Re: [FT] SMLs, Type 3 & Tactics

Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:

> > side.  I had 14(?) SMLs in my half of the fleet, and my younger
brother
> > brought another 3.	Plus we had a total of 12 fighter groups out
there,
> > 10 of them in my brother's alotment of points.  Sick, ain't it?
> 
> Obviously your definition of "loaded to the gills" is different from
> mine.

> Anyway... in order to test out my opponent's NSL fleet, I took a fleet
> of 1 Jeanne D'Arc, 1 Suffren, 1 Jerez, 6 Triestes, and 9 Mistral-SMRs.
> That's 19/10/1 SMLs and 7 fighter groups. In 2760 vs 7000 pts.

The breakdown was. . . I still have the SSD sheets. . .

1xVirgin Mary class DNL, 1xSt. Demetrius class DN, 2xSt. Symeon class
CGs, 1x Constantine Isoapostolis class Medium Cruiser, 1xThessalonika
class CLG, 1xMilvan Bridge class Destroyer Leader, 4xCimbalongus class
Destroyers, of which 1 was escort and 3 were missle.

My mistake.  11/11/1.  More SMLs, but no one-shot ships.  Imperial
doctrine frowns on SMRs except for system defense craft and stealthed
ships.	The latter can cloak and run away, the former don't live to get
a second shot, and need all the initial impact they can get.  Plus they
never get far away from their bases.

> No SMLs failed to be within range of 6" of an enemy (11 launchers

We play with a 3" kill radius as per optional rule.  Otherwise it's too
damn easy to hit.

> Anyway.... Sick is a 6K pt fleet of 120 or so Mistral-SMRs.

Play with 3" kill radius and give me a gymnasium (or a simple floating
board) to maneuver in and I'll beat it.  Stay out of range and . . .
WAIT A MINUTE!	Assuming you mean Mistral as in Mistral class Scoutship
from the Full Thrust Fleet Book, then there is no such thing.  8 mass,
right?

2 points hull
2 mass Thrust
1 mass FTL
2 mass 2xType 1
1 mass Firecontrol

Where do you PUT the SMR?  The only option I see is to yank the FTL,
beams, and half the thrust. . . 

Excuse me--found what you meant.  Athena-SMRs.	That makes more sense.

Well anyway, as I said, stay out of range and send in the fighters.  

John M. Atkinson