RE: Cygnus fleet exercises (was: tactics vs a slow mover)

Unfortunately, you didn't cause any damage to help me, so Noam is quite
likely to win at this point unless I get some extremely good long range
rolls.
When an entire squadron of fighters got destroyed by 1 Class-1, I
started
expecting a very bad day for the rest of the battle.

Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
[mkw] Admiral Peter Rollins; Task Force Zulu
[pirates] Prince Rupert Raspberry; Base Commander

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BDShatswell@aol.com [SMTP:BDShatswell@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 2:15 PM
> 
> Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au writes:
> > Another option which several players found out is even nastier in
vector
> >  movement (sorry Dom, StrayCat) is to mount some cruisers with nova
> cannon.
> >  Aim where you think they're moving towards & start firing at 36 MU;
> every
> >  turn.  If you arrange your heading right, you don't need to
manoeuvre &
> 
	> will hit with 2-3 multiturn nova shots before you lose a ship.
Especially if 
	> you play that they block LOS between ships. 

> Hehehe, I was not quite there yet for those novas, but they sure got
my 
> attention!  I think it was Aron and Dom who got a taste of those!  It
was 
> Noam's sniper-artillery that was crunching me.  Man what a wallop!
> 
> Bill "Stray Cat" Shatswell