Re: Civilian Shipping

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Michael Llaneza wrote:

> And proved to be almost worse than useless in actual combat. Things 
> may be different for spaceships, but for floating liners the 
> disadvantages are:

Its an auxillary craft. Its not meant to be combat worthy. Its for 
getting troops from Point A to Point B. They usually had a high transit 
speed so that meant they could be in the faster Supply/Troop Convoys. 

> 1) High target profile, very easy to hit.
> 2) No armor
> 3) Usually had second-rate armament

So you'd build a ATBB? Auxillary Troop Transport Battleship?

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