Re: Ramming and Suicide Attacks.

On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Joachim Heck - SunSoft wrote:

>   I know this forces you to spread out your fleet but with a six inch
> explosion radius that's quite difficult.  Actually after the recent
> missile discussion, I'd be interested to hear whether anyone had
> created a fleet of minimum mass FTL boats that try suicide FTL
> attacks?  I bet it would work, more's the pity.

Offhand, I'd say missiles are both cheaper and more effective, unless
you 
can catch multiple foes in one blast.

A minimum ship would be about Mass 2, FTL, Thrust 8, nothing for 10 pts.
It causes average damage of 2.08 pts. It's less maneuverable than a 
missile, and it can be shot down before it's a threat.

It could work, if you allow unlimited entry speeds.

In a campaign, it's a dumb idea...

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