Re: Armored Missiles

On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Chad Taylor wrote:

> I've noticed that some people on the list have complained that
Missiles
> are too powerful.  This has been the opposite experience in our
campaign.
> What we have seen is the mounting of 3-5 PDAF on a large Capital (100
> mass) and smaller ships mounting an ADAF and maybe a PDAF as well. 
Fleet
> encounters usually mean that a typical missile will have to survive
about
> 8-12 dice of AF fire.  Not many get through.

It depends on how you handle groups of missiles:

If you have a group of 4 missiles coming at a capital ship that has 
6 PDAFS, do you let all 6 PDAFS shoot at each of the 4 missiles one
at a time, or do the 6 PDAFS get one shot at all 4 missiles before they
hit?  

In the first case, it's likely that none of the missiles would get
through, while in the second case, it's likely that 3 of the missiles
would get through.

My group has always handled missile groups like fighter groups; i.e. you
only get one shot at the group before it hits.	This is what makes them
so
devastating.

Rick Rutherford       rickr@digex.net	    The above opinions are mine.
"It seems to me that the nearer painting approaches sculpture the better
it is, and that sculpture is the worse the nearer it approaches
painting."
					     -- Michelangelo