Re: FB2 Vapour Shroud
From: "Espen Sortland" <Espen.Sortland@n...>
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 10:12:11 +0200
Subject: Re: FB2 Vapour Shroud
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ODUPSHAW3@cs.com 06/09 4:57 am
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When others use fighters/missiles, whats to stop the phalons from using
their own fighters as screens, blasting the incoming
fighters/missiles......
> Thanks for the information I thought I was missing something. If you
shroud
> you can not fire and your point defense net goes down. In my galaxy
we call
Um, what PDS net - You get 1 die from a pulser configured in any mode.
The average ships would "waste" half of their available pulsers.
> this "missile bait." If you leave your ships with AFDC unshrouded
they are
> going to be priority targets. If you never shroud, so that you can
keep your
> point defense online you are wasting points. In small battles with
few>
fighters or missiles I can see the usefulness of the system, but in
larger
> battles I think I will swap the shroud with a level one screen.
Swap? What did I miss here. Building your own ships/Mixing alien and
human tech?
If you are talking about mixing, the ultimate combo would be shrouds
combined with k-guns.
> Another use for the shroud would be a for scout ship. There your
> mission is not to fight but to survive and get back with your
information.
> Or you could put it on a ship armed with one shot weapons. Close,
fire,>
shroud and run away.
Yup.
> Oliver Dewey Upshaw III
Espen
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