Re: Re: Fighters options please

On  9-May-02 at 18:06, Brian Burger (yh728@victoria.tc.ca) wrote:
> On Thu, 9 May 2002, Brian Bilderback wrote:
> 
> > laserlight
> > 
> > >Afterthought--if you chose "X CEF/attack" correctly, it would also
> > >explain  why SDNs and such have those fighters--that way the
fighters
> > >can get  carried in close enough to be able to make 2-3 attacks
instead
> > >of 1. 
> > 
> > That thought had occurred to me too.
> 
> The more I think about this "x CEF per anti-shipping attack" idea, the
> more I like it. It leaves the bulk of the rules intact, changing only
one
> aspect of fighter operations, and those who don't like it will also
find
> it easy to ignore... It even gives those SDN/BDN squadrons a reason to
> exist!

It doesn't do that.  A single squadron will have less offensive 
ability than it does now.   A single squadron may be better relative
to the mass, but that's just because the mass has lost more.
With this rule change you are much better off discarding
the fighters for 9 PDSes.

NB, I am not against this change, just against the hand waving
claiming a single squadron is better when in fact the single
squadron is worth less than it is currently.