Re: Strike Boats...

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> Schoon wrote:
> 
> >However, a non-FTL capable SB can serve the purpose of both SDB and
> >attack if you throw a couple tenders into your fleet mix. One design
> fills >both purposes: the procurement officers love that one.
> 
> ...while an FTL-capable SB can serve the purpose of both SDB and
attack
> *without* throwing a couple of expensive tenders into your combat
fleet
> mix :-/

plus, if you're living in the Tuffleyverse or the Trekverse, an FTL
drive
gives you improved insystem speed as well - not in battle, but
operationally; you can jump around a system much faster than you can
thrust around it. now, you might say that a full-blown FTL drive is too
expensive to justify if you're just using it for insystem travel (a bit
like buying a BMW to nip down the shops in), but mix in the fact that it
gives you a multirole capability and it looks more attractive.

tom