RE: FB designs & fighters (& strawmen)

At 2:33 PM +0100 5/7/02, Christopher Downes-Ward wrote:
>The fleet book designs also operate in a "real" world where they do
other
>things than engage in stand up fightsm such as patrol, show the flag,
train,
>get paid for by poor benighted tax payers.... this means that theu
should
>also be viewed as part of an ongoing "campaign".
>
>There has been an ongoing discussion about Dirtside points costs but
this
>also sound like the same kind of arguments i.e. on off battle cost vs.
>campaign economic cost

And also the difference of a 3 turn battle where both sides dive for 
each others throats regardless of cost. No dancing, no feints, no 
refusing battle for a time to test the opponent's resolve. Rush up