FW: GZG questions

That is exactly what I meant. I just used the extremes to save typing. I
 assumed folks could  extrapolate what I was getting at. Your
description of the DD vs BB is	just what I am trying to do  with FT.
Perhaps it is inappropriate or unnecessary in the context of a	FT
campaign.
Paul

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From:	Binhan Lin [SMTP:Binhan.Lin@UCHSC.edu]
Sent:	Wednesday, March 26, 1997 8:46 AM
To:	'FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk'
Subject:	Re: Bigger not always better-Take 2

<<<Actually everything is relative.  To make a proper FT analogy you 
would also have to state that an escort or BB hit by the 6d6 Nova cannon
 template will die in two hits either way and so it doesn't make a 
difference whether you have an escort or BB.  The proper anaology for FT
 is the WWII one where a destryoer would have a significantly difficult 
time destroying a BB but could damage or cripple one with a torpedo or 
lesser damage with 5" guns.  A BB on the other hand would find it 
trivial to destroy a DD with a single hit from an 18" gun or a broadside
 of 5" guns.  Modern navies aren't just made up of many little craft 
carrying nuclear warheads because a variety of response is required, not
 overwhemling force each time.	That's one reason BB's have come back 
into US service is that while 16" guns are not as effective in naval 
warfare, they can be invaluable in marine operations for preparing 
beaches and bombarding areas up to 20 miles away without having to risk 
lives in manned aircraft.  Aircraft carriers are still built even though
 they are huge targets for nuclear strikes for similar reasons.  Things 
rarely make sense if you take them to extremes and I think it would make
 more sense to take more middle of the road examples.
--Binhan>>>