I have ordered from GZG several times... the latest shipment arrived in 6 days... mind you that was 2 weeks before XMas so I forgive them for being slower than their average.

The Brigade order on the same day is still pending arrival.
But I have faith.

I have also ordered GZG minis from Eureka in Australia without problem. Play the exchange game right and they could be cheaper, too.

That is, an arbitrary limit of putting the fighters in at that line.
Just go down to the next equipment row and add another 2...

or 10... lather, rinse, repeat

on the bright side, the MJXII forum is worthy of spamming, apparently.

I would hate to blame thedugan for my time scale comment.   

If I were to add to the thought, if it comes to a recognition that it would take 4 months to build a heavy ship, then it needs to be understood how that affects play. If a decision were made go to with 1 week long turns... does that mean it sits in the shipyard for 16 turns being built?

Those are just the sorts of things to think about, is all I was saying/pondering aloud. (of course I have to stop keeping most of the thought in my head once I start sharing some of it.)

One of the challenges may be time scale.

I don't have books at hand, but it seems to me that so far the scope of things (merchant war) covers months rather than years.

Guess I don't see what the conflict there is, as far as maneuvering goes. I may not have been specific enough, the combat mechanic and the durability of the ships isn't what we were looking at.

I'd have to leave that in the hands of our fearless leader.   

AFB and Carronade I have accepted as is. For PDS, frequently I drop it... in the setting I have played in the most lately the designs use the VBAM K/E/B system that splits the defense types out. I treat PDS as part of the defensive/split specialty that way.

That is the same way I use it.
There are other tricks too, like using double-rnge modifiers on range 3 or 6 guns. Slap an increased ROF on them, and they make a nice fighter defense gun. (and a little less vulnerable to single hits to your Q, too)

I have gone this route on my own before, as you know, and it may be safest, cause you can avoid people looking for perfection for the favorite sport or avoiding it cause it isn't a sport they play.

On the other hand, you lose interest from determined fans of a given game.

But... I would think that a franchise has certain things that translate across leagues and sports. If the core model were solid enough you could go the route of writing optional rules for a given sport.

But are they chamfer-ed?

There is a post around here somewhere (failed to find it with a fast search) where Dan listed out the TL affected stuff.

I thought they both were "officially" and because I promptly house ruled that the security teams were not. 

First, been here before, but don't think I spent the time to really read what was there. Your site just went into my bookmarks.

Second, I was drawn into your Dirtside stuff. Haven't played in forever, but really like your scenarios. Good stuff. Makes me want to break out the minis and shoot at things again... hhmm, time this weekend.

Third, the scenarios for Starmada look pretty straight forward.

I like the Asteroid base one. That is a fun, and challenging, idea that spices up the standard defensive engagement or asteroid situation.

The slaver one is nice in that it provides a tactical/starmada value reason to have the Passengers equipment in a battl.e

Barbarians at the gate would be a nice experiment. With the point system in Starmada being so reliable, I think it likely that the barbarians will have the upper hand. Could be wrong, though.

My daughter was asking for Heroscape for her birthday (I'm so proud) but no one would cough up the money, even with a 2 for 1 deal.