As best I recall, I believe that when Mongoose put out there version of the 'Fighting Ships of the 'Marches' supp, the problem had been fixed.

Way back when, I wrote a BASIC prg that allowed me to easily use the CT HGv2 shipbuilding rules.
It was actually a pretty trivial mod to bump the 'Plankwell' up to a class 9 (highest possible in that LBB) meson screen.

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On Thursday, June 4, 2020, 09:00:58 AM MST, Ethan McKinney <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:


Honestly, I think Squadron Strike just fudges the heck out of the Plankwell's Meson screen (I'd have to check). Otherwise, it'd be like a treasure chest in a video game: run right through it for a big reward.

E

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 00:58 Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
You got that right in spades, Ethan!

I  was astounded when GDW published their 'Fighting Ships of the 'Marches' supp & had the 'Plankwell' class BB with wimpy class 3 meson screen!

Unbelievable!

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On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 08:06:18 PM MST, Ethan McKinney <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:


I should have mentioned that I played in one of the previous playtests of "The Imperium Strikes Back." Despite the problems of the scenario, it really shows what Traveller space combat would be like. Building ships without Meson Screens (or inadequate screens, or without Nuclear Dampers ...) is just setting credits on fire.

Ethan

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 4:25 PM Ethan McKinney <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2441150/join-us-revised-imperium-strikes-back-thursday-04

Following some "this is why you playtest!" games where the scenario just wasn't fun, we've rejiggered "The Imperium Strikes Back" and run one playtest. Much better!

Join in on the Virtual Map at Thursday, 04 June, 1:00 PM EDT, either to learn Squadron Strike: Traveller or as a playtester. We teach you to play and it's 100% free. (Keep an eye open for a second run on Sunday.)

In the Imperium Strikes back, a pair of Midu Agashaam destroyers attack a Solomani base orbiting an ice moon. A pair of Solomani Madrid-class CLs try to hold them off.

Please sign up at:

Teaching game: https://vtt.mikezekim.com/events/event/13-traveller-teaching...

Traveller with the Brits (The Imperium Strikes Back): https://vtt.mikezekim.com/events/event/12-the-imperium-strik...

You can learn more about the virtual map at https://vtt.mikezekim.com/learn

All games are played on the "beta" map at

https://vtt.mikezekim.com/beta/

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