Re: Tin Cans versus Dreadnoughts

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 02:51:17 -0800 (PST)
=?iso-8859-1?q?Michael=20Robert=20Blair?= <pellinoire@yahoo.com> writes:
>To put it very bluntly.
>DD vs BB? The DD dies, live with it.
>

As it should be. <grin>

>If anything most starship games do not give small
>ships a hard enough time. Fighters always seem to be
>of exaggerated usefulness - people take the Yamato as
>a normal example of the superiority of aircraft over
>BBs and apply this model to the space games forgetting
>just what a concentration of airpower this
>represented.
>

Yeah, anybody know just how many carriers were involved in this strike?

>I know I am biased, I don't like fighters - I would go
>for the pre WW I model.
>
>I can't help but see fighters as air-superiority and
>ground attack craft launched from orbit with no part
>in a fight in space.
>
>Michael
>
Well, it depends on your basis for the game model - One modern CV with
full complement should be able to sink multiple Kirov, Missouri's etc. 
But then that's hardly a fair (or even reasonable) model.  I like the
'Extended Range Air Force' model for SF space war myself but yes if this
is WW2 in space then strike craft (fighters) are over rated.

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