[Diaspora] Space Combat comments and questions

[Brad Murray]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Yunus Wesley <yunuswesley at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> All phases where Ship's rating is rolled, not crew skill
> In Positioning, EW, Beams, and Guns, the ship's rating is rolled
> "amplified" by the crew member's effective skill. Under Torpedoes (p133)
> this is defined as "the Torpedo rating is used and increased by one if the
> effective Gunnery rating is higher." Is this the same rule for EW and Beams?
>

"amplified by" is defined on p.10, as per the index. It is always as
expanded in the Torpedo section.


> Detection phase:
> In in-universe narrative terms, can you say that the winning Navigator has
> arranged the beginning of the engagement in positions and vectors he finds
> most favorable?
>

Yes!


> If the winning Navigator is trying to escape, he puts himself on a +/- 3
> band and his opponents as far away as possible. If the winning Navigator is
> seeking an engagement, is there any reason to put his own and an opponent's
> ship on the 0 band?
>

That's a tactical choice. Personally I would decide based on my weapons
loadout -- if I have both kinds of weapons to bring to bear I might want the
1 and -1 bars to get both weapon types in optimal range right away.


> Positioning phase:
> Applying burn in the Positioning phase adds to the V-shift _roll_, not the
> rating. Ships' movement across the map is limited by V-shift rating. So burn
> applies to relative maneuvering between ships, not sustained acceleration
> that would imply a change to the V-shift rating?
>

Correct.


> The V-shift roll is _limited_ by the pilot's effective Pilot skill; there
> is no mention of augmenting/amplification. So if a V-shift 3 boat is flown
> with effective Pilot 2, it rolls V-shift at 2; but if flown with Pilot 4, it
> is still V-shift 3?
>

Correct. In space combat the space craft are the central characters.

-- 
Brad Murray (halfjack)
VSCA Publishing
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