RE: FB2 Vapour Shroud

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> From: owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> [mailto:owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of ODUPSHAW3@cs.com
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 4:59 AM
> To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: FB2 Vapour Shroud
>
>
> oerjan.ohlson@telia.com writes:
>
> << Espen Sortland wrote:
>
>  >Plasma Bolt ops.
>  >
>  >turn 1 load plasma bolts, vapor shroud UP
>
>  Get hit by enemy fighters/missiles and can't fire back - ouch <g>
>
>  >turn 2 fire plasma bolts, and normal pulsers, vapor shroud down
>  >turn 3 load plasma bolts, vapor shroud UP
>
>  Get hit by enemy fighters/missiles again and *still* can't fire back
at
>  them...
>
>  If the enemy has fighters and/or missiles, you *don't* want to shroud
>  all your ships at the same time.
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Oerjan Ohlson
>  oerjan.ohlson@telia.com >>
>
> Thanks for the information I thought I was missing something.  If
> you shroud
> you can not fire and your point defense net goes down.  In my
> galaxy we call
> this "missile bait."	If you leave your ships with AFDC
> unshrouded they are
> going to be priority targets.  If you never shroud, so that you
> can keep your
> point defense online you are wasting points.	In small battles with
few
> fighters or missiles I can see the usefulness of the system, but
> in larger
> battles I think I will swap the shroud with a level one screen.
>      Another use for the shroud would be a for scout ship.  There your
> mission is not to fight but to survive and get back with your
> information.
> Or you could put it on a ship armed with one shot weapons.  Close,
fire,
> shroud and run away.
>
> Oliver Dewey Upshaw III
>
IMHO the only really good thing about the vapour shroud is that it has a
minimum mass of 1 instead of 3 or 5 (or whatever level 1 shields
has..can't
remember) so it makes actually sense to put it on the really small
ships,
which f. inst. has good use for it after they've taken that very
annoying
threshold hit to their FC... Or as Sean said....when you can deal out a
lot
less than you would receive....

Sindre