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Fw: Fw: FT cargo/aux ships.

From: Laserlight <laserlight@c...>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 07:12:57 -0400
Subject: Fw: Fw: FT cargo/aux ships.


-----Original Message-----
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com>
To: Laserlight <laserlight@cwix.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 06:39 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: FT cargo/aux ships.

>--- Laserlight <laserlight@cwix.com> wrote:
>
>> >the tender and be size 6-8 with no FTL drive. But
>
>> >There benifit would be small, handy craft hardly
>> worth A > Batt shots at > >that moved pretty fast, but
not as fast as
>> fighters. The'd > have pds, a
>> >torpedo and a 8 thrust engine to make maneuver
>> easy.
>
>See: Nightblooming Cerebus class System Defense Boats.
>
>http://www.angelfire.com/va/basileus/SDB.html
>
>I never saw the point to hauling them around with me when
going to
>whack Ragheads or Franks.  I figure why take more
vulnerable auxillary
>craft than you have to?  They can't go in with the assault
wave
>(typically a few days ahead of the tenders and resupply
ships) and
>that's what makes or breaks any assault.  Full Thrust games
tend to be
>short and decisive, rarely turning into the prolonged
slugging matches
>that these things would be useful for.  On the other hand,
they are
>handy to have in disputed systems--less provacative than a
>superdreadnought and escorts.
>
>John M. Atkinson
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>

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