Re: Why Elven Ships

> The rules make a big deal about how the maneuverable elven ships like the
> Man-of-War are a really neat thing. I don't see why. The main determinant
> factor in combat is SR--the only time you really need good MC is when:
>
> You're crashing. (None too common.)
>
> You're ramming. (Elven ships don't have rams.)
>
> Your large weapons are fixed. (Who would do that if turrets were as cheap
> as the boxed set makes them? Maybe if you had to allocate extra crew...)

I thought MC also effected how fast you could slow down and speed up,
something that is important in battle.
Turrets don't give full 360' firing on all ships, unless you place the
turret out in the open the first target of any attacker. Besides elves are
also concerned about the beauty of the vessel and don't want weapons
spoiling the effect.

> So why in the world does anybody use an underpowered ship like the
> Man-of-War? And how does it survive combat? (Especially when the elves
get
> bawled out for adding more weapons--as written, there's nothing for about
> half your crew to do.)

I think the Elves would keep them because they tend to take a long time to
change anything. Having arrived at a good design they like to keep it until
they fnd something better. Of course deciding what ships are better could
take a long time as the admirals of the EIN have to go over every aspect of
the ships design.

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