Re: War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

2004-05-02 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] You might check out Space Empires 4, highly recommended, as well as Star Fire, Traveler, GURPS Space and other space games. Ah Gary. I'm already a big-time gamer, so I'm well aware of all that! I was big into SE4 for a while. If you like turn-based

Re: War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

2004-05-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Robert Seeberger wrote: Offhand, I can think of different type of fighting craft a Space Carrier might deploy. A fighter craft that in swarms, protects the Carrier by forming a protective sphere, or singly or in small groups act as recon. A torpedo craft that launches attacks against

Re: War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

2004-05-01 Thread Damon Agretto
Interesting discussion going on here, but did you guys read the article posted by Byron a week or so ago? It covers some of the same ground and goes into some detailed speculations. Yes. I even commented on it. But no one replied... :( Damon. ___

Re: War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

2004-05-01 Thread Gary Denton
You might check out Space Empires 4, highly recommended, as well as Star Fire, Traveler, GURPS Space and other space games. On Sat, 1 May 2004 13:14:42 -0400, Damon Agretto ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

2004-05-01 Thread Damon Agretto
You might check out Space Empires 4, highly recommended, as well as Star Fire, Traveler, GURPS Space and other space games. Ah Gary. I'm already a big-time gamer, so I'm well aware of all that! Damon. ___

War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

2004-04-30 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:02 PM 4/30/04, Damon Agretto wrote: One thing I've always thought silly was the whole idea of carriers in space. Air craft carriers work well because the planes they launch travel in a different medium than the ships: air vs. water. Carriers in space are like two battle groups of

Re: War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

2004-04-30 Thread Robert Seeberger
Offhand, I can think of different type of fighting craft a Space Carrier might deploy. A fighter craft that in swarms, protects the Carrier by forming a protective sphere, or singly or in small groups act as recon. A torpedo craft that launches attacks against carriers or other similarly large