Hi folks,
I have a couple of problems regarding a few things in FF&S (hats off to
all involved in its making - darn good product, crawl, crawl, bootlick, etc.).
First off, does anyone know what Maintenance Points are, and how they
are used? I can't seem to find any reference in the TNE main rules (or the FF&S
ones, for that matter) about them, other than whats stated in the ship design
round-up bit.
Is it me, or do you actually get two different values (through two
different calculations) when determining Maintenance Points. One calculation
is the aforementioned one that is one of the final steps in the ship design
sequence at the start of FF&S, which adds up the total mass of the ship minus
that of its hull shell, then divides it by various numbers. The other
calculation is in the crew calculation step, when you're finding how many
Maintenance Crew you'll need on the ship (i assume these are Technicians, as
opposed to Engineers). I seem to get different numbers for each of these
calculations, so which one do I use, and which one is stated whenever I see
a complete ship description (where it says 'Maint: 123' (or whatever). HELP!!
One other thing - what exactly are Stewards, and why do you need them
on non-passenger ships? I can guess that on a military ship, they function as
Quartermasters for the Ships Troops, and they serve an obvious function on a
passenger ship, but what are their duties on say, a Scout Ship?
BTW, I've got lots of new rules (of my own devising) concerning Gravitic
Technology, which might be useful regarding this little kerfuffle that seems
to be going on about microjumps. If anyone's interested, then do email, or say
so on any replies to my queries on the net!
That's all for now, I'd really appreciate any help on these questions.
Ta-Ta For Now, Constantine Thomas ([email removed])