Re: [FT] NAC Fleet Roster (unofficial, of course)

The Avtokrator wrote:

>OK, do you have a date of introduction for these guys?  I'm going to
rip
>off the concept, more or less.  I was going to credit the introduction
>of these things into the NRE fleet to some unpleasant surprises during
>the Romanov War, from 2168-2175.  NAC was shipping arms to the
Romanovs,
>the NRE objected (duh!) and took action to prevent, and the NAC took to
>escorting with DesRons, including these CVEs.	After loosing two de la
>Valette class Battlecruisers, the NRE decides "Hey, this is Nifty
>Concept" and converts some of their heavy DDs to the "DV"
>configuration.  What do you think?

I think if you bring along one ADFC destroyer with about 8 PDS, it'll be
more efficient.  When the fighters die, they're dead, and the DV's are
useless until the next contingent of fighters arrives.	Fighters die
pretty
quickly.  Therefore, DV's spend a lot of time being useless.  This would
especially be the case for a battlecruiser group--assuming you're using
them
in a "detached raider" mode--since they would be unable to get new
fighters.
8 PDS will on average kill a squadron in one turn, and the BC PDS should
be
able to account for a few more if there's a second squadron around.
Fighters are like SLM's, i.e. best used en masse.

(You kind of wonder how they talk anyone into being a fighter jockey).

Not to say that the NRE always does thing in the most effective manner
possible, any more than any other fleet does...except mine, of course
<g>