Re: The GZG Digest V1 #608

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Roger Books wrote:

> On  9-Dec-99 at 18:47, Tom Anderson (thomas.anderson@univ.ox.ac.uk)
wrote:
>
> > the ultimate banzai jammer is mass 3: 1 hull, 1 engine
> > (thrust 8) and 1 FTL motor. 9 points in total.
> 
> No, the ultimate banzai jammer is mass 2:  1 hull, 1 engine (thrust
14)
> no ftl, it is towed.	1 mass of towing drive can carry 3 of these
pups.

you still have to pay for a tender for these, so i can't see there will
be
much of a saving. plus, you then have to worry about protecting the
tender. also, you lose the excuse that granaatscherven are also useful
as
couriers and FTL scouts. i'm not saying the no-FTL plus tender approach
is
necessarily worse, just that it isn't particularly better. both are
valid
approaches.

it may also be worth bumping the mass up and loading a PDS; that way, if
it's hit by a small salvo, it has a chance of surviving.

tom