Re: re-FT, wave guns & needle beams

BIF asked
> Also, a question for Chris DeBoe, how effective are needle beams when
> mounted on large ships (ie-capitols), compaired to when mounted on
light
> ships (ie-escorts, frigates etc?).

Dunno, never tried it.	I put needles on ash Shaulahs because they're
cheap,
fast, and can overwhelm a target's PDS/FCS.  If I lose 5 of them but the
other 5 kill my opponent's BDN main drive, then it was cost effective
for me
(and the SMR will be along in a few minutes).

My capitals are intended to stay at 18-36" range, so I wouldn't mount a
needle on them.

If needles had extra arcs it would be more tempting to build a CH or so
with
main drive 6, 3 FCS, half a dozen needles and maybe some PTorp.   But I
still wouldn't, because knife-fighting isn't my preference.

In one of my recent battles I had 5 stings boats equipped with needles.
None of them got close enough to fire.	Now the enemy decided to let me
chase him instead of turning to fight--was that because of the sting
ships?
Maybe, maybe not.  If so, they certainly helped me win, but it wasn't