Four matters of debate appear to have been defined in the XP discussion. Please provide input in posts below. Please keep extra comments to a minimum here - This is just to provide a general feel of where those interested in the XP discussion stand, not an effort to eliminate any ideas.

1. Phasers. The phaser capacitor on XP ships should be what size:
A. Normal (enough to fire each phaser once)
B. Double (as with X-ships, enough to fire each phaser twice)
C. 50% increase (enough to fire each phaser "one and a half" times)

2. Heavy weapons. XP ships should have what type of heavy weapon improvement:
A. No improvements at all.
B. Limited improvements to X-drones (either the ability to put an X drone in a normal rack or new racks), removal of fusion cooldowns, improvement of Pl-Fs to Pl-Ls, etc.
C. Across the board application of X-heavy weapons to XP ships.

3. Batteries. XP ships should receive what type of battery improvement:
A. No improvement of batteries at all.
B. Normal X-batteries (3 points each)
C. A two-point XP battery.
D. An improved capacity battery (two or three points) with a limited ability to draw from the battery each turn (i.e. on one point out of each battery box each turn).

4. EW/fire control. XP ships should receive what type X-EW improvements:
A. No improvement.
B. The ability to generate 8 points of EW.
C. A -1 die roll modifier on direct fire if a ship has a positive ECCM shift.
D. Both C&D

5. XP Phasers: Should have:
A. X-Aegis
B. Rapid Pulse
C. Improved Capacitors
D. Some of the above
E. None of the above

By Jeremy Gray (Gray) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 02:28 pm: Edit

1. C
2. A
3. C
D. C
E. C

By Mike Raper (Raperm) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 02:36 pm: Edit

1. A
2. C (partial improvements)
3. D
4. A
5. E

By Alan Trevor (Thyrm) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 02:41 pm: Edit

1. B

2. None of the Above (I think this needs to be decided seperately for each heavy weapon.)

3. C or D

4. C

5. C

By Tos Crawford (Tos) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 02:49 pm: Edit

1 A
2 B
3 C
4 B
5 E

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 02:50 pm: Edit

1) B (but OK with A)

2) C

3) B (but OK with D)

4) B

5) C (otherwise E)

By John Trauger (Vorlonagent) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 02:55 pm: Edit

1) A

2) B

3) E. Limited upgrade fo 1 or 2 batteries to X-batteries.

4) B

5) A. (X-Aegis ONLY! no pulse, no caps)

By Kerry Drake (Kedrake) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 03:18 pm: Edit

B
C
C
B
E

But I do not see it as all or nothing. Some may get phasers only, some may get just batteries, some may get Heavy Weapons and EW.....

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 03:22 pm: Edit

1) A
2) B
3) C or D
4) B
5) C

By Kenneth Jones (Kludge) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 05:16 pm: Edit

1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. D

By R. Brodie Nyboer (Radiocyborg) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 07:22 pm: Edit

1)B
2)B
3)D
4)B
5)D

By michael john campbell (Michaelcampbell) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 11:34 pm: Edit

1. Phasers. The phaser capacitor on XP ships should be what size:
A. Normal (enough to fire each phaser once)


2. Heavy weapons. XP ships should have what type of heavy weapon improvement:
B. Limited improvements to X-drones ( the ability to put an X drone in a normal rack only), removal of fusion cooldowns, improvement of Pl-Fs to Pl-Ls, etc. I'm not entirely convinced about Fusion Cool Downs but so long as the heavy weapon increase could only be considered an Ancillary weapons increase and doesn't require an SSD change, I'm okay with it...if it could be JUST drones, that would be best.


3. Batteries. XP ships should receive what type of battery improvement:
D. An improved capacity battery (two or three points) with a limited ability to draw from the battery each turn (i.e. on one point out of each battery box each turn). I'ld limit it to one point in per turn and one point out per impulse but the one point in restriction has an interguing side effect, no MORE reserve warp. Failing that B.


4. EW/fire control. XP ships should receive what type X-EW improvements:
C. A -1 die roll modifier on direct fire if a ship has a positive ECCM shift. Failing that B but not both.


5. XP Phasers: Should have:
E. None of the above

By Orman J. Hoffman II (Ojh2) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 11:53 pm: Edit

1. Phasers. The phaser capacitor on XP ships should be what size:
B. or C.

2. Heavy weapons. XP ships should have what type of heavy weapon improvement:
B.

3. Batteries. XP ships should receive what type of battery improvement:
A or C I really do not want D

4. EW/fire control. XP ships should receive what type X-EW improvements:
D.

5. XP Phasers: Should have:
D.

By Jeremy Gray (Gray) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 09:34 am: Edit

Poll Results thus far:
Question 1:
A. 6
B. 4.5
C. 1.5

Question 2:
A. 1
B. 8
C. 3

Question 3:
A. 0.5
B. 1
C. 4.5
D. 5
E. 1

Question 4:
A. 1
B. 6
C. 4
D. 1

Question 5:
A. 1
B. 0
C. 4
D. 3
E. 4

Note: I assigned a 0.5 in any case where someone gave me a _ or _ type of answer.

By Richard Abbott (Catwhoorg) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 10:21 am: Edit

1. B
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. D (specifically B and C)

By Brian R Goudie (Briangoudie) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:21 pm: Edit

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C

By Christopher E. Fant (Cfant) on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 12:30 am: Edit

1. Phasers. The phaser capacitor on XP ships should be what size:
A. Normal (enough to fire each phaser once)


2. Heavy weapons. XP ships should have what type of heavy weapon improvement:
A. No improvements at all.


3. Batteries. XP ships should receive what type of battery improvement:
B. Normal X-batteries (3 points each)


4. EW/fire control. XP ships should receive what type X-EW improvements:
A. No improvement.


5. XP Phasers: Should have:
A. X-Aegis

By Charles E. Leiserson, Jr. (Bester) on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:16 am: Edit

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. A

By Jeremy Gray (Gray) on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:48 am: Edit

Poll Results thus far:
Question 1:
A. 8
B. 6.5
C. 1.5

Question 2:
A. 3
B. 10
C. 3

Question 3:
A. 0.5
B. 3
C. 6.5
D. 5
E. 1

Question 4:
A. 2
B. 7
C. 5
D. 2

Question 5:
A. 3
B. 0
C. 5
D. 4 (some folks selecting this are interested in B)
E. 4

Note: I assigned a 0.5 in any case where someone gave me a _ or _ type of answer.

By Jeff Tonglet (Blackbeard) on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 01:40 pm: Edit

1. Phasers. The phaser capacitor on XP ships should be what size:
A. Normal (enough to fire each phaser once)
B. Double (as with X-ships, enough to fire each phaser twice)
C. 50% increase (enough to fire each phaser "one and a half" times)

2. Heavy weapons. XP ships should have what type of heavy weapon improvement:
A. No improvements at all.
B. Limited improvements to X-drones (either the ability to put an X drone in a normal rack or new racks), removal of fusion cooldowns, improvement of Pl-Fs to Pl-Ls, etc.
C. Across the board application of X-heavy weapons to XP ships.

3. Batteries. XP ships should receive what type of battery improvement:
A. No improvement of batteries at all.
B. Normal X-batteries (3 points each)
C. A two-point XP battery.
D. An improved capacity battery (two or three points) with a limited ability to draw from the battery each turn (i.e. on one point out of each battery box each turn).

4. EW/fire control. XP ships should receive what type X-EW improvements:
A. No improvement.
B. The ability to generate 8 points of EW.
C. A -1 die roll modifier on direct fire if a ship has a positive ECCM shift.
D. Both C&D

5. XP Phasers: Should have:
A. X-Aegis
B. Rapid Pulse
C. Improved Capacitors
D. Some of the above
E. None of the above

By John Wyszynski (Starsabre) on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 04:14 pm: Edit

1. B
2. C
3. B (3)
4. B
5. B

By Chris Bonaiuto (Epyon) on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 08:21 pm: Edit

1. A
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. E

By Jeremy Gray (Gray) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 10:47 am: Edit

Final Poll Tally:
Question 1:
A. 10
B. 7.5
C. 1.5

Question 2:
A. 3
B. 10
C. 6

Question 3:
A. 0.5
B. 5
C. 6.5
D. 6
E. 1

Question 4:
A. 2
B. 8
C. 6
D. 3

Question 5:
A. 3
B. 1
C. 5
D. 4
E. 6

By Tos Crawford (Tos) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 02:19 pm: Edit

Wow, the formal proposal actually corresponds quite closely with the poll results. What are the odds?

By Clell Flint (Clell) on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 08:32 am: Edit

1. Phasers. The phaser capacitor on XP ships should be what size:
C. 50% increase (enough to fire each phaser "one and a half" times)

2. Heavy weapons. XP ships should have what type of heavy weapon improvement:
B. Limited improvements to X-drones (either the ability to put an X drone in a normal rack or new racks), removal of fusion cooldowns, improvement of Pl-Fs to Pl-Ls, etc.

3. Batteries. XP ships should receive what type of battery improvement:

D. An improved capacity battery (two) with a limited ability to draw from the battery each turn (i.e. on one point out of each battery box each turn).

4. EW/fire control. XP ships should receive what type X-EW improvements:
B. The ability to generate 8 points of EW.


5. XP Phasers: Should have:
D. Some of the above (B&C)

By Edward Reece (Edfactor) on Monday, August 09, 2004 - 10:16 am: Edit

1. C
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 09, 2004 - 10:23 am: Edit

Actually, this is NOT the poll to which I referred. This is an old one not relevant to the current discussion. And the new poll is over anyway. It should have been easy to find as it was the most active topic on the BBS for several days.