RE: Stealth Gen
Stealth Gen was and is and always will be the most broken system in my opinion.  It was worse before X. Long range sensors with SG make an unbeatable fleet.  Try that out.

<sidebar>Now, in defense of Dan: the SG/LRS combo should be fairly easy to defend against with tons of fighters and sunbursts and someone better tactically than me. I spent many years trying to defeat the SG/LRS never getting quite there.</sidebar>

RE: Fighters
Fighters can be countered with ROF3 repeating weapons.  The first time you do 26 hits to a group of fighter flights with a single weapon, you'll see what I mean.

Dogfights suck for drones and marines.  Less so for interceptors, so get some fast interceptors in place to kill those pesky opposing fighters.  Or, you might allow flights to "break off" with a free attack by the opposing flight if you want to be able to stop a dogfight.

RE: PDS
Peter Drake has done extensive mathematical analysis on PDS and found that the return really diminishes after shields of 2.  He can explain more.

RE: Double 6=7
The double 6=7 rule may be statistically innacurate, but it's the only way you're gonna roll a 7 so call it the starmada equivalent of the last-minute 70 yd Bomb.

RE: the FAQ
The FAQ is just a temporary "ruling" and should not be taken as gospel unless the rule makes it into the official "book".  They're just suggestions and open to most anyone who wishes to change them. I moderate the FAQ inconsistently and periodically at best.

RE: Backwards movement
I would not reduce the Backwards movement to 1 hex. It seems pretty expensive to start with.  Try 3mp to move backwards instead.

RE: Tactics
As with most things in Starmada.  There's usually a counter-tactic you can use to get around most of the combos or special equipments. (except the SG/LRS combo, which I may have mentioned are unbeatable)

It is interesting to see where other people have their hang-ups.  They always seem different than mine and everyone else.  I personally realize that the problem I have with SG/LRS is my own inability to wrap my brain around a suitable tactic to defeat it.  It's not really that broken, I just can't go far enough out of my box to figure it out. 

Finally (whew!)
Try to just get over the troubles you have with the system and ignore the pieces you don't like.

Or change them.  It's not like some other company's set-in-stone rulebook that anyone will come and sue you for changing.  If you want backward movement to cost 3mp instead of 2mp, then so be it!  If you want crew to be able to defeat marines when the marines roll a  "1" (Noel and I have adopted that to great fun) then rock on!

Ddon't get caught up in the details and above all, have fun!

it's okay to upload the xls sheets too

well, the FAQ is open for changes to all, mostly.

I have no desire to make things more complicated than q&a

and I see no difference between flight, and drone flight or fighter flight.

Sounds like you "got it".

Your AAR reminds me of my first experiences with Starmada;  and you've captured the beauty of the design system in a nutshell.  The variety of designs is only limited by your imagination.

It sounds like you also have found a good pair of races to match up too. The anti-fighter weapons are brilliant.  I never considered "may re-roll to hit" as an anti-fighter mechanism. I will now.

I've always wanted to build a good organic race never quite made one work though. Hopefully we'll see some designs for those and the Mrrshan in the upcoming Fleet section?

Thanks for an enjoyable read. It makes me want to play.

I'll be at Just for Fun Games in Peoria today, bring your stuff!

This should be in the FAQ: and now it is

http://mj12games.com/faq/index.php/Tech_Levels-what%27s_up_with_that

I can't address # 2

There is no difference in the math.

However, there is the perception that Higher DMG is more valuable than higher ROF.  Even though that's a false perception.

Given a 1/1/3 weapon and a 3/1/1 weapon, I would take the latter as it can destroy fighters beter than the first.

But maybe I'm wrong on the math, it's certainly happened here before. (
(Most recently on the SDG Group list)

There's no reason not to send us links to your ship designs and/or PDF them and upload them here.

If there's enough of them, then the newer races will simply slide into the current canon and it'll all be good.

I dunno, maybe we do need a section for player submitted ship designs...

ah, yes, I was taking that as a list, but I see your point wherethe first looks like a finite list (and it is AFAIK) the second is only implied that it isn't

and you do that by layering your offensive and defensive capabilities.

You have to use combined arms or you're doomed.

Many years of gaming against Noel have taught me that. Unfortunately, I'm not talented enough to figure out that on my own...

that's the one!

thanks Jimmy ('course I've come to expect tham from a fellow jim)