Re: Carrier and fighter questions

> who determines which squadron
> is targetted by PDAFs, ADAFs, C-Beams and other fighters
>
The defender decides if he will use *DAF fire against a fighter group or
save it for use against another group (if multiple groups are
attacking).

> Can a fighter group within range of several frigates target
> more than one of them?  Obviously each of their targets
> would get to use their point defense against the whole
> fighter group, but splitting up a torpedo squadron to attack
> several low mass frigates is better than wasting half their
> torpedos!
>
No. One target per fighter group. But you do not need to fire all of the
torpedo fighters on one turn.

> A fighter group attacks targets within 6", right?  So the
> Swarm could hit a target 15" away from the end of its
> movement.
>
A fighter group can attack a target upto 12" away from thier point of
launch (6" movement, 6" range).

> Anyone have any ideas on how long it takes to reload and
> rearm fighters?
>
We usually state that it takes 3 rounds to rearm and refuel a fighter
group after it is recovered.

> Does it make a difference what the mass
> of the Carrier is?
>
No. Does it make a difference how big an airport is when refueling a
plane? What matters is the number of ground crew (it is assumed that
there are enough to handle this) and the number of runways. In FT/MT you
are limited to launching 1 fighter group per round (2 if a carrier) and
recovering 1 fighter group per round (FT page 16). This means that a
Carrier with 2 figher groups can launch both in the same turn. Recover
one of them on a subsequent turn. Recover the other on the next turn
(whilethe first is being refueled/rearmed). Wait while both are being
refueled. Launch the first group (while the 2nd is being
refueled/rearmed) then launch the 2nd group again. If a Carrier has more
than 4 fighter groups and the fighter groups run out of run out of
endurance at the SAME time, one will be left outside after exceeding its
endurance and fuel  and be effectivly lost (p. 11 MT)

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Brian Bell
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