Re: IIWU battle royale -preliminary material

>> Well, I don't think that a good idea at all.  There is a whale of a
> difference between a whaleship and an elven armada, particularly in
> combat (usually the most important thing to players) and that is not
> reflected in that system.<<

>Not to mention that it doesn't account for crew numbers, armament, AR,
MC, and the fact that scro love boarding actions over a good space
splash.  Oh yeh, and the special abilities of gnomish craft.  ;D<

  Agreed, but the 1 ton=1 pt. is still a good starting place.  Tied in with a
race-specific shopping lists and  pt. costs for "topping out", increased
armor, race-specific goodies like Shou rockets and gnomish flywheels etc. it
still might work.
  Sure, combat is important as this is a war, but a good campaign manager
(sphere master?) could play on the deficiencies of an imbalanced or
power-gaming fleet commander.  Whaleships are probably better than armadas
for shuttling ground troops, even refugees if the commander wants brownie
points from the locals.  If the scro commander assigned to invade Darnannon
(sp?) space sinks all his points into a wildspace-cruising witchlight
marauder, there will be repercussions as a host of neutrals begin flocking to
the elves as allies for mutual protection.  And the same if an elven admiral
invests in armaggedon-type magic like the one that broke Borka into little
bits.