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The last words of Orion Captain Fay!

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 04:29 pm: Edit

Must be all that legal training Orion Captain Fay had.

It allowed him a coherent set of final words.

Most people just scream Aaaarrrgggghhhh!!!! While attempting to rip their eyes out of their head.

By Stewart Frazier (Frazikar3) on Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 08:43 pm: Edit

Turn mode? You thought it could turn?

Of course it can, it's only H (or was than K?) ... ??

By Gregory S Flusche (Vandar) on Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 09:34 pm: Edit

It comes to a stop then TACs then starts moving again. Sheeesh

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 10:00 pm: Edit

I was thinking that an HTS shuttle tractored it and pulled the nose around.

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 10:27 pm: Edit

HTS has a tractor beam?!?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 11:04 pm: Edit

Only the Fralli ones.

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 08:16 am: Edit

Which raises a question... if Fralli HTS each have a tractor beam


CHILL, I WAS JUST KIDDING.--SVC

By Steve Stewart (Stevestewart) on Monday, August 24, 2020 - 07:29 am: Edit

My reaction on seeing that ship was similar to my reaction looking at French pre-dreadnoughts. Namely,

AAARGH! My EYES!!

And that's before the holo-projector kicks in...

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Monday, August 24, 2020 - 11:55 am: Edit

Tractor on shuttle?

Well, the Prospecting shuttle (R1.F12) and its variant the Salvage shuttle (R1.F24) have a "tractor lifter," but probably not strong enough to do the job. On the other hand, the Recovery shuttle (R1.F22) and the Heavy Recovery Shuttle (R1.F23) are noted as having a tractor beam.

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Monday, August 24, 2020 - 06:13 pm: Edit

Speaking of shuttles.

You know, (C13.98) provides for shuttles docking externally to ships. Of course, under the restrictions of (C13.9814) if either unit (the shuttle or the ship, or shuttle if docked to another shuttle) exceed a speed of 1, they become undocked. But that leaves a gray area, as what speed is a "Tactical Maneuver" or "sublight tactical maneuver, or "zero energy turn?" Under (C13.926) docked ships may make a tactical maneuver, but then two ships docked together can be moving speed 2 (C13.921) as long as neither ship is moving faster than Speed 1 (C13.921). So you are in a somewhat nebulous situation where, supposedly, a docked shuttle could change the ship's facing (or even the hex it is in) by 1 every two turns.

Okay, I can see the men in the white coats have arrived to take me away.

By Richard Eitzen (Rbeitzen) on Monday, August 24, 2020 - 06:25 pm: Edit

If they're in a nebulous situation, shuttles in the nebula are automatically destroyed so no tacs.

Those nice young men are wearing CLEAN white coats.

Relevant link to video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bV7x9sBRsY

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 07:19 pm: Edit

Funny that nobody has yet to ask if there are four freighter pods, or six, or eight.

By Steven Zamboni (Szamboni) on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 08:00 pm: Edit

Was assuming eight if it's going to water landing-capable.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 08:18 pm: Edit

Sixteen. Non-standard sizes so that when divided up they equal the correct answer in standard pod equivalents.