Editing Full Thrust (section)

= Sauce = 
Full Thrust has been translated into many languages, has its own splatbooks, and fluff.  GZG has even been giving away the *.pdf files for free (''pfft, as if neckbeards ever BUY books'').
* ''Full Thrust (1991)'' - first edition  Can't find it anymore, but who cares.
* ''Full Thrust: 2nd Ed (1992)'' - where it really starts
* ''Full Thrust: More Thrust'' - expansion book, but most of it is obsoleted by the Fleet books
* ''Full Thrust Fleet Book 1'' - rules for vector (realistic zero-gee 2D) movement and more fluff.
* ''Full Thrust Fleet Book 2'' - FILTHY XENO SCUM!!!1!!!one!!!
* ''Full Thrust Light (UK Edition)'' - a stripped-to-the-basics version that introduces the most important core rules of the game.

The rules from the 1992 rulebook + the two fleet books are considered the canonical rules, called "2.5 edition."  Edition 3.0 has been promised for a long time.  The "Light" rules published in UK and Germany are supposed to be a teaser.

There's been adaptations from other settings into Full Thrust as well:
* ''The Babylon Project: Earthforce Sourcebook'' - Babylon 5, written by Jon Tuffley himself
* ''Power Projection: Fleet'' - [[Traveller]] rules licensed by the BITS
* ''Power Projection: Escort'' - the 'lite' version of the "Fleet" book above.
* Star Wars
* Star Trek

[[Image:Full_Thrust_Lite_Green_Fleet.jpg|800px|thumb|A Full Thrust fleet from the intro booklet]]
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== /tg/'s opinion ==

Too simple for the hardcore grognards.  Some feel it's too much like sail ships on water, some pooh-pooh the movement rules in space (either overlooking the vector movement rules, or wanting true 3D movement).  The mathfags will point out that the point-buy system can be abused horribly by min-maxing your fleet into something monstrous.

... but everyone agrees that set-up and play is fast, and still has that essential sci-fi feel.  What it may sacrifice in realism it gains in dropping the need for a spreadsheet for each ship. Sure, you can abuse the ship design rules but if you do that you're a dick and you're not playing the game properly - its a game of toy spaceships, not Kasparov vs. Deeper Blue!  You get continuous and pulse beam weapons, missiles, fighters, power management, and you can field dozens of ships to a side without more than an index card for each craft.