Re: Maritime Strike Bombers

At 4:01 PM -0400 5/30/01, Roger Books wrote:
>Alot of this depends on how you envision SM's.  You see them
>as standard ordanance.  From the masses as extrapolated from
>from the rules I would say that a SM is mass 3-4 with 6
>missiles.

A very good argument on the issue of scale. Hmm.

6" seems too short. 12-24" seems more like it.

>How would I do it?  I would let each Heavy carry 2 SM submunitions,
>give them a 6" range.	Roll for missiles on target following
>steps just like SG.  (IE 11-12 missiles roll d12, 9-10 roll
>d10, etc).  Give them weakened fighter abilities but let them
>go in with their missiles.

Going on that, what about a middle ground based on the following:

2 SMs/ Bomber that makes 12 from a full strength group. Two dice 
worth. Range from launch is 24" (changing numbers too much add 
confusion...)

1MT Missile per bomber giving you 6 of them per group. These MT 
missiles have a two turn life span of up to 18" movement.

>This is still really nasty but not as excessive.  Giving me a
>gaurantee of a salvo per fighter means I will instantly drop
>every other offensive weapon I have in favor of these.

Hmm. I see your point....

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