grr. I tried to post earlier, but it ate it.
You've got them
Interesting idea on the drones..
"To get the story straight, this will be an alternate timeline where the fringe rebels from the Federation before first contact with the Arachnids correct? Wow."
Specifically what happens: first contact is delayed, so the Federation doesn't have the "pressure release" of the Arcachnid war, and the civil war boils over early. The scenerio starts one month after a sucessful nuclear strike on Galloway's World- all the units that would rebel have done so, but the fringe is still unconcentrated. Meanwhile, First Contact with the bugs hasn't happened. Yet.
"I have two other quick questions. Will the Ophiuchi still get a fighter bonus with the Proportions Version? and can foreign fighters launch from allied carriers?"
Yes, and no. I've got a couple surprises I'll throw in with PvK's permission. I need to find out how to manage two empires at once on PBW, for one.. if I can't, the closed warp points go down the toilet
Phoenix-D