Re: What makes a Capital ship Capital?

The strength of Capitals (points/mass) vs Escorts & Cruisers depend
somewhat on what size fleet you are using and the size of the play area. 

Take a small fleet of say 1000 points per side. 2 Standard Battleships
will
generally win against 2 Standard Escort Cruisers, 1 Missile Cruiser and
4
Standard Destroyers

Take a large fleet of 5000 points per side. 1 Fleet Carrier, 3 Supper
Dreadnoughts, 4 Battleships, & 3 Battlecruisers may not win against 13
Missile Cruisers, 8 Escort Cruisers, & 10 Destroyers.

Also a larger play area allows for highter velocity. This helps smaller,
faster ships to fly into range of thier weapons without giving larger
ships
free shots. If a play area is small (keeping speed under 24") a ship
with A
bats will get free shots on a ship with C bats.

Brian Bell
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