Re: [FT] Fighter thoughts

> 
>  >It seems ridiculous to allow say 36 fighters to "screen" around a
courier.
> 
> About as ridiculous as strictly forbidding more than 12 fighters from 
> following a fast-moving enemy scoutship, which is what your proposed
rule 
> does <shrug>
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Oerjan
> oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

   Eh, perhaps it's just me.  I'm just having a problem coming up with
any 
 explanation for *how* any number of fighters could stay with a small
ship
 indefinitely.	I can buy (and rather like) the idea that they're using
the
 ship's own drive field to extend their range/speed, but then it bothers
me
 that there's no difference between the "field capacity" of a small ship
and an
 SDN 20 times it's mass.  Still, if it's just me, no big deal.

   Hmm, now that I think about it, how does a fighter group compare
versus a
 PDS for mass and effectiveness against missiles?  Would you be better
off with
 a few fighter groups screening you (and providing their own fire
control) 
 rather than using PDS's with fire controls?

  grant