Re: Starbase assault?

Well, I've never tried a starbase assault in any game system, but I'll
tell you, I have tried the warp point assault in the old Starfire
system.
 If you point has no limit on how many ships can come through at once,
you have your basic open space combat.	Mines make it still somewhat
dangerous, you'd want a 4 or 5 to 1 superiority to assure a win.  Now,
if
you have limits on the warp points ability to pass ships, like Starfire
did, its a whole new ball of wax.  We tried it once, the defense had a
mixed fleet of heavies, with a couple of large bases to guard the point,
with a minefield around all.  The offense came in with a 10:1
superiority, almost all very heavies, superdreadnoughts and such, as
well
as assault carriers.  They still got whacked, badly.  Think Wolf 359. 
Wreckage everywhere.  And we still didnt take the point.  The limitied
warp point is probably the deadliest assult of all time.

Jim Clem
Helix:	I once heard about a prototype reactor that lost its plasma
containment.  It made
a huge bang and flash of light when it started up.
Florence:  Yes.  Its one of the few cases of an existing product
becoming
vaporware!

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