Re: The GZG Digest V1 #612

> Good point. But, and IMHO, the idea of the FSE was to have a
devastating
>  first strike, but not one that would automatically be a game winner.
>  After the strike was launched, they would be on just slightly less
than
>  even terms, so losses on both sides would be the same after awhile,
and
>  the outcome would depend on the skill of the admirals.
>  
>  But right now, they have no effective first strike, and just play
>  whipping boy at a massive disadvantage.

That's the FSE's problem.  In a design-your-own game a first strike
from a missile boat (4 SMRs on the smallest hull possible, maybe with
a class-1 beam) can be a game winner.  I know, I've been on the
receiving end of a massive SMR strike and lost.  And even when the 
missiles missed it was still a toss up as the capitals hadn't lost
their main fire power.	Big ships rule in FT, we rarely have "snits"
(small ships) except to balance points.  That's when an SMR snit
rears its ugly head (I go for pulse torpedo boats, myself).

Glen