Re: SV: Strike Boats...

>These battleships have no tug capacity, so you're agreeing with Imre
>here.

I thought he was saying that they SHOULD have had it. If otherwise, then
oops.

>>Agreed again. The high thrust of SBs is not only to "chase or evade
>the
>>enemy," but primarily to close the range as quickly as possible so
>more >of them survive to deliver their payloads.
>
>...but this time you're agreeing with me <g>

Yup.

>I would have expected them to suffer considerably more than 10 dead
>even with the tenders playing fire magnets. The ESU was limited by lack
>of FCs, not by lack of firepower, so the presence of the tenders in the
>first wave only meant they had something to throw all their excess beam
>dice at.

Yup, but that's dice spent on ships that can "afford" the damage, and it
give more of the SBs a chance to close the range.

Schoon