Re: LotGH to FT ideas?

On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Christopher Pratt wrote:

> 
> on another note, somebody said sugested using escorts in massed
> formations in order to simulate the huge amounts of LotGH warships as
> shown in the series...
> 
> I first heard of this idea while observating a game of the
starblayzers
> tactical system at gencon, the apparently (i didn't watch the game for
> very long) most effective units on the table were the destroyer
> groups...

	They were good because:
	A.  They carry LOTS of torpedos and missiles
	B.  They're gun batteries are useful for anti-fighter/missile
work.
 
> i have been pondering this idea for a game of full thrust...buying
> escort class ships in formations of three ships...and running them as
> one model/unit
> 
> any suggestions, or somebody who can actually convince his friends to
> play wanna try it out.....

	I must admit the idea is very intriguing. I'll have to give it a
go.  

> "How many corvettes does it take to get to the center of a
> superdreadnought?"

	"I never made it without wave guns.  Ask Mr. Owl...."

Later,
Mark A. Siefert
	
	"Chickens are a cruel people."
			--Crow T. Robot
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