Re: FB designs & fighters

Stiltman wrote:

> > >2) The Death Star's guns, like those on the various Star Destroyers
> > >in the movies, were ship-killers, not fighter-killers, and rather
> > >ineffective against fighters. I'd rate them as B1s at best, not as
> > >PDS.
>
> > Hmm. You mean just like where Massive SDNs with a few PDS are mobbed
> > and killed by fighters?
>
>The Death Star wasn't really "mobbed"... it was the equivalent of a
>dreadplanet massing at _least_ in the tens of thousands, and was
attacked by
>the equivalent of five or six fighter groups.

[snip rest of solid explanation - Eric said it all, so I have nothing to
add]

Wow! Stiltman defending my reasoning while I'm off-line... never thought

I'd see that happen :-)

Later,

Oerjan
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