Re: FT-HH LAC`s

At 5:45 PM -0700 10/10/00, John Leary wrote:
>--- bif smith <bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>...
>>  This still leaves the
>>  problem of the limited range of the FT missiles
>>  (compaired to the HH
>>  missiles), but have ignored this to allow my mind to
>>  continue.
>XXX
>      (As I have not read the HH series, this is
>a guess)
>Suggestion:
>      Try moving the HH missles into the abstract.
>With a cross index of range vs number of missles
>yields chance to hit number.

The catch is that the range of an HH missile is *much*	higher than 
energy weapons. By up to 12.5 to 1.

I'll note that in the current Hu'man Kra'vak pbem the KV forces 
jumped in well over a hundred MU from the defending fleet. That's 
about enough range to show the HH range disparity, but we're not 
playing on a table. We're running from spreadsheets and maps. I think 
this is the only way to game HH.

Another point is that missiles pull 45,000 Gs, while ships top out in 
the low 500s. A 90-1 ratio, so ships are effectively stationary 
targets for missiles.
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