Re: Another fighter question

> I was wondering if anyone used fighter squadrons with either more
> than six fighters or less than six.  It seems to me that the escort
> carrier in More Thrust would be more effective in an anti-fighter
> role if it carried interceptors in three squadrons of 4 fighters
> each than in two squadrons of 6 fighters.  This give you an extra
> fighter group to manuver and the interceptors in groups of four
> would have a similar punch to six regular fighters in a dogfight.  

In my background the humans use the standard six fighters to a group.
One of the alien races uses five, whilst another uses eight for 
standard fighters and four for heavy fighters. I use d5, d8 and d4 
for morale rolls to keep everything fair.

The one question that must be answered is: can a smaller grouop of 
fighters force a larger group to engage in a dogfight? If they can 
then why not use groups of one fighter for just that purpose thuse 
keeping attacking fighters away from ships?

	Steve
--
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...
 Attack ships on fire, off the shoulder of Orion...
 I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. 
 All those moments will be lost, in time...  Like tears in rain." - Roy
Batty.