Re: Vector Movement and SML's

>>You rarely get a "one shot, one kill" with a beam, though.
>
>Not one beam maybe, but a barrage from a whole ship (especially one of
>those big boys is pretty hard to ignore) and you also get the option to
>hang around and around and around whereas SM ships can't do that. So
you
>get the one big bang (SMs) or the lots of little bangs (beams).
>
>>SMR's can put a
>>mission kill on just about anything.
>
>If your get on target, they don't have heaps of PDS escorts in range
etc
>etc etc.

All this depends on your style of play. Beams are slow and steady, and
SMLs
are fast and risky.

Both tactics have advantages and disadvantages. However, attempting to
look
at SMLs through the eyes of a beam tactician, or vice versa, will
"appear"
unbalanced every time because it's a case of apples and oranges.

The defences against either are very different, but they do exist.

Schoon