[Diaspora] Piracy in the Space Combat game

[C. W. Marshall]

Hey Dan,

Thanks for the question. Forcing a concession without consequences  
means that the ship remains undamaged, which is of advantage to a  
pirate who wants to slip it out of the system. So a ship built for  
piracy will typically invest in one weapon system (and not split it  
between three). It will have an aspect it can use, and (perhaps) will  
be able to use an aspect of the target ship as well as perhaps the  
system.

I'm pretty sure that's what we were thinking -- so not free- 
taggables, but a solid investment of fate points to achieve a strong  
result. Of course, if one of the PCs isn't manning one of the  
stations during combat, there is nothing to stop them trying to put  
an aspect on the combat. Perhaps a science officer or a navigator  
after the first round can roll to make a declaration that would  
become free-taggable.

Does that help?

Toph

On 12-Oct-09, at 7:52 AM, Bruguier, Daniel wrote:


> I have a question about Space Combat.  I think the book mentions  
> how a Pirate would want to be able to drop one massive attack to  
> force a concession without racking up consequences, but as far as I  
> can see there isn't really any scope for setting up free-taggable  
> aspects as there is in the other mini-games.  Has anyone tried to  
> model this?
>