Re: (1310) New Megatraveller stuff

Johnny B. writes:
>Has anyone purchased the new supplement Fighting Ships of the Shattered
>Imperium ? How good is it. Let's hear a review.

I was not impressed by it.  One big bug (or feature; it may have been intended)
is that most of the designs ignore the TL restrictions on armor - the
battleships
have armor between 100 and 120.  If this is permitted, it is not neccesarily
a bad idea, since it makes the ships virtually invulnerable to everything
except meson guns.  Another problem is that some of the ships have PA's
as spinal mounts. There is no excuse for this, since many of the ships
have armor that would make such weapons completely useless.  The one
design I liked was the 20 ton fighter with agility 6 and a type 9 computer -
it has a Def DM of 17.  The text on the organization and history of the
Imperial Navy may or may not be useful to you.
In short, don't buy it before taking a close look to see if it is worth it
to you.

					W. Dow Rieder

 	When the only tool you have is a hammer, all your problems
start to look like nails...