Re: Bigger--not always better

This just exasperates the problem of small ships being ton for ton
weaker
than large ships.

Justin Case

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> From: Rutherford, Michael <MRutherf@nibucorp.telstra.com.au>
> To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Bigger--not always better
> Date: Tuesday, March 25, 1997 6:59 PM
> 
> I don't know if this has been suggested but here goes...
> 
> Given the current ship "breakpoints" (ie escort, cruiser, capital), it
> would seem appropriate to make use of them in a solution to the
battery
> arc problem. If, for example, the number of arcs on larger beams for
the
> smaller ship classes is restricted.
> 
> ie an escort could have "A" batts (restricted to 1 arc), "B" batts
> (restricted to 2 arcs) and "C" batts (3 arcs), a cruiser could have
"A"
> batts (restricted to 2 arcs), "B" batts (3 arcs) and "C" batts (3
arcs)
> and a capital could have "A" batts (3 arcs), "B" batts (3 arcs) and
"C"
> batts (3 arcs)
> 
> This would mean that most of the current diagrams could be used with a
> minor recalc on the points.
> 
> Michael "Wargh" Rutherfurd