Re: [?] Tournament Fleet Composition

John M. Atkinson wrote:

> Out of curiosity, what is the general feeling of the FT community 
> towards lunatics like myself who like swarm-style fleets?  

    Personally I like a fleet of fast, thrust 8, escorts and cruisers.

> At a recent 
> game I put 36 4-ton ships with one missle each as their only armament.
 
> And that costs a mere 912 points, heh.  Out of a 6,000 point fleet[1].
 
> All the other players whined a lot, but that's just because I waxed 2 
> capital ships, a cruiser and a frigate with no losses to myself--which

> put them a bit at a disadvantage.  The discussion which ensued did 
> point out that modern wet-navies do operate on this basis.  See: PLAN,

> et al.  8 Styx-class missles and then turn around and run to rearm.  
> And what would be an acceptable counter-response?  I can't think off 
> the top of my head what would be a good counter to this strategy.

     Maybe lots of fighters or another swarm.

Enjoy,
Tom Granvold				<thomas.granvold@eng.sun.com>