RE: [DS] SPECIAL DEAL ON AEROSPACE!

You've got 1 weapon too many on a size-3 hull (2 if you count the extra
APSW).	The only problem with a size-3 hull is aerospace/vtol vehicles
are limited to 1 armour less than the size class to a max of 3 (aero
armour-3 requires minimum size-4).

I like your math regarding antiship damage, but I think the missiles
could still reach the hull as the debris defences would only have about
1/2 second to acquire & destroy when the fighter is flying at 10m off
the hull.

For my own take on this, check out:
http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/sg/fighters.htm

'Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
Commodore Alfred K Hole - RNS Indy's Folly (CB)
Fleet Admiral Alberto Doyle - NKV Vesuvius (LFI)

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	djwj [SMTP:djwj@eazy.net]
>Sent:	Thursday, May 27, 1999 3:22 AM
>On the topic of interface aerospace fighters:
>
>Standard Fighters:
>    class 3 (carries class 2 armor max, leaves class 3 for heavy
fighters)
>    2xHEL/2 (Anti-ship armorment, leaves class 3 for attack fighters)
>    1xGMS/H
>    1XGMS/L (Typical loadout for AtA missiles on a modern fighter
craft, 1
>mount AMRAM 1 mount sidewinder short range missile)
>    2xAPSW (had to do something with that last capacity, twin axial
mount
>.30 BMGs )
>
>I posted earlier that it takes about 24 chits of damage (DSII) to do
one
>point of damage FT *, so how can fighters hurt ships with 2xHEL/2?
Precision
>targeting. When a fighter attacks a ship it is assumed to be skimming
the
>surface of the ship picking vulnerable points and slicing off parts of
the
>hull at extremely close ranges.
>
>* 1 mass = 50 capacity
>4 FT cargo carries 1 class 1 vehicle
>8 DSII cargo carries 1 class 1 vehicle
>2 DSII cargo = 1 FT cargo
>100 DSII cargo = 1 FT Mass
>1 mass of FT battery = 49xHEL/1, 24xHEL/2, 16xHEL/3, 12xHEL/4, or
9xHEL/5
>Average chits damage 48/2 (HEL counts half) 24 chits.