Agreed, Indy; FT doesn't model Age of Sail, WW1, WW2 or Modern Naval warfare - it models Space Warfare that hasn't happened yet!
Of course there are some parallels with parts of several historical periods, mainly because that's how so much space combat is portrayed in movies, TV and SF literature, but we shouldn't get hung up on using just one period as a historical model.
Indeed. This frees us to use EVERY period of naval warfare as a historical model all at once :D
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