The scale of the future was

> I did use the FA fighter for both scales manly due to the fighters
I see you fell into the trap Mr.Beast. The question is not how to use the same
rules for different scales but what are you trying to simulate. If you are
fighting an action where

you command one large ship or several small ships per person then the original
B5 is good. If you are trying to simulate a large fleet action then the FA
scale (which is close enough to the GZG to allow interplay in the same game)
is a good idea. The greater detail the rules go into the fewer ships you can
command in a reasonable time.

> rules to understand. I'm sure others can, if they continue OT, will,

You seem to misunderstand what I was implying with the fighters. If you have
ships in two scales and the FA fighters LOOK good with both then I have no
problem using the FA fighters with B5. I also am looking at fighters from
other companies to integrate into a game (Have some Starblazer fighters I
bought a few packages of). I go with my own fighter rules for the GZG games
though.

> So for example:
Actually I have 831 ships and 579 fighter stands if you wish the inventory I
will mail it to you. I placed a large order to AOG before it went out of
business and plan to

start putting those fleets on the paint schedule next year.

> Historical minatures have been using duplicate lines in multiple scale
Lets see I have about 140 1/1200 ships in WWII and  500+ 1/2400 ships in

WWII
You can through in another 150+ pre dreadnoughts in 1/1200-1000 scale.
Now my friend has 1000 1/1200 ships for WWII but he started buying
before I did. I can assure you that these ships have seen many battles at
conventions from Gencon IV to Little Wars X (last Little Wars was about 5
years ago where I used them).

Don't forget about the 1/3000 scale which is also popular (I didn't get
into this scale as it was too close
to my 1/2400 scale).

> several of my large AoG ships, if I ever get them painted up. Not that
There you go with the scale argument again and you are playing space warfare.
By your argument my GZG fleet in Chicago can fire at your fleet in Nebraska at
close range and someone else's fleet in England at medium range.

I did play in a true 1/1200  (1 inch = 100 yards) game in a field house
but most of my games were played at 1 inch = 500 yards or 1 inch = 1000 yards.

> Have you ever tried doing FA with large B5 Wars ships?
I like to play battalion action SciFi at 1 to 1 scale (infantry is at 1 to 2
scale and armored infantry is
at  1 to 1 scale) and do it in 6mm(1/300 scale). I like to play skirmish

action SciFi in with about 50 figures per side and 25mm scale is good. The
type of game can also suggest the scale you use.

I'd be very interested to see the 25mm 1 to 1 battalion action that you
propose. My rough estimate is 300 figures and 150 vehicles per side. You do
still have that empty mall you were talking about to play in don't you?

> The_Beast