Narrative Starship Combat

[dph]

I realize I've asked a similar question before but i'd like to rephrase it.

Has anyone played SWD6 or any other sci-fi (or modern perhaps) game with narrative starship combat and if so how does it work.

It's easy with speeders and other simpler vehicles but when Starships have different speeds and weapon arcs, and shields on constantly varying arcs, I'm looking for a way to keep the nuances of each ship whilst using a 'theatre of the mind' style of gameplay to resolve the battles.

We use a very charactercentric system of minis on a hex grid but they take so long to resolve as well as suck the 'drama' out of a dogfight.

I know Fantasy Flight's SW game uses canned 'moves' and I could see that working with a narrative style combat you 'strafe', 'engage' 'target lock' etc. but I also don't want to create a whole subsystem, or just a different system, I'd like to make it simpler!

Anyways, any suggestions appreciated!
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[CRMcNeill]

Here's a generic result table from my Advanced Starfighter Combat System. Basically, the two pilots roll their Piloting skills against eachother, with the result determining positioning and advantage.
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[ForbinProject]

My old group would break out our copy of Crimson Skies rules when we were having starfighter scale battles using star wars miniatures. Wasn't perfect, but it was fun.