How could I have forgotten? Among the other subjects I discussed with Tom
Peters of DGP was agility. I hesitate to bring this up again, becuase it
always gets everyone confused, so I'll skip the "What is Agility??" part and
go straight to the "How is it calculated?" part. As I have suspected,
the undefined concept of "excess energy" applies to whatever is left over
after the life support and weapons systems are powered, NOT to whatever is
left over after the weapons systems, life support _and maneuver drive_ are
powered. Thus, overloading your maneuver drive to achieve high agility
in an otherwise sluggish ship, as per Paul Dale's Meson Destroyer design,
is most assuredly not what was intended.