Re: taking my Maneuvering 101 final

Glen Bailey wrote:

>So I'm ready to take my Maneuvering 101 final, professor Ohlson.
>Will this ship design do?

Depends entirely on what you want it do do :-) For fighting Steve's
battleships these ships should work fine.

>Mass 184, MD6, FTL, weak hull (37), 12 armor, 6 PDS, 4 FC, 
>1 superior sensor, 2 class-1 beams, 12 pulse torpedoes (F),
>poinsts 642 (using my winged defender miniature so each
>'claw' has 6 torps).

> I have smaller twin (I made 2 SSDs) siblings with 4 torps
> and 4 B1s as escort, mass 84, points 280.
> Also, I have its big brother in case we go large, 20 torps, mass
> 294, points 1010 (each 'claw' is double taloned 5x2 torps {grin}).

Urgh... able to take out most normal-sized ships in one go, but often
surprisingly vulnerable to a swarm of smaller ships. 'Course, a swarm
of smaller ships is exactly what Steve is known for not using :-/
 
>I designed some MD8 ships, but I figure MD6 is sufficient against
>MD2 ships.

Should be, yes.

>Tonight, maybe Tuesday, will be my last chance to take down
>the mighty Steve ship.  :)

Hope you made it <g>

>Although I have done it before but usually with MD4, 3-arced torp
>ships.  Get to range, get initiative, blast away, not much maneuvering
>required.

"Get to range" and "blast away" are easy. The middle part, now... ;-)
 
>This is also my last chance at a shot of the "Who rolls the most 1s"
>honors, although I really hope to lose that chance big time.  :)

<g> Have you invited Indy and Beth? ;-)

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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