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Re_ Forcing fights, Skirmishers, dreadplanits, convoys and rubber ducks

From: "Oerjan Ohlson" <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:40:54 +0200
Subject: Re_ Forcing fights, Skirmishers, dreadplanits, convoys and rubber ducks

Andrew Apter asked:

>>>The "attack the enemy convoy" was the very scenario we fought to
>>>the would-be long-range sniper raiders' exhaustion, and where I
>>>learned how to handle such snipers with slower, shorter-ranged
>>>ships.
>
>Oerjan are you referring to "slower ships" as ships moving slower or
>ships that change speed and direction slower. The way you describe
>your use of speed is far different than the Stilt Man :-)

I use the term "slower" to mean "lower-thrust". Any FT ship can move
fast if given enough time to accellerate.

What Stiltman calls "slow" is what I call "immobile" <g>

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
- Hen3ry

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