Are there any...

USS Enterprise · Post by **USS Enterprise** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:19 pm

Fed ships with a Plasma Torpedo bigger than F whatsoever in FC. If not, will there ever be, and are there any in SFB?

Post by **Steve Cole** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:43 pm

QUESTION: Are there any Fed ships with a Plasma Torpedo bigger than F whatsoever in FC?
ANSWER: No.

QUESTION: If not, will there ever be?
ANSWER: No.

QUESTION: and are there any in SFB?
ANSWER: No.

USS Enterprise · Post by **USS Enterprise** » Wed May 27, 2009 8:11 pm

I assumed as much, as the Feds aren't big Plasma users, but just wanted to check.

Wolverin61 · Post by **Wolverin61** » Wed May 27, 2009 8:28 pm

USS Enterprise wrote:I assumed as much, as the Feds aren't big Plasma users, but just wanted to check.

After all, the F does stand for Federation.

djdood · Post by **djdood** » Wed May 27, 2009 8:48 pm

My understanding was that it originally stood for "fighter", but the "stands for" names haven't been relevant in a long, long time. It's just a type-F nowadays.

ctchapel · Post by **ctchapel** » Wed May 27, 2009 11:43 pm

I always thought that "F" stood for FIXED. That refering to the stasis box the original Light Raider/Drug Runner used.

Charles Chapel

USS Enterprise · Post by **USS Enterprise** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:41 am

F stands for Fleet.

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:48 am

USS Enterprise wrote:F stands for Fleet.

No, actually IIRC - "F" does stand for fixed.
Each of the Torpedo types originally designated a specific term:
R was for "R"omulan
G was for "G"orn
S was for "S"uperior, or improved
F was for "F"ixed
D was for "D"rone, since it was launched from a canister similar to a drone.

Tony, who still remembers why PFs were called PF to start with.

djdood · Post by **djdood** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:49 am

I thought "S" originally stood for "Swivel"-mount (improving the launch-arc over the earlier "G" type).

Frankly, none of them stand for anything anymore. A plasma-F is just a plasma-F.

USS E-
In my 20+ years of collecting SFU materials, I've never seen one mention of it meaning "fleet". Please direct us to where you are referencing that from.

USS Enterprise · Post by **USS Enterprise** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:59 am

The Federation Commander Romulan Border Rulebook. No chapter and verse at the moment, its either in the index or the Plasma Torps section.

semperatis · Post by **semperatis** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:24 am

I always thought that PF stood for Pseudo-fighter.

USS Enterprise · Post by **USS Enterprise** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:53 am

P-R= Romulan

P-S= Standard

P-G= General

P-F= Fleet

P-D= Defensive

P-K = I don't know, doesn't say in the rules

Democratus · Post by **Democratus** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:50 pm

semperatis wrote:I always thought that PF stood for Pseudo-fighter.

Patrol, Fast.

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:32 pm

Democratus wrote:
semperatis wrote:I always thought that PF stood for Pseudo-fighter.
Patrol, Fast.

Original usage was Psuedo-Figher, later that was revised to Patrol Ship, Fast...

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:34 pm

USS Enterprise wrote:...
P-F= Fleet
...

That dosn't match the text in my rulebook at all...
Please provide Rulebook revision number (located on front cover) and rule section number.