Re: Small Ships--Why?

Derk Groeneveld wrote:

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> On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Eli Arndt wrote:
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> Also, with many small ships there's less chance of a freak hit
knocking
> out your fleet. I imagine the core systems rule ould make a fair bit
of
> difference here as well?

Don't forget (for FT purposes) even that wonderfully expensive Komarov
can
only engage a max. of 4 targets per turn.  Try a game utilizing a SDN
against
an equal points fleet consisting of corvettes, frigates, or (god
forbid!)
scouts, and see who comes out on top!  The swarm force will lose quite a
few
coming in, but once they get behind the big boy, it's usually pretty
well
over.  Also, smaller ships are great for finishing off cripples, etc.

Mark

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> Cheers,
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>   Derk
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