RE: FB2 Fleets (or "How I Learned to Hate the Savasku")

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sindre Cools Berg [SMTP:cobos@saers.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:44 AM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	RE: FB2 Fleets (or "How I Learned to Hate the Savasku")
> 
[snip]
> After being thouroughly trashed by the Savasku a few times I've
learned
> that
> you HAVE to make them use their power for manouvering to be able to
> survive.... But another thing I find really bad with the Savasku is
the
> fact
> that they can still dish out immense amounts of damage after taking a
few
> hits in ANY arc. They can still put 40beam dice in their rear arc, and
> mostly all the Savasku ships have enough stingers to mean the only
real
> "damage" you do to Savasku is the PowerGen, as they've got enough
> redundency
> to punch darn hard even after losing almost every stinger...And they
are
> effectively never out of arc, which again means forcing them to
manouver
> is
> darn hard... Though this might be because of the "low" (at least
compared
> to
> Ørjan) speeds we normally use (10-15ish).
> 
> Just thought I'd add my own problems with the Savasku, though I must
> condition it with the fact that I've only played like 3 battles
against
> them...
> 
> Sindre
-----End Original Message-----

There are some difficulties in your post.

1. Of the published designs, only 3 SV have rear arc capability.
2. Only 2 of the designs have 40+ power.
3. Yes, the designs have redundant arcs, but so do most other species
ships.

However, on the 4 largest SV ships your comments about losses to
thresholds
are valid. Unless you get a power center, a loss of a stinger node will
not
be noticed (if it is concentrating power on one ship at a time).

And your comments on makeing  the SV maneuver is correct. The way to
defeat
the SV is to draw them into splitting thier power between several power
categories. Now, how to do this is another problem.

I would think that the NAC would be the best opponent for the SV from
the
human side. The combination of beam and torpedo weapons should keep the
SV
off-guard somewhat. They should have to provide points to screens or
maneuver. A combination fleet of NAC/FSE would be even harder, as they
would
also have to use power for the spicules. But any way you look at it the
SV
are tough opponents. 

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ft/	
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