Re: Capital vs. Other sizes...

>We ran a comparison engagement between 1 Mass 100 Dreadnaught(FTL) 
>Thrust 3  vs. 15 mass 8 Light Attack Craft (FTL) Thrust 8. The 15 
>LACs ate it for breakfast. Each LAC was armed with 1 "B" battery and 
>two Submunition Racks, or, 1 Needle Beam and 2 Sub-Racks. They 
>approached in three groups of 5 from differing arcs. The DN fried 3 
>on approach with AA Megabatt and "A" Batt fire. The LACS then fired a 
>total of 24 Submunition racks at a range of less than 10" for 72 dice 
>of submuntion rack fire for a damage point total of 39 points. 
>(slightly more than average by a couple of points) The SD had 50 DPs 
>to begin with and was down to 11. Most of it's internal systems were 
>gutted including drives etc. The LACs then proceeded to fry what was 
>left with needle fire and B batt fire. I would MUCH rather face 1 
>opponent than a Horde of High Thrust small fry.

Query: what would happen if the small-fry had *only* C and B batts,
and the Dreadnought 3 levels of screens? (or did it already?) Would
this change the outcome drastically, or only slightly?

Just a random thought for the morning...

Mk
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