Now I understand your problem.

Aside the SAE value which change to obtain the same SNE shield value (screens are better than facet, for example), will there be a difference between them (SAE shield, screen and facet) or will they be treated exactly the same?

Marc

Here's my "agile" pitch:

Agile is a ship trait that is used only when executing a "Come about" or "Reverse Course" maneuver. 
Agile has a rating (1, 2, 3, etc).
Each point of agile adds to your thrust rating both for determining if you are eligible to make a "Come about" or "Reverse Course" manuever (based on last turns speed) and the maximum speed you can be at when exectuing those two manuevers.

So essentially its like "thrust lite".  It doesn't help you on the accelerate or decelerate if you are just going straight, but when you are turning.

-Tim

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Sounds good.  I haven't tried to find holes in it, but I do like it.

I thought the new edition was to make things easier for new players to take up the game, not to pander to the few.
Anyone that has played Starmada can house rule to their hearts content.

This is getting to sound like a lot of "Asteroids*" to me.

*Pivot, Thrust, Pivot, Thrust, shoot asteroid, shoot asteroid, pivot, thrust, Oh ****.

Paul

First, it will surely be an optional rule  . Second, it's not difficult to say 'I move the ship this way, etc. and at the end of its move, I use some thrust to pivot that way'.
You'll just need a marker to indicate the pivot, not only to re-pivot the ship the other way, but also to decide next turn if it will be modified or not.
I like the agile proposal, too.

Marc

maxpax wrote

True, its not 'difficult' but along side all the other options it adds to the overall complexity and if you consider the dissuasion we've just had about solar sails all these move options are starting to add up.

I remember that in Starmada"X" there were Overthrusters that could be installed on ships.  These were used after movement and seemed to be a sharp left or right turn; "hard-a-port! or "hard-a-starboard".  I installed it on all my ships.  The ship changed direction by one hex-side (60 degrees) and remained that way at the end of the turn. 8-)
Could this be an option in Starmada Nova Edition?

I come back after having thought about armor. I thought it was a mean of protection that could be decided as you want, and not simply a translation of SAE armor plating, which will always lend to a fixed number of armor boxes, depending of the hull size. Too bad, I was envisionning some use of variable armor in order to translate starfire designs...

Marc

Don't confused the "AE conversion rules" with what you can do from scratch in Nova.

-Tim

While it is somewhat late to do so, I would like to give my view on Pivots and OverThrusters. A ship can face any way that you like if it is not in motion. While the rules do not have to comply with the laws of physics; if they did so, then a ship in motion at a constant speed, applying no thrust, should also be able to face any way that they like. As to whether a ship that is applying Thrust to change its' motion should be able to Pivot, I do not much care. It probabably should not, at least in the interest of keeping the rules simple.
None of this helps players using ships from the Armada books. While it is not cited in any of the Armada books, the original source material does contain the rule that a ship must face its' direction of motion. It is true that players may agree to any House Rules that they wish, but if they are choosing to play in a specific Science Fiction background, they might as well comply with its' rules.

Its out now for download, go get it!

Lots of awesome stuff in there Dan - need some time to digest it all.  I noticed you've added quite a few things that will make the Star Fleet adaptation more streamlined - which is a very good thing.

-Tim