More speed is life

Rick Rutherford writes:

@:) If you've got the speed and maneuverability to stay outside the
@:) other guy's front arc, you have a good chance of taking out that
@:) monster ship.

  This is certainly true.  I think the manouverability counts for more
than speed (they're obviously related of course).  The trick is
usually to stay in the big ship's rear arc if at all possible.

@:) Speed is also the best defense against missiles

  True and don't forget fighters.  A fighter capable of moving 12" is
going to have a pretty hard time catching up with a ship moving at
36", which is not a completely unusual speed for one of the people I
play with to use.  If fighters and missiles are not involved, though,
speed starts to matter quite a lot less because of the typically large
firing arcs possible on FT ships.

-joachim