RE: MechaZone 556 Campaign report #1

On Sun, 4 May 1997, Mikko Kurki-Suonio wrote:

> * Reliance on fighter screen -- if caught without the carriers, a 
> determined carrier force can pick them apart. Note that it will still 
> take a looooooooooooooong time. A normal fighter group can only
deliver 
> an average of 3 points of damage during their entire combat endurance 
> against a screen-3 ship. A M100 giganaught can eat quite a few of
those 
> without even risking a threshold roll.

Have they tried the munchkin torpedo boat attack?  40+ PT boats will put
a
dent in any fleet composed of ships bigger than an escort.  Or with
fighters, a load of mixed attack and torpedo fighters will rapidly blow
through shielded vessels.  Alternatively with their low thrust these
ships
seem to be begging for Nova or Wavegun fire, perhaps a few cruisers
mounting wave guns would be effective, then thrust away and take another
shot later...

Some ideas.

--Binhan