Small Frys

Imre said:

The reason for bring the DD's, etc., along was to have screens.  These
screens would protect you from enemy DD's and in certian situations,
his
battle line...

** Does this not imply DD's (left unscreened) could be a threat to the
line?

 Basically, if the enemy was withdrawing, your DD's would
dash out to attack him with torpedoes.	Any hits would slow down his
ships so they couldn't get away.

** So we have a weapon (torp) that is a viable threat. Note in FT
beams AND torps from DDs are a threat.

  If you were withdrawing, your DD's
would turn into the enemy battle line and make torpedo attacks.  This
would force him to either break off the attack, or accept damaged
ships
that would be able to pursue effectively...

** This sounds like more thrust missiles as they linger on the board.

The DD's in the Fleet Book are actually DDE's designed to escort
convoys
and to protect against tropdeo boats, etc.  A real DD would have one
or
two class 1 beams and as many submunitions as possible.  4 to 6
submunitions can do a lot of damage at short range...

** SMRs or PTs or MT missiles...