTFB is other way around - anyone see this as a problem...

Any comments appreciated...

Cheers

John

"In war one sees his own troubles and not those of the enemy."
 - Napoleon

From: Michael Llaneza <maserati@e...>

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:36:31 -0700

Subject: Re:"Official B5 specifications?" [was: TBP B5 Olympus Class Corvette - Confused...]

> At 6:37 PM -0700 4/14/99, Mycenius wrote:

From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:58:01 +1000

Subject: Re: "Official B5 specifications?" [was: TBP B5 Olympus Class Corvette - Confused...]

G'day John,

> This is where I was coming from - I would have assumed JMS would of had

If TV/movies are anything like the stage then if you're the 'effects
guy' you get handed the script which has comments like 'space battle here and
ship x explodes now' - after that its up to your own imagination, so if
anyone knew the stats its more likely to be the graphics guys.

> Has anyone played FT vs B5 Fleets?

We've had a couple of games (with many more to come now since more of the
guys' fleets have arrived) and all went well. The only thing that really stuck
out like was that for the same 'points cost' you get a lot fewer B5
ships e.g. Derek's last game was his Sharlin vs about 12+ FSE - not that
I think that worried him;)

Cheers

Beth